DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B needs ~29.1 GB VRAM. Radeon Pro W7900 48GB has 48.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~28 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
Runs well
Decode
28.2 tok/s
TTFT
6864 ms
Safe context
33K
Memory
29.1 GB / 48.0 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 | 28.2 tok/s | 3744 ms | 33K |
| Coding | A | Runs well | 28.2 tok/s | 6864 ms | 33K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs well | 28.2 tok/s | 9984 ms | 33K |
| Reasoning | A | Runs well | 28.2 tok/s | 8112 ms | 33K |
| RAG | A | Runs well | 28.2 tok/s | 12481 ms | 33K |
How DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B (32B params) fits at each quantization level on Radeon Pro W7900 48GB (48.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 12.5 GB | Low | B69 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 15.7 GB | Low | A70 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 17.9 GB | Medium | A71 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 19.5 GB | Medium | A71 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 23.0 GB | High | A73 |
Q6_K | 6 | 26.2 GB | High | A74 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 34.2 GB | Very High | A73 |
F16 | 16 | 65.6 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Copy-paste commands to run DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B on your machine.
Run
ollama run deepseek-r1:32bYour hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qwen 3.6 35B A3B | 35B | S | 64.8 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 35B A3B | 35B | S | 70.4 tok/s | |
| Qwen 2.5 VL 72B | 72B | A | 7.2 tok/s | |
| Qwen3-Coder-Next | 80B | A | 18.7 tok/s | |
 Llama 3.3 70B | 70B | A | 7.8 tok/s |
Yes, Radeon Pro W7900 48GB can run DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B with a A grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 28.2 tok/s.
DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B (32B parameters) requires approximately 29.1 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On Radeon Pro W7900 48GB, DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B achieves approximately 28.2 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 6864ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B on Radeon Pro W7900 48GB receives a A grade with 28.2 tok/s and 33K context.
On Radeon Pro W7900 48GB, DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B can safely use up to 33K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 33K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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