DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB runs DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B excellently at 48 tok/s at Q5_K_M. This is a strong pairing.
Model Size
7.62B
Device VRAM
10 GB
Bandwidth
760 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 3080 10GB.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q5_K_M | 48 tok/s | 130ms | ✓ Yes | Excellent | estimated |
Notes
Q5_K_M
R1 distilled reasoning. Q5 fits in 10GB. Very fast inference.
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 3080 10GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB has 10 GB at 760 GB/s. Street price: $399.
See all models NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB can run →Source: Performance estimates based on model size and device bandwidth (2026-03-15)
Data last updated: 2026-03-15