DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB handles DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B well at 38 tok/s at Q4_K_M. A solid choice for this model.
Model Size
7.62B
Device VRAM
12 GB
Bandwidth
360 GB/s
Quantizations Tested
1
Performance by Quantization
Each row shows DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B performance at a different quality level on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_M | 38 tok/s | 170ms | ✓ Yes | Good | estimated |
Notes
Q4_K_M
7B distill model fits comfortably on 12GB. Good speed for reasoning tasks.
About DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B (7.62B) is a reasoning, chat model. Compact distilled reasoning model for chat and inference.
View all DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B hardware options →About NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB has 12 GB at 360 GB/s. Street price: $269.
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Source: Community benchmarks and estimated performance (2026-03-01)
Data last updated: 2026-03-15