DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B needs ~26.7 GB VRAM. Tesla P40 24GB has 24.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~7 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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2.7 GB over capacity — needs offload or smaller quantization
Fit status
Very compromised (needs ~2 GB host RAM)
Decode
6.5 tok/s
TTFT
29763 ms
Safe context
5K
Memory
26.7 GB / 24.0 GB
Offload
10%
It fits through host-memory offload, and offload is the main reason performance drops.
CPU or host-memory offload is active
About 10% of the working set spills out of accelerator memory, which usually hurts latency and sustained decode throughput.
Very little memory headroom
You can run the model, but there is not much room left for longer context, bigger batches, extra apps, or future model updates.
Older PCIe generation
PCIe 3.0 is workable, but it compounds the penalty when you offload heavily or try to scale across multiple cards.
Remove offload with more accelerator memory
Prioritize a GPU or unified-memory tier that fits the whole model natively. Removing offload usually helps more than small compute gains.
Buy headroom, not only minimum fit
A slightly larger memory tier gives you safer context growth and makes the recommendation more future-proof.
Increase host RAM if you keep offloading
This setup may need roughly 2.0 GB of extra host RAM just for the offloaded portion, before OS and other tools.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | A | Runs with offload (needs ~0.6 GB host RAM) | 7.7 tok/s | 13742 ms | 5K |
| Coding | B | Very compromised (needs ~2 GB host RAM) | 6.5 tok/s | 29763 ms | 5K |
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 4.8 tok/s | 58412 ms | 5K |
| Reasoning | B | Very compromised (needs ~2 GB host RAM) | 6.5 tok/s | 35174 ms | 5K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 4.8 tok/s | 73015 ms | 5K |
How DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B (32B params) fits at each quantization level on Tesla P40 24GB (24.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 12.5 GB | Low | A76 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 15.7 GB | Low | A75 |
NVFP4Best for your GPU | 4 | 17.9 GB | Medium | A75 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 19.5 GB | Medium | F0 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 23.0 GB | High | F0 |
Q6_K | 6 | 26.2 GB | High | F0 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 34.2 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 65.6 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Copy-paste commands to run DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B on your machine.
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ollama run deepseek-r1:32bOpções de upgrade
RTX 5090 32GBOpção econômicaRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 562%.
~$1,999 MSRP
RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GBMelhor custo-benefícioRemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 540%.
~$2,499 MSRP
RTX 5000 Ada 32GBUpgrade NVIDIARemoves host-memory offload, which is usually the single biggest latency and throughput win.
Raises estimated decode speed by about 292%.
~$4,000 MSRP
Yes, Tesla P40 24GB can run DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B with a B grade (Very compromised (needs ~2 GB host RAM)). Expected decode speed: 6.5 tok/s.
DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B (32B parameters) requires approximately 26.7 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 Tesla P40 24GB, DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B achieves approximately 6.5 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 29763ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B on Tesla P40 24GB receives a B grade with 6.5 tok/s and 5K context.
On Tesla P40 24GB, DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B can safely use up to 5K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 33K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
Remove offload with more accelerator memory. Prioritize a GPU or unified-memory tier that fits the whole model natively. Removing offload usually helps more than small compute gains.
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