DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B TPS calculator

Open weights DeepSeek 7B parameters January 2025

Each card below is assessed against this model at the context length and minimum quality you choose. Speed is an estimate for a single request, calculated from the card's memory bandwidth and the size of the model once compressed.

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589 cards that can run it

818 cards we hold specifications for

Smallest card that fits

Tesla K20c

5 GB · Q3_K_M · 28.9 tok/s

Fastest card

B200

484 tok/s · 180 GB

Which GPUs can run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B?

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Context length tokens

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589 cards match

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					Needs	Quantisation	Fit
484 tok/s 411–581	B200 NVIDIA	180 GB	8,000 GB/s	Jan 2024	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
484 tok/s 411–581	B300 NVIDIA	288 GB	8,000 GB/s	Sep 2025	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
387 tok/s 232–618 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI350X AMD	288 GB	8,190 GB/s	Jan 2025	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
387 tok/s 232–618 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI355X AMD	288 GB	8,190 GB/s	Jan 2025	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
309 tok/s 185–495 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI300 AMD	128 GB	6,550 GB/s	Jan 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
296 tok/s 251–355	H200 NVL NVIDIA	141 GB	4,890 GB/s	Nov 2024	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
296 tok/s 251–355	H200 SXM 141 GB NVIDIA	141 GB	4,890 GB/s	Nov 2024	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
283 tok/s 170–453 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI325X AMD	256 GB	6,000 GB/s	Oct 2024	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
251 tok/s 151–402 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI300A AMD	128 GB	5,325 GB/s	Dec 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
251 tok/s 151–402 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI300X AMD	192 GB	5,325 GB/s	Dec 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
251 tok/s 151–402 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI308X AMD	192 GB	5,325 GB/s	Dec 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
238 tok/s 203–286	H100 NVL 94 GB NVIDIA	94 GB	3,940 GB/s	Mar 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
203 tok/s 173–244	H100 PCIe 96 GB NVIDIA	96 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
203 tok/s 173–244	H100 SXM5 80 GB NVIDIA	80 GB	3,360 GB/s	Oct 2022	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
203 tok/s 173–244	H100 SXM5 94 GB NVIDIA	94 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
203 tok/s 173–244	H100 SXM5 96 GB NVIDIA	96 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
203 tok/s 173–244	H800 SXM5 NVIDIA	80 GB	3,360 GB/s	Mar 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
155 tok/s 93–248 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI250 AMD	128 GB	3,280 GB/s	Nov 2021	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
155 tok/s 93–248 · low confidence	Radeon Instinct MI250X AMD	128 GB	3,280 GB/s	Nov 2021	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
131 tok/s 111–157	CMP 170HX 8 GB NVIDIA	8 GB	1,490 GB/s	Sep 2021	6.6 GB	Q6_K	Tight
129 tok/s 77–206 · low confidence	Data Center GPU Max 1550 Intel	128 GB	3,280 GB/s	Jan 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
126 tok/s 76–202 · low confidence	Data Center GPU Max Subsystem Intel	128 GB	3,210 GB/s	Jan 2023	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
123 tok/s 105–148	A100 SXM4 80 GB NVIDIA	80 GB	2,040 GB/s	Nov 2020	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
123 tok/s 105–148	A100X NVIDIA	80 GB	2,040 GB/s	Jun 2021	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable
123 tok/s 105–148	A800 SXM4 80 GB NVIDIA	80 GB	2,040 GB/s	Aug 2022	8.2 GB	Q8_0	Comfortable

Speeds are estimates for a single request — one conversation at a time — calculated from memory bandwidth, model size and quantisation. Real throughput varies with the inference runtime and its version. Figures published by hardware vendors measure many simultaneous requests and are much higher.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation: DeepSeek
Organisation type: Industry
Country: China
Published: 22 January 2025
Authors: DeepSeek-AI, Daya Guo, Dejian Yang, Haowei Zhang, Junxiao Song, Ruoyu Zhang, Runxin Xu, Qihao Zhu, Shirong Ma, Peiyi Wang, Xiao Bi, Xiaokang Zhang, Xingkai Yu, Yu Wu, Z.F. Wu, Zhibin Gou, Zhihong Shao, Zhuoshu Li, Ziyi Gao, Aixin Liu, Bing Xue, Bingxuan Wang, Bochao Wu, Bei Feng, Chengda Lu, Chenggang Zhao, Chengqi Deng, Chenyu Zhang, Chong Ruan, Damai Dai, Deli Chen, Dongjie Ji, Erhang Li, Fangyu…

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain: Language
Task: Language modeling/generation, Question answering, Quantitative reasoning, Code generation
Base model: Qwen2.5-7B

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Parameters: 7B
Training data: tokens
Epochs: 2

Training compute

The arithmetic performed to train the model, measured in floating-point operations. It is a measure of what the training run cost, not of how fast the finished model answers you.

How it was established: Operation counting
Fine-tuning compute: 2 × 10²¹ FLOP

Availability

Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.

Weights: Open — downloadable
Model access: Open weights (unrestricted)
Training code: Unreleased
Hugging Face: deepseek-ai

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Record confidence: Speculative

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference: DeepSeek-R1: Incentivizing Reasoning Capability in LLMs via Reinforcement Learning
Last updated: 28 November 2025

The extremes

The ten fastest GPUs that run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B

Ranked by estimated tokens per second, newest card first where speeds tie. Because generation is bound by memory bandwidth, this ordering follows bandwidth rather than any gaming benchmark.

The smallest GPUs that still run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B

The cheapest route in, by memory capacity. A tight fit runs the model but leaves nothing spare for a longer conversation.

What the numbers mean

Hardware requirements in practice

Minimum card

Tesla K20c

Memory needed

4.1 GB

Fastest

484 tok/s

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B is small enough at 7B parameters that hardware is rarely the obstacle — 589 of the cards we track can run it, including cards several years old.

The entry point is the Tesla K20c: 5 GB of memory, Q3_K_M compression, roughly 28.9 tokens per second.

The quickest result comes from a B200 at around 484 tokens per second — its 8,000 GB/s of bandwidth is what buys that.

Background

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B was published by DeepSeek, in China, in January 2025. It comes out of industry.

It works in Language, and is recorded as doing language modeling/generation, Question answering, Quantitative reasoning, Code generation.

It builds on Qwen2.5-7B, which is why it shares that model's general shape and size.

The weights being open is what puts this page in the calculator rather than only in the catalogue: it is a model you can actually hold. It is published under the deepseek-ai organisation on Hugging Face.

Reading the throughput figures

The median result is around 26.1 tokens per second; 559 cards produce text faster than most people read it.

Being dense, it reads all of itself per token, which is why the ordering by speed below follows the ordering by memory bandwidth so closely.

Its attention layout is on file, so the memory figures are computed exactly rather than approximated.

Step by step

How to choose a GPU for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B

The table above has already assessed every card we hold specifications for against this model. Getting to your answer takes six steps.

01

Check what it needs before anything else

Look at what DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B actually needs — around 4.1 GB at Q3_K_M. No amount of processing power compensates for a card that cannot hold it.
02

Match the context to your actual use

The conversation occupies memory too, and grows as it goes. Set the slider to the length you expect: at long context DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B can slip off a card that handles short questions easily.
03

Choose how far you will compress it

Compression is what makes DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B fit smaller cards, at some cost in accuracy — Q3_K_M on the smallest card that fits. A minimum quality removes the ones that go too far.
04

Sort by speed

Ranking by tokens per second for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B follows memory bandwidth, not core counts, which is why the B200 tops it at 484 tok/s.
05

Look at the headroom, not just the fit

The fit column separates cards that just manage DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B from those with room to spare. Buy for the second if the context might grow.
06

See what else that card runs

Every card name links to its own page, which runs the same calculation across the whole model catalogue. Worth a look before buying for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B alone — a card is usually bought for more than one model.

Answers

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B — common questions

How much VRAM does DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B need?

About 4.1 GB at Q3_K_M compression, which is what the smallest card that runs it uses. Less compression needs more: the figures in the memory column above are recalculated for each card, because each one holds the least-compressed version it can.

Can I run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B on a 8 GB GPU?

Yes. A CMP 170HX 8 GB with 8 GB runs it at Q6_K, using about 6.6 GB and generating roughly 131 tokens per second — a tight fit.

Can I run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B on a 12 GB GPU?

Yes. A GeForce RTX 3080 Ti with 12 GB runs it at Q8_0, using about 8.2 GB and generating roughly 55.2 tokens per second — a comfortable fit.

Can I run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B on a 16 GB GPU?

Yes. A Tesla V100 SXM2 16 GB with 16 GB runs it at Q8_0, using about 8.2 GB and generating roughly 68.4 tokens per second — a comfortable fit.

Can I run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B on a 24 GB GPU?

Yes. A GeForce RTX 5090 D V2 with 24 GB runs it at Q8_0, using about 8.2 GB and generating roughly 81.1 tokens per second — a comfortable fit.

Is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B open source?

Its weights are published, so DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B can be downloaded and run on your own hardware. Note that open weights is not the same as open source in the full sense — it says nothing about the training data, the training code, or the commercial terms attached.

How many parameters does DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B have?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B has 7B parameters. 7B. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.

Who created DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B was published by DeepSeek, based in China, categorised as industry.

When was DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B released?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B was published in January 2025.

What is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B used for?

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B works in Language, and is recorded as handling language modeling/generation, Question answering, Quantitative reasoning, Code generation. A model can carry several of each, so these are the areas it was built for rather than a limit on what it will attempt.

Where can I download DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B?

Its weights are published under the deepseek-ai organisation on Hugging Face. We do not host model files — this site calculates what hardware is needed to run them.

Can I run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B if it does not fit in my GPU?

Partly. Layers that do not fit sit in system memory and run at a fraction of the speed, so a mostly-offloaded DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B is rarely worth using — the nearest miss we calculate is short by 1.3 GB. Every figure here assumes the whole model is on the card.

Would two GPUs run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B faster?

Two cards buy memory rather than speed. That matters for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B only if one card cannot hold it — 589 can, so a second adds little.

Why does the quantisation differ between cards for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B?

A larger card holds a more accurate copy. Across the cards that run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B, 4 compression levels are used; the floor control above pins it to one.

How accurate are these DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B speed estimates?

They are calculated from specifications rather than measured, and each carries a range — 411–581 tok/s on the B200, for instance. The same model and card vary by thirty to fifty per cent depending on the inference software and its version.

What GPU do I need to run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B?

The smallest card in our catalogue that holds DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B is the Tesla K20c, with 5 GB of memory. It runs the model at Q3_K_M using about 4.1 GB, and produces roughly 28.9 tokens per second. 589 cards in total can run it.

How fast is DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B on a GPU?

It depends on the card. The quickest we calculate is a B200 at about 484 tokens per second; the slowest that still runs it manages considerably less. Reading speed is around ten tokens per second, and 559 of the cards that can run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B clear that.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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