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DeepSeek R1 Distill (70B)

Massive reasoning distill at 70B. Good for pure reasoning but outperformed by GLM 4.5 Air and newer flagship models overall.

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Parameters
70B
Minimum RAM
48 GB
Model size
40 GB
Quantization
Q4_K_M

Can DeepSeek R1 Distill (70B) run locally?

DeepSeek R1 Distill (70B) is best suited for high-end workstations with 64 GB RAM. LocalClaw recommends Q4_K_M as the default quantization, with at least 48 GB RAM.

Search term for LM Studio or compatible runtimes: deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b

Hugging Face repository: lmstudio-community/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B-GGUF

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Strengths

  • Top-tier reasoning model
  • Rivals o1 on math benchmarks
  • MIT license
  • Strong at complex logic

Limitations

  • Requires 48GB+ RAM
  • Very slow
  • Verbose outputs

Best use cases

  • Advanced mathematics
  • Scientific reasoning
  • Research
  • Complex problem solving

Benchmarks

Speed: 2/10

Quality: 9/10

Coding: 8/10

Reasoning: 10/10

Technical details

Developer: DeepSeek AI

License: MIT

Context window: 131,072 tokens

Architecture: Transformer distilled from DeepSeek-R1

Released: 2025-01

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