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LLM VRAM, Quantization & Tokens/s Calculator

Verify memory requirements and inference throughput for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B on GeForce RTX 4090 24GB.

ENGINEERING CONTROLS & INPUTS

Live Sync 1:1
2.06 bpw
8,192 tokens
2k8k16k32k64k128k
24 GB VRAM
64 GB RAM

TELEMETRY & MATH CONSOLE

IEEE 754
Total VRAM Required
18.78GB / 24 GB

100% in VRAM (Max Performance)

GPU VRAM Occupancy78%
Detailed Mathematical Breakdown
Model Weights Footprint70.6B params at 2.06 bits per weight.
16.93GB
KV Cache FootprintContext: 8,192 tokens in Q4_0 format.
0.63GB
CUDA Overhead & RuntimeKernel driver overhead, scratchpad activations & context buffers.
1.23GB
GPU Layers vs CPU Layers100% of the network accelerated by VRAM.
80 / 80in GPU
Estimated Generation SpeedBounded by 1008 GB/s memory bandwidth.
40.5 t/s
Applied Equation (Live Input):

VRAM_Total (18.78 GB) = Pesos (16.93 GB) + KV Cache (0.63 GB) + CUDA Buffer (1.23 GB)

Technical Methodology & Benchmark Guide

Quantization Matrix for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B across all formats

FormatTotal SizeFits VRAMEst. Speed
FP16 / BF16 (Sin pérdida)137.94 GBOffload CPU0 t/s
Q8_0 (Calidad Original)73.83 GBOffload CPU0 t/s
Q6_K (Excelente fidelidad)57.25 GBOffload CPU0.9 t/s
Q5_K_M (Equilibrado alto)49.81 GBOffload CPU1.2 t/s
Q4_K_M (Estándar Recomendado)42.63 GBOffload CPU1.7 t/s
IQ4_XS (Cuantización Inteligente)37.5 GBOffload CPU2.3 t/s
Q3_K_M (Ahorro agresivo)34.6 GBOffload CPU2.9 t/s
Q2_K (Ultra comprimido)29.81 GBOffload CPU5.3 t/s
IQ2_XXS (Mínimo absoluto)18.78 GB✓ 100% VRAM40.5 t/s

Frequently Asked Technical Questions

What is the reasoning degradation of DeepSeek R1 70B at IQ2_XXS?

SOTA benchmarks confirm an IQ2-quantized 70B model retains substantially higher reasoning and coding competence than an unquantized 8B or 14B model in native FP16.

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