Can Gaudi 3 128GB run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B?

Intel · 128 GB HBM2e · 3276 GB/s bandwidth · DeepSeek · 70.6B · model ctx up to 128K

Yes — the Gaudi 3 128GB (128 GB HBM2e) can run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B. At Q4 with the default 8K context it needs ≈ 53.95 GB VRAM (weights 38.83 GB + KV cache 14.12 GB + 1 GB runtime overhead), which fits within 128 GB. Decode at Q4/8K: ≈ 29.5 tok/s (estimated, batch 1). FP16 needs ≈ 156.32 GB — does not fit on this card. Estimates come from memory-bandwidth math; rows tagged measured override estimates. Relative ranking is more reliable than absolute tok/s. Methodology.

Fit & speed by quant and context

Quant	Context	VRAM needed	Fits?	tok/s (decode)
Q4	4K	46.89 GB	Yes	29.5 est.
Q4	8K default	53.95 GB	Yes	29.5 est.
Q4	32K	96.31 GB	Yes	29.5 est.
FP16	4K	149.26 GB	No	17.1 est.
FP16	8K default	156.32 GB	No	15.6 est.
FP16	32K	198.68 GB	No	9.6 est.

Fits = weights + KV(ctx) + 1 GB overhead ≤ 95% of VRAM. Measured anchors are context-agnostic; the fit verdict is recomputed per context. A missing tok/s means the model is far beyond this card (offload-only territory).

VRAM breakdown at 8K context

Quant	Weights	KV cache	Overhead	Total needed	Gaudi 3 128GB VRAM
Q4	38.83 GB	14.12 GB	1 GB	53.95 GB	128 GB
FP16	141.2 GB	14.12 GB	1 GB	156.32 GB	128 GB

Other GPUs that run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B

• B200 192GB SXM — ≈72.1 tok/s Q4 est.
• MI300X 192GB — ≈47.8 tok/s Q4 est.
• H200 141GB SXM5 — ≈43.3 tok/s Q4 est.
• H100 80GB SXM5 — ≈30.2 tok/s Q4 est.
• A100 80GB SXM4 — ≈18.4 tok/s Q4 est.
• Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB — ≈7.4 tok/s Q4 est.
• Mac Studio M2 Ultra 192GB — ≈7.2 tok/s Q4 est.
• MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB — ≈4.9 tok/s Q4 est.

All GPUs for DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B →

Other models for the Gaudi 3 128GB

• Qwen3-0.6B — ≈2605.9 tok/s Q4 est.
• gemma-3-1b-it — ≈2084.7 tok/s Q4 est.
• Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct — ≈1737.3 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3-1.7B — ≈1042.4 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3-30B-A3B — ≈694.9 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct — ≈694.9 tok/s Q4 est.
• GLM-4.7-Flash — ≈694.9 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 — ≈694.9 tok/s Q4 est.

All models on the Gaudi 3 128GB →