Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.
ca. $6,999 MSRP
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B needs ~16.4 GB VRAM. NVIDIA H200 PCIe 141GB has 141.0 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
Runs well
Decode
21.0 tok/s
TTFT
9219 ms
Safe context
11.4M
Memory
16.4 GB / 141.0 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 | D | Runs well | 21.0 tok/s | 5029 ms | 10.0M |
| Coding | D | Runs well | 21.0 tok/s | 9219 ms | 11.4M |
| Agentic Coding | D | Runs well | 21.0 tok/s | 13410 ms | 11.4M |
| Reasoning | D | Runs well | 21.0 tok/s | 10895 ms | 11.4M |
| RAG | D | Runs well | 21.0 tok/s | 16762 ms | 11.4M |
How DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B (1.5B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA H200 PCIe 141GB (141.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 0.6 GB | Low | D38 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 0.7 GB | Low | D38 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 0.8 GB | Medium | D38 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 0.9 GB | Medium | D38 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 1.1 GB | High | D38 |
Q6_K | 6 | 1.2 GB | High | D38 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 1.6 GB | Very High | D38 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 3.1 GB | Maximum | D38 |
Copy-paste commands to run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B on your machine.
Run
lms load hf-unsloth--deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-1-5b-gguf && lms server startUpgrade-Optionen
Yes, NVIDIA H200 PCIe 141GB can run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B with a D grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 21.0 tok/s.
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B (1.5B parameters) requires approximately 16.4 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On NVIDIA H200 PCIe 141GB, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B achieves approximately 21.0 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 9219ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B on NVIDIA H200 PCIe 141GB receives a D grade with 21.0 tok/s and 11.4M context.
On NVIDIA H200 PCIe 141GB, DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B can safely use up to 11.4M tokens of context. The model's official context limit is —, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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