Hardware
the best GPU for DeepSeek R1 in 2026 — 24GB for the 32B distill (cheapest way)
The o1-mini-beating 32B distill wants ~20GB of VRAM, so 24GB is the target. Here are the best GPUs to run DeepSeek R1, from the value king to the fastest.
Ravi Malhotra · 2h ago · 10 min