DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B needs ~14.0 GB VRAM. RX 7600 XT 16GB has 16.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~21 tok/s.
Operating mode
Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.
Current mode
Balanced
Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.
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Fit status
Tight fit
Decode
21.1 tok/s
TTFT
9165 ms
Safe context
27K
Memory
14.0 GB / 16.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
No major red flags
This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | A | Runs well | 21.1 tok/s | 4999 ms | 27K |
| Coding | A | Tight fit | 21.1 tok/s | 9165 ms | 27K |
| Agentic Coding | B | Runs with offload (needs ~0.5 GB host RAM) | 14.1 tok/s | 19943 ms | 27K |
| Reasoning | A | Tight fit | 21.1 tok/s | 10831 ms | 27K |
| RAG | B | Runs with offload (needs ~0.5 GB host RAM) | 14.1 tok/s | 24928 ms | 27K |
How DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B (14B params) fits at each quantization level on RX 7600 XT 16GB (16.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 5.5 GB | Low | A74 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 6.9 GB | Low | A75 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 7.8 GB | Medium | A76 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 8.5 GB | Medium | A76 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 10.1 GB | High | A76 |
Q6_KBest for your GPU | 6 | 11.5 GB | High | A75 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 15.0 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 28.7 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Copy-paste commands to run DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B on your machine.
Run
ollama run deepseek-r1Your hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Phi-4-reasoning-plus 14B | 14.7B | S | 20 tok/s | |
 GPT-OSS 20B | 21B | A | 19.3 tok/s | |
 Codestral 2 25.08 | 22B | A | 7.1 tok/s | |
 CogVLM2 19B | 19B | A | 10.8 tok/s | |
 Granite Code 20B | 20B | B | 8.8 tok/s |
Yes, RX 7600 XT 16GB can run DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B with a A grade (Tight fit). Expected decode speed: 21.1 tok/s.
DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B (14B parameters) requires approximately 14.0 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RX 7600 XT 16GB, DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B achieves approximately 21.1 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 9165ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B on RX 7600 XT 16GB receives a A grade with 21.1 tok/s and 27K context.
On RX 7600 XT 16GB, DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B can safely use up to 27K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 33K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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