DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 runs DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B excellently at 92 tok/s at Q4_K_M. This is a strong pairing.
Model Size
7.62B
Device VRAM
24 GB
Bandwidth
1008 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 4090.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_M | 92 tok/s | 65ms | ✓ Yes | Excellent | estimated |
Notes
Q4_K_M
Excellent fit. High bandwidth delivers near-instant responses for reasoning.
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 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