DeepSeekDeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B on NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q
Yes — RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q runs DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B excellently at Q8_0 — 119 tok/s. 96 GB VRAM with plenty of headroom.
Model Size
7.62B
Device VRAM
96 GB
Bandwidth
1800 GB/s
Quantization
Q8_0
Performance by Quantization
OwnRig currently has one published compatibility entry for DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B on NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q at Q8_0. This is the best supported pairing we can stand behind today.
| Quantization | Speed | TTFT | Fits in VRAM | Rating | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q8_0 | 119 tok/s | 42ms | ✓ Yes | Excellent | estimated |
Notes
Q8_0
96 GB GDDR7 fits Q8_0 (8.5 GB) with 88 GB headroom. 1.8 TB/s bandwidth. Near-FP16 quality — minimal quantization loss.
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 RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q has 96 GB at 1800 GB/s. Street price: $7,000.
See all models NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q can run →Estimate method: Estimated from full RTX PRO 6000 with ~8% reduction for Max-Q 300W power envelope. Reference hardware source: nvidia.com (2026-03-29)
Performance varies by driver version, inference engine, quantization method, context length, and system configuration. Figures shown are estimates based on community benchmarks and may not reflect your exact setup. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners. OwnRig is independent and not affiliated with any hardware or AI model provider.