Can I Run / DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B / on AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 (64GB)

Can I Run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B on a AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 (64GB)?

Yes

Runs at Q8_0 — near-lossless quality.

Model size
32.8B
GPU memory
48.0GB
Smallest quant
Q4_K_M
Best fit
Q8_0

4 quantizations fit your 48.0GB

QuantMin VRAMRecommendedFile sizeHeadroom
Q8_0BEST35.9 GB37.4 GB34.9 GB+12.1 GB
Q6_K28.0 GB29.5 GB27.0 GB+20.0 GB
Q5_K_M24.3 GB25.8 GB23.3 GB+23.7 GB
Q4_K_M20.9 GB22.4 GB19.9 GB+27.1 GB

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DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

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AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 (64GB)

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FAQ

Can the AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 (64GB) run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B?

Yes. The AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 (64GB)'s 48.0GB of unified memory is enough to run DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B at Q8_0 quantization (35.9GB required).

What's the best quantization to use?

Q8_0 is the highest-precision quantization that fits in your 48.0GB. It uses about 35.9GB of memory and 37.4GB recommended for comfortable inference.

What if I need more headroom for context length?

KV cache memory grows with context length. The numbers above assume a baseline 2K-4K context. For long-context use (32K+), add another 2-6GB depending on the model architecture.