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DeepSeek R1 Distill (14B)
Deep reasoning at 14B. Chain-of-thought reasoning. Largely superseded by Qwen 3 14B and Phi-4 Reasoning for most tasks.
Parameters
14B
Minimum RAM
16 GB
Model size
9.5 GB
Quantization
Q4_K_M
Can DeepSeek R1 Distill (14B) run locally?
DeepSeek R1 Distill (14B) is best suited for mainstream Macs and PCs with 16 GB RAM. LocalClaw recommends Q4_K_M as the default quantization, with at least 16 GB RAM.
Search term for LM Studio or compatible runtimes: deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-14b
Hugging Face repository: lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B-GGUF
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Strengths
- PhD-level reasoning at 14B
- Shows chain-of-thought
- MIT license
- Excellent math/logic
Limitations
- Needs 16GB+ RAM
- Verbose outputs
- Can be slow due to reasoning tokens
Best use cases
- Complex math problems
- Logical analysis
- Scientific reasoning
- Research
Benchmarks
Speed: 5/10
Quality: 7/10
Coding: 6/10
Reasoning: 8/10
Technical details
Developer: DeepSeek AI
License: MIT
Context window: 131,072 tokens
Architecture: Transformer distilled from DeepSeek-R1 (Qwen 2.5 14B base)
Released: 2025-01