DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B needs ~12.7 GB VRAM. RX 9070 16GB has 16.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~47 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
46.5 tok/s
TTFT
4167 ms
Safe context
48K
Memory
12.7 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 | C | Runs well | 46.5 tok/s | 2273 ms | 48K |
| Coding | C | Runs well | 46.5 tok/s | 4167 ms | 48K |
| Agentic Coding | C | Tight fit | 46.5 tok/s | 6061 ms | 48K |
| Reasoning | C | Runs well | 46.5 tok/s | 4924 ms | 48K |
| RAG | C | Tight fit | 46.5 tok/s | 7576 ms | 48K |
How DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B (14B params) fits at each quantization level on RX 9070 16GB (16.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 5.5 GB | Low | C49 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 6.9 GB | Low | C51 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 7.8 GB | Medium | C52 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 8.5 GB | Medium | C52 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 10.1 GB | High | C51 |
Q6_KBest for your GPU | 6 | 11.5 GB | High | C51 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 15.0 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 28.7 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Copy-paste commands to run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B on your machine.
Run
lms load hf-unsloth--deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-14b-gguf && lms server startYes, RX 9070 16GB can run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B with a C grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 46.5 tok/s.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B (14B parameters) requires approximately 12.7 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RX 9070 16GB, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B achieves approximately 46.5 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 4167ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B on RX 9070 16GB receives a C grade with 46.5 tok/s and 48K context.
On RX 9070 16GB, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B can safely use up to 48K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is —, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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