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DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B is a distilled DeepSeek R1 variant for reasoning evaluation with more accessible deployment options than the full model.

DeepSeek · DeepSeek

Editorial review

Reviewed byOpenSourcesAI EditorialLast updatedAugust 2026SourcesHugging Face model card (deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B)

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Best for

Reasoning experiments, local-friendly evaluation, and distilled model comparisons.

Who should use it

  • Reasoning experiments, local-friendly evaluation, and distilled model comparisons.
  • Builders who want local or self-hosted testing options.

Common workflows

  • Distilled reasoning and local evaluation
  • reasoning workflows
  • distilled workflows
  • local workflows
  • open weights workflows

Deployment and hardware notes

Local hardware needs vary by size, quantization, and runtime. Check the exact model card and serving stack.

License and usage notes

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Strengths

  • Open weights where released model option for DeepSeek workflows.
  • Reasoning experiments, local-friendly evaluation, and distilled model comparisons.
  • Use the exact checkpoint and quantization that matches your hardware and latency target.

Limitations

  • Verify license, deployment requirements, runtime support, and fit on your own workload before production use.
  • Local hardware needs vary by size, quantization, and runtime. Check the exact model card and serving stack.
  • Context window and limits: 131,072 tokens.
  • Verify the exact model card, provider docs, license, and serving support before production use.

Local workflow notes

Use the exact checkpoint and quantization that matches your hardware and latency target.

Local runtimes: Ollama where supported, LM Studio where supported, llama.cpp where supported, Transformers

Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux

Sources to verify

Hugging Face model card (deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B)

Related resources

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DeepSeek family hubModel selection guideFrontier vs open-weight contextLocal coding assistant stackAI tools directory
Hardware~4.9 GB at Q4_K_M (8B parameters)RuntimeOllama or LM Studio where supported, llama.cpp, Transformers, vLLMContext131,072 tokensLast updated2026
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Model ecosystem connections

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Recommended runtimes and tools

Ollama →LM Studio →llama.cpp →Transformers →vLLM →

Setup and deployment

Check if this model fits your GPU →What can 12GB VRAM run? →What is quantization? GGUF, Q4, Q8 explained →What is VRAM and how much do you need? →

Related model pages

DeepSeek family hub →DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B →DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B →DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B →DeepSeek-R1 Distill 14B →DeepSeek-R1 8B (0528 Qwen3) →DeepSeek Coder 33B →

Guides, stacks, and comparisons

Model selection guide →Frontier vs open-weight context →Local coding assistant stack →All model comparisons →

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