DeepSeek Hosting: Deploy R1, V2, V3, and Distill Models Efficiently

DeepSeek Hosting allows you to deploy, serve, and scale DeepSeek's large language models (LLMs)—such as DeepSeek R1, V2, V3, coder, and Distill variants—in high-performance GPU environments. It enables developers, researchers, and companies to run DeepSeek models efficiently via APIs or interactive applications.

DeepSeek Hosting with Ollama — GPU Recommendation

Deploying DeepSeek models using Ollama is a flexible and developer-friendly way to run powerful LLMs locally or on servers. However, choosing the right GPU is critical to ensure smooth performance and fast inference, especially as model sizes scale from lightweight 1.5B to massive 70B+ parameters.
Model NameSize (4-bit Quantization)Recommended GPUsTokens/s
deepseek-coder:1.3b776MBP1000 < T1000 < GTX1650 < GTX1660 < RTX206028.9-50.32
deepSeek-r1:1.5B1.1GBP1000 < T1000 < GTX1650 < GTX1660 < RTX206025.3-43.12
deepseek-coder:6.7b3.8GBT1000 < RTX3060 Ti < RTX4060 < A4000 < RTX5060 < V10026.55-90.02
deepSeek-r1:7B4.7GBT1000 < RTX3060 Ti < RTX4060 < A4000 < RTX5060 < V10026.70-87.10
deepSeek-r1:8B5.2GBT1000 < RTX3060 Ti < RTX4060 < A4000 < RTX5060 < V10021.51-87.03
deepSeek-r1:14B9.0GBA4000 < A5000 < V10030.2-48.63
deepseek-v2:16B8.9GBA4000 < A5000 < V10022.89-69.16
deepSeek-r1:32B20GBA5000 < RTX4090 < A100-40gb < RTX509024.21-45.51
deepseek-coder:33b19GBA5000 < RTX4090 < A100-40gb < RTX509025.05-46.71
deepSeek-r1:70B43GBA40 < A6000 < 2*A100-40gb < A100-80gb < H100 < 2*RTX509013.65-27.03
deepseek-v2:236B133GB2*A100-80gb < 2*H100--
deepSeek-r1:671B404GB6*A100-80gb < 6*H100--
deepseek-v3:671B404GB6*A100-80gb < 6*H100--

DeepSeek Hosting with vLLM + Hugging Face — GPU Recommendation

Hosting DeepSeek models using vLLM and Hugging Face is an efficient solution for high-performance inference, especially in production environments requiring low latency, multi-turn chat, and throughput optimization. vLLM is built for scalable and memory-efficient LLM serving, making it ideal for deploying large DeepSeek models with better GPU utilization.
Model NameSize (16-bit Quantization)Recommended GPU(s)Concurrent RequestsTokens/s
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek‑R1‑Distill‑Qwen‑1.5B~3GBT1000 < RTX3060 < RTX4060 < 2*RTX3060 < 2*RTX4060 < A4000 < V100501500-5000
deepseek-ai/deepseek‑coder‑6.7b‑instruct~13.4GBA5000 < RTX4090501375-4120
deepseek-ai/Janus‑Pro‑7B~14GBA5000 < RTX4090501333-4009
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek‑R1‑Distill‑Qwen‑7B~14GBA5000 < RTX4090501333-4009
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek‑R1‑Distill‑Llama‑8B~16GB2*A4000 < 2*V100 < A5000 < RTX4090501450-2769
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek‑R1‑Distill‑Qwen‑14B~28GB3*V100 < 2*A5000 < A40 < A6000 < A100-40gb < 2*RTX409050449-861
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek‑R1‑Distill‑Qwen‑32B~65GBA100-80gb < 2*A100-40gb < 2*A6000 < H10050577-1480
deepseek-ai/deepseek‑coder‑33b‑instruct~66GBA100-80gb < 2*A100-40gb < 2*A6000 < H10050570-1470
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek‑R1‑Distill‑Llama‑70B~135GB4*A600050466
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek‑Prover‑V2‑671B~1350GB------
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek‑V3~1350GB------
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek‑R1~1350GB------
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek‑R1‑0528~1350GB------
deepseek-ai/DeepSeek‑V3‑0324~1350GB------
✅ Explanation:
  • Recommended GPUs: From left to right, performance from low to high
  • Tokens/s: from benchmark data.

Choose The Best GPU Plans for DeepSeek R1/V2/V3/Distill Hosting

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Express GPU Dedicated Server - P1000

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  • GPU: Nvidia Quadro P1000
  • Microarchitecture: Pascal
  • CUDA Cores: 640
  • GPU Memory: 4GB GDDR5
  • FP32 Performance: 1.894 TFLOPS
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Basic GPU Dedicated Server - T1000

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  • FP32 Performance: 2.5 TFLOPS
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Basic GPU Dedicated Server - GTX 1650

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  • FP32 Performance: 3.0 TFLOPS
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Basic GPU Dedicated Server - GTX 1660

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  • CUDA Cores: 1408
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  • Microarchitecture: Volta
  • CUDA Cores: 5,120
  • Tensor Cores: 640
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  • FP32 Performance: 14 TFLOPS

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  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
  • Microarchitecture: Ampere
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  • Tensor Cores: 240
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  • FP32 Performance: 6.5 TFLOPS

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  • OS: Windows / Linux
  • GPU: GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
  • Microarchitecture: Ampere
  • CUDA Cores: 4864
  • Tensor Cores: 152
  • GPU Memory: 8GB GDDR6
  • FP32 Performance: 16.2 TFLOPS
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  • OS: Linux / Windows 10/ Windows 11
  • Dedicated GPU: Quadro RTX A4000
  • CUDA Cores: 6,144
  • Tensor Cores: 192
  • GPU Memory: 16GB GDDR6
  • FP32 Performance: 19.2 TFLOPS

Advanced GPU Dedicated Server - A4000

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  • OS: Windows / Linux
  • GPU: Nvidia Quadro RTX A4000
  • Microarchitecture: Ampere
  • CUDA Cores: 6144
  • Tensor Cores: 192
  • GPU Memory: 16GB GDDR6
  • FP32 Performance: 19.2 TFLOPS
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Advanced GPU Dedicated Server - A5000

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  • GPU: Nvidia Quadro RTX A5000
  • Microarchitecture: Ampere
  • CUDA Cores: 8192
  • Tensor Cores: 256
  • GPU Memory: 24GB GDDR6
  • FP32 Performance: 27.8 TFLOPS
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  • CUDA Cores: 10,752
  • Tensor Cores: 336
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  • FP32 Performance: 37.48 TFLOPS
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  • Microarchitecture: Blackwell 2.0
  • CUDA Cores: 4608
  • Tensor Cores: 144
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  • FP32 Performance: 23.22 TFLOPS
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  • Microarchitecture: Ada Lovelace
  • CUDA Cores: 20,480
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  • FP32 Performance: 109.7 TFLOPS

Enterprise GPU Dedicated Server - A100

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  • Microarchitecture: Ampere
  • CUDA Cores: 6912
  • Tensor Cores: 432
  • GPU Memory: 40GB HBM2
  • FP32 Performance: 19.5 TFLOPS
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  • Microarchitecture: Ampere
  • CUDA Cores: 6912
  • Tensor Cores: 432
  • GPU Memory: 80GB HBM2e
  • FP32 Performance: 19.5 TFLOPS
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Enterprise GPU Dedicated Server - H100

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  • Tensor Cores: 456
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  • FP32 Performance: 183TFLOPS

Multi-GPU Dedicated Server- 2xRTX 4090

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  • Microarchitecture: Ada Lovelace
  • CUDA Cores: 16,384
  • Tensor Cores: 512
  • GPU Memory: 24 GB GDDR6X
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  • CUDA Cores: 20,480
  • Tensor Cores: 680
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  • FP32 Performance: 109.7 TFLOPS
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Multi-GPU Dedicated Server - 2xRTX 3060 Ti

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  • GPU: 2 x GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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Multi-GPU Dedicated Server - 2xRTX 4060

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Multi-GPU Dedicated Server - 2xRTX A5000

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  • GPU: 2 x Quadro RTX A5000
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  • Tensor Cores: 256
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Multi-GPU Dedicated Server - 2xRTX A4000

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  • OS: Windows / Linux
  • GPU: 2 x Nvidia RTX A4000
  • Microarchitecture: Ampere
  • CUDA Cores: 6144
  • Tensor Cores: 192
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  • FP32 Performance: 19.2 TFLOPS

Multi-GPU Dedicated Server - 3xRTX 3060 Ti

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  • OS: Windows / Linux
  • GPU: 3 x GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
  • Microarchitecture: Ampere
  • CUDA Cores: 4864
  • Tensor Cores: 152
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Multi-GPU Dedicated Server - 3xV100

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  • OS: Windows / Linux
  • GPU: 3 x Nvidia V100
  • Microarchitecture: Volta
  • CUDA Cores: 5,120
  • Tensor Cores: 640
  • GPU Memory: 16GB HBM2
  • FP32 Performance: 14 TFLOPS

Multi-GPU Dedicated Server - 3xRTX A5000

539.00/mo
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  • 256GB RAM
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  • 240GB SSD + 2TB NVMe + 8TB SATA
  • 1Gbps
  • OS: Windows / Linux
  • GPU: 3 x Quadro RTX A5000
  • Microarchitecture: Ampere
  • CUDA Cores: 8192
  • Tensor Cores: 256
  • GPU Memory: 24GB GDDR6
  • FP32 Performance: 27.8 TFLOPS

Multi-GPU Dedicated Server - 3xRTX A6000

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  • 1Gbps
  • OS: Windows / Linux
  • GPU: 3 x Quadro RTX A6000
  • Microarchitecture: Ampere
  • CUDA Cores: 10,752
  • Tensor Cores: 336
  • GPU Memory: 48GB GDDR6
  • FP32 Performance: 38.71 TFLOPS
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Multi-GPU Dedicated Server - 4xA100

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  • Microarchitecture: Ampere
  • CUDA Cores: 6912
  • Tensor Cores: 432
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  • FP32 Performance: 19.5 TFLOPS

Multi-GPU Dedicated Server - 4xRTX A6000

1199.00/mo
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  • 512GB RAM
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  • 240GB SSD + 4TB NVMe + 16TB SATA
  • 1Gbps
  • OS: Windows / Linux
  • GPU: 4 x Quadro RTX A6000
  • Microarchitecture: Ampere
  • CUDA Cores: 10,752
  • Tensor Cores: 336
  • GPU Memory: 48GB GDDR6
  • FP32 Performance: 38.71 TFLOPS

Multi-GPU Dedicated Server - 8xV100

1499.00/mo
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  • 512GB RAM
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  • 240GB SSD + 4TB NVMe + 16TB SATA
  • 1Gbps
  • OS: Windows / Linux
  • GPU: 8 x Nvidia Tesla V100
  • Microarchitecture: Volta
  • CUDA Cores: 5,120
  • Tensor Cores: 640
  • GPU Memory: 16GB HBM2
  • FP32 Performance: 14 TFLOPS

Multi-GPU Dedicated Server - 8xRTX A6000

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  • 512GB RAM
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  • 240GB SSD + 4TB NVMe + 16TB SATA
  • 1Gbps
  • OS: Windows / Linux
  • GPU: 8 x Quadro RTX A6000
  • Microarchitecture: Ampere
  • CUDA Cores: 10,752
  • Tensor Cores: 336
  • GPU Memory: 48GB GDDR6
  • FP32 Performance: 38.71 TFLOPS
What is DeepSeek Hosting?

What is DeepSeek Hosting?

DeepSeek Hosting enables users to serve, infer, or fine-tune DeepSeek models (like R1, V2, V3, or Distill variants) through either self-hosted environments or cloud-based APIs. DeepSeek Hosting Types include Self-Hosted Deployment and LLM-as-a-Service (LLMaaS).

✅ Self-hosted deployment means deploying on GPU servers (e.g. A100, 4090, H100) using inference engines such as vLLM, TGI, or Ollama, and users can control model files, batch processing, memory usage, and API logic

LLM as a Service (LLMaaS) uses DeepSeek models through API providers, without deployment, just calling API.

LLM Benchmark Test Results for DeepSeek R1, V2, V3, and Distill Hosting

Each DeepSeek variant is tested under multiple deployment backends — including vLLM, Ollama, and Text Generation Inference (TGI) — across different GPU configurations (e.g., A100, RTX 4090, H100). The benchmark includes both full-precision and quantized (e.g., int4/ggml) versions of the models to simulate cost-effective hosting scenarios.
Ollama Hosting

Ollama Benchmark for Deepseek

Each model—from the lightweight DeepSeek-R1 1.5B to the larger 7B, 14B, and 32B versions—is evaluated on popular GPUs such as RTX 3060, 3090, 4090, and A100. This helps users choose the best GPU for both performance and cost-effectiveness when running DeepSeek models with Ollama.
vLLM Hosting

vLLM Benchmark for Deepseek

This benchmark evaluates the performance of DeepSeek models hosted on vLLM, covering models from the DeepSeek-R1, V2, V3, and Distill families, and using a variety of GPU types, from RTX 4090, A100, and H100, to multi-GPU configurations for large models such as DeepSeek-R1 32B+.

How to Deploy DeepSeek LLMs with Ollama/vLLM

Ollama Hosting

Install and Run DeepSeek-R1 Locally with Ollama >

Ollama is a self-hosted AI solution to run open-source large language models, such as DeepSeek, Gemma, Llama, Mistral, and other LLMs locally or on your own infrastructure.
vLLM Hosting

Install and Run DeepSeek-R1 Locally with vLLM v1 >

vLLM is an optimized framework designed for high-performance inference of Large Language Models (LLMs). It focuses on fast, cost-efficient, and scalable serving of LLMs.

What Does DeepSeek Hosting Stack Include?

Hosting DeepSeek models efficiently requires a robust software and hardware stack. A typical DeepSeek LLM hosting stack includes the following components:

Model Backend (Inference Engine)

  • vLLM — For high-throughput, low-latency serving
  • Ollama — Lightweight local inference with simple CLI/API
  • TGI — Hugging Face’s production-ready server
  • TensorRT-LLM / FasterTransformer — For optimized GPU serving
  • Model Format

  • FP16 / BF16 — Full precision, high accuracy
  • INT4 / GGUF — Quantized formats for faster, smaller deployments
  • Safetensors — Secure, fast-loading file format
  • Models usually pulled from Hugging Face Hub or local registry
  • Serving Infrastructure

  • Docker — For isolated, GPU-accelerated containers
  • CUDA (>=11.8) + cuDNN — Required for GPU inference
  • Python (>=3.10) — vLLM and Ollama runtime
  • FastAPI / Flask / gRPC — Optional API layer for integration
  • Nginx / Traefik — As reverse proxy for scaling and SSL
  • Hardware (GPU Servers)

  • High VRAM GPUs (A100, H100, 4090, 3090, etc.)
  • Multi-GPU or NVLink setups for models ≥32B
  • Dedicated Inference Nodes with 24GB+ VRAM recommended
  • Why DeepSeek Hosting Needs a Specialized Hardware + Software Stack

    DeepSeek models are state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) designed for high-performance reasoning, multi-turn conversations, and code generation. Hosting them effectively requires a specialized combination of hardware and software due to their size, complexity, and compute demands.
    DeepSeek Models Are Large and Compute-Intensive

    DeepSeek Models Are Large and Compute-Intensive

    Model sizes range from 1.5B to 70B+ parameters, with FP16 memory footprints reaching up to 100+ GB. Larger models like DeepSeek-R1-32B or 236B require multi-GPU setups or high-end GPUs with large VRAM.
    Powerful GPUs Are Required

    Powerful GPUs Are Required

    GPU VRAM needs to be greater than 1.2 times the model size, e.g. RTX4090 (24gb vram) cannot infer LLMs larger than 20gb.
    Efficient Inference Engines Are Critical

    Efficient Inference Engines Are Critical

    Serving DeepSeek models efficiently requires optimized backends, for example: vLLM is best for high throughput and concurrent request processing. TGI is scalable and supports Hugging Face natively. Ollama is great for local testing and development environments, and TensorRT-LLM/GGML is used for advanced low-level optimizations.
    Scalable Infrastructure Is a Must

    Scalable Infrastructure Is a Must

    For production or research workloads, DeepSeek hosting requires containerization (Docker, NVIDIA runtime), orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm), API gateway and load balancing (Nginx, Traefik), monitoring and autoscaling (Prometheus, Grafana).

    Self-hosted DeepSeek Hosting vs. DeepSeek LLM as a Service

    In addition to GPU-based dedicated servers that host LLM models themselves, there are also many LLM API (Large Model as a Service) solutions on the market, which have become one of the mainstream ways to use models.
    Feature / Aspect 🖥️ Self-hosted DeepSeek Hosting ☁️ DeepSeek LLM as a Service (LLMaaS)
    Deployment Location On your own GPU server (e.g., A100, 4090, H100) Cloud-based, via API platforms
    Model Control ✅ Full control over weights, versions, updates ❌ Limited — only exposed models via provider
    Customization Full — supports fine-tuning, LoRA, quantization None or minimal customization allowed
    Privacy & Data Security ✅ Data stays local — ideal for sensitive data ❌ Data sent to third-party cloud API
    Performance Tuning Full control: batch size, concurrency, caching Predefined, limited tuning
    Supported Models Any DeepSeek model (R1, V2, V3, Distill, etc.) Only what the provider offers
    Inference Engine Options vLLM, TGI, Ollama, llama.cpp, custom stacks Hidden — provider chooses backend
    Startup Time Slower — requires setup and deployment Instant — API ready to use
    Scalability Requires infrastructure management Scales automatically with provider's backend
    Cost Model Higher upfront (hardware), lower at scale Pay-per-call or token-based — predictable, but expensive at scale
    Use Case Fit Ideal for R&D, private deployment, large workloads Best for prototypes, demos, or small-scale usage
    Example Platforms Dedicated GPU servers, on-premise clusters DBM, Together.ai, OpenRouter.ai, Fireworks.ai, Groq

    FAQs of DeepSeek R1, V2, V3, and Distill Models Hosting

    What are the hardware requirements for hosting DeepSeek models?

    Hardware needs vary by model size:
  • Small models (1.5B – 7B): ≥16GB VRAM (e.g., RTX 3090, 4090)
  • Medium models (8B – 14B): ≥24–48GB VRAM (e.g., A40, A100, 4090)
  • Large models (32B – 70B+): Multi-GPU setup or high-memory GPUs (e.g., A100 80GB, H100)
  • What inference engines are compatible with DeepSeek models?

    You can serve DeepSeek models using:
  • vLLM (high throughput, optimized for production)
  • Ollama (simple local inference, CLI-based)
  • TGI (Text Generation Inference)
  • Exllama / GGUF backends (for quantized models)
  • Where can I download DeepSeek models?

    Most DeepSeek models are available on the Hugging Face Hub. Popular variants include:
  • deepseek-ai/deepseek-llm-r1-7b
  • deepseek-ai/deepseek-llm-v2-14b
  • deepseek-ai/deepseek-coder-v3
  • deepseek-ai/deepseek-llm-r1-distill
  • Are quantized versions available?

    Yes. Many DeepSeek models have int4 / GGUF quantized versions, making them suitable for lower-VRAM GPUs (8–16GB). These versions can be run using tools like llama.cpp, Ollama, or exllama.

    Can I fine-tune or LoRA-adapt DeepSeek models?

    Yes. Most models support parameter-efficient fine-tuning (PEFT) such as LoRA or QLoRA. Make sure your hosting stack includes libraries like PEFT, bitsandbytes, and that your server has enough RAM + disk space for checkpoint storage.

    What's the difference between R1, V2, V3, and Distill?

  • R1: The first release of general-purpose chat/instruction models
  • V2: Improved alignment, larger context length, better reasoning
  • V3 (Coder): Optimized for code generation and understanding
  • Distill: Smaller, faster versions distilled from R1 for inference efficiency
  • Which model is best for lightweight deployment?

    The DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-8B or Qwen-7B models are ideal for fast inference with good instruction-following ability. These can run on RTX 3060+ or T4 with quantization.

    How do I expose DeepSeek models as APIs?

    You can serve models via RESTful APIs using:
  • vLLM + FastAPI / OpenLLM
  • TGI with built-in OpenAI-compatible API
  • Custom Flask app over Ollama
  • For production workloads, pair with Nginx or Traefik for reverse proxy and SSL.
  • Can I host multiple DeepSeek models on the same GPU?

    Yes, but only if you have high VRAM GPUs (e.g., 80–100GB A100)

    Is DeepSeek hosting available as a managed service?

    At present, DeepSeek does not offer first-party hosting. However, many cloud GPU providers and inference platforms (e.g., vLLM on Kubernetes, Modal, Banana, Replicate) allow you to host these models easily.

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