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Checked Active: 2026-10-15
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1 distills (local)
Step-by-step reasoning and math on modest hardware. The 8B (R1-0528 on Qwen3) fits a 16 GB laptop.
Evaluation Analysis: Tools and thinking. The full 671B model needs about 404 GB and is not practical locally. Plan on RAM or VRAM of roughly the download size plus 2 to 4 GB for context.
Context Window128K
Input Price / 1MFree (local)
Output Price / 1MFree (local)
Release Date2025-05
Run it locally
ollama run deepseek-r1:8b- Ollama tag
- deepseek-r1:8b (also 1.5b, 7b, 14b, 32b, 70b)
- LM Studio name
- deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528-qwen3-8b
- Download size by quantization
- 8B 5.2 GB Q4 / 8.9 GB Q8; 14B 9.0 / 16 GB; 32B 20 GB; 70B 43 GB
- License
- MIT
Memory needed is roughly the download size plus 2 to 4 GB for context. See how to run AI locally.
Specs and prices checked 2026-10-15 against the official page.