DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 handles DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B well at 24 tok/s at Q4_K_M. A solid choice for this model.
Model Size
32.5B
Device VRAM
24 GB
Bandwidth
1008 GB/s
Quantizations Tested
1
Performance by Quantization
Each row shows DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_M | 24 tok/s | 360ms | ✓ Yes | Good | estimated |
Notes
Q4_K_M
32B reasoning model at Q4. Good quality-to-speed ratio on 4090.
About DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B (32.5B) is a reasoning, coding, chat model. Distilled reasoning model with strong coding and chat capabilities.
View all DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B hardware options →About NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has 24 GB at 1008 GB/s. Street price: $1,799.
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Source: Community benchmarks and estimated performance (2026-03-01)
Data last updated: 2026-03-15