Can You Run DeepSeek-R1 Distill 14B (Q3_K_M)? Every GPU, Tested

A model that doesn't fit doesn't run slowly, it doesn't run. Here's every card from our bench, sorted by measured speed.

Weights: bartowski/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B-GGUF

GPUs that run DeepSeek-R1 Distill 14B (Q3_K_M) (11)

GPUSpeedVRAMBasis
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition149.81 tok/s96GB✓ Measured
NVIDIA B300144.74 tok/s288GB✓ Measured
NVIDIA B200120.47 tok/s192GB✓ Measured
NVIDIA H200119.66 tok/s141GB✓ Measured
NVIDIA H100 80GB HBM3118.43 tok/s80GB✓ Measured
NVIDIA L40S85.85 tok/s48GB✓ Measured
NVIDIA A100 80GB SXM467.13 tok/s80GB✓ Measured
NVIDIA A100 40GB SXM465.33 tok/s40GBEst.
NVIDIA A10G41.72 tok/s24GB✓ Measured
NVIDIA L427.87 tok/s24GB✓ Measured
NVIDIA T416.86 tok/s16GB✓ Measured

Quick answers

What is the fastest GPU for DeepSeek-R1 Distill 14B (Q3_K_M)?

NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition is the fastest card we've measured running DeepSeek-R1 Distill 14B (Q3_K_M), at 149.81 tok/s.

What is the cheapest GPU that can run DeepSeek-R1 Distill 14B (Q3_K_M)?

NVIDIA T4 ($2,299 MSRP) is the cheapest card on our bench that runs DeepSeek-R1 Distill 14B (Q3_K_M), at 16.86 tok/s.

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