DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B: What PC You Need

What DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B asks of a PC

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B has 8B parameters, all of them active, so its memory need scales directly with that count and the quantization you pick.

At 8K context DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B takes 7.6GB at Q4, 9.6GB at Q6 and 11.8GB at Q8. Stepping from Q4 to Q8 costs 4.2GB.

50 tracked PCs with a verified price run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B comfortably and 6 run it with limits. The cheapest comfortable option by type is laptop: Apple MacBook Air 15 (M5) at $1,299; mini PC: Apple Mac mini (M6) at $779; desktop: Framework Desktop (Ryzen AI Max 385) at $1,269; workstation: Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Ultra (RTX PRO 4500) at $2,029.99.

Memory requirements for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B

Parameters

8B

Source

Model card

Best PC for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B

Lenovo ThinkStation PGX: the highest AIPC Score among the PCs that run it comfortably, at $5,859.

Cheapest PCs that run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B comfortably

#	System	Type	AI Memory	GPU/NPU	AI Score	Price	Verified	View
1	Apple Mac mini (M6)	Mini PC	12GB	Apple M6 GPU	16.1	$779	5h	View Deal on Amazon →
2	Minisforum UM890 Pro	Mini PC	16GB	Radeon 780M	17.3	$1,015	5h	View Deal on Amazon →
3	Minisforum MS-01 Workstation	Mini PC	16GB	Intel Iris Xe	18.4	$1,039	5h	View Deal on Amazon →
4	Beelink SER8	Mini PC	16GB	Radeon 780M	17.5	$1,099	5h	View Deal on Amazon →
5	Minisforum AI X1 Pro-370	Mini PC	16GB	Radeon 890M	20	$1,247	5h	View Deal on Amazon →

Cheapest PCs that run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-7B with limitations

#	System	Type	AI Memory	GPU/NPU	AI Score	Price	Verified	View
1	GMKtec K8 Plus	Mini PC	8GB	Radeon 780M	10	$749.99	5h	View Deal on Amazon →
2	ASUS Zenbook A14 (Snapdragon X)	Laptop	8GB	Adreno	9	$832	5h	View Deal on Amazon →
3	Dell 14 Plus (Core Ultra 200V)	Laptop	8GB	Intel Arc 140V	9.2	$1,275.49	5h	View Deal on Amazon →

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