DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB handles DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B well at 32 tok/s at Q4_K_M. A solid choice for this model.
Model Size
7.62B
Device VRAM
8 GB
Bandwidth
272 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 4060 8GB.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_M | 32 tok/s | 220ms | ✓ Yes | Good | estimated |
Notes
Q4_K_M
7.62B reasoning distillate. Q4_K_M fits with ~3GB headroom. 272 GB/s limits speed.
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 4060 8GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB has 8 GB at 272 GB/s. Street price: $289.
See all models NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB can run →Source: Performance estimates based on model size and device bandwidth (2026-03-15)
Data last updated: 2026-03-15