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GPU × local model compatibility

Can RTX 4060 8GB run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B?

No — it exceeds available memory.

This demonstrated search pairing makes the RTX 4060 memory shortfall explicit and links to smaller DeepSeek distills plus GPUs with enough VRAM.

11.84GBVRAM required
8.00GBAvailable memory
3.84GBVRAM shortfall
Q4_K_MRecommended quantization
8KContext

A lighter Q2_K / 4K configuration also fits.

Calculated estimate, not a measured benchmark.

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GPU and model details

RTX 4060 8GB GPU details

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B model details