deepseek-v4-gguf GPU Requirements: VRAM & Cheapest GPU
deepseek-v4-gguf has about 284B parameters. See exactly how much GPU memory it needs at FP16, INT8, and INT4, and the cheapest GPU to run it, with live hourly pricing from 5+ data center partners.
- Parameters
- 284B
- Min VRAM (INT4)
- 155 GB
- Cheapest (INT4)
- $2.38/hr
- Deploy
- < 2 min
To run deepseek-v4-gguf for inference at FP16, you need roughly 620 GB of VRAM. The cheapest fit on Spheron AI is 8x A100 80GB from $9.52/hr. Quantize to INT4 to run it on a smaller, cheaper GPU.
VRAM required
Estimated peak VRAM including weights, activations, and KV cache. Add 10% headroom for production traffic.
- 01$1.43/hr$11.44/hr8× A100 80GBCHEAPESTAmpere · HBM2e
- 02$2.35/hr$18.80/hr8× RTX PRO 6000 96GBBlackwell · GDDR7
- 03$2.64/hr$21.12/hr8× H100 80GBHopper · HBM3
- 04$3.02/hr$24.16/hr8× GH200 96GBGrace Hopper · HBM3
- 05$7.47/hr$29.88/hr4× B300 288GBBlackwell Ultra · HBM3e
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VRAM required to run deepseek-v4-gguf
Estimated peak VRAM at context length 4,096 and batch size 1, including weights, activations, and KV cache. Quantizing to INT8 (Q8) or INT4 (Q4) cuts memory roughly in half and in quarter.
| Precision | Inference | LoRA fine-tune | Full fine-tune |
|---|---|---|---|
| FP16 | 620 GB | 930 GB | 2479 GB |
| INT8 | 310 GB | 465 GB | 1240 GB |
| INT4 | 155 GB | 232 GB | 620 GB |
Cheapest GPU to run deepseek-v4-gguf by precision
620GB
Full precision. Best quality, highest memory.
310GB
8-bit quantized. ~2x smaller, minimal quality loss.
155GB
4-bit quantized. ~4x smaller, runs on smaller GPUs.
Inference vs fine-tuning deepseek-v4-gguf
Inference only holds the model weights plus a KV cache, so it is the cheapest setup. LoRA fine-tuning adds a small adapter and roughly 50% more memory. Full fine-tuning holds gradients and optimizer state on top of the weights, which is about 4x the inference footprint, so it often needs multiple GPUs even when inference fits on one. For deepseek-v4-gguf, an on-demand A100 80GB instance covers inference and LoRA, while a full fine-tune needs several times that memory and often spans multiple GPUs. Check the live GPU pricing for current rates.
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deepseek-v4-gguf GPU questions
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deepseek-v4-gguf has about 284B parameters. At FP16 it needs roughly 620 GB of VRAM for inference, including weights, activations, and KV cache. Quantized to INT4 that drops to around 155 GB. Leave about 10% headroom for production traffic.
For FP16 inference, the cheapest fit on Spheron AI is 8x A100 80GB from $9.52/hr. If you quantize to INT4, 2x A100 80GB from $2.38/hr runs it for less. Pricing is aggregated live from 5+ data center partners with per-minute billing.
LoRA fine-tuning adds roughly 50% on top of inference memory, so it usually fits the same class of GPU. Full fine-tuning holds gradients and optimizer state and needs about 4x the inference VRAM, which often means multiple GPUs for deepseek-v4-gguf. The VRAM matrix above shows the exact estimate for each setup.
We read the parameter count from the model's GGUF metadata on HuggingFace, then estimate peak VRAM from weights, activations, KV cache, and framework overhead at your chosen precision. The estimate lands within about 15% of real-world use for most transformer models.
Quantized to INT4, deepseek-v4-gguf needs about 155 GB of VRAM, so it is too large for a single 24 GB RTX 4090 and needs a bigger card or multiple GPUs. At FP16 it needs roughly 620 GB, which usually means a data center GPU. The precision picks above list the cheapest GPU that fits each setup.
No. Even quantized to INT4, deepseek-v4-gguf needs about 155 GB of VRAM, so it takes 2 x 80 GB GPUs at minimum, and 8 x 80 GB GPUs at FP16. The precision picks above show the cheapest GPU that fits each setup on Spheron AI.
deepseek-v4-gguf needs 8 x 80 GB GPUs at FP16 (about 620 GB of VRAM), 4 x 80 GB GPUs at INT8 (310 GB) and 2 x 80 GB GPUs at INT4 (155 GB). All of these fit inside a single 8-GPU node, so no multi-node setup is needed for inference. Smaller cards such as 48 GB or 24 GB GPUs need proportionally more of them.
deepseek-v4-gguf needs about 310 GB of VRAM at INT8, roughly half its FP16 footprint of 620 GB. The cheapest INT8 fit on Spheron AI is 4x A100 80GB from $4.76/hr. INT8 is the usual middle ground: half the memory of FP16, with a smaller quality drop than 4-bit quantization.
Running deepseek-v4-gguf around the clock at FP16 costs about $6,950 a month on 8x A100 80GB (730 hours at $9.52/hr at the spot rate, which can be reclaimed). Quantized to INT4 it costs about $1,737 a month on 2x A100 80GB (730 hours at $2.38/hr at the spot rate, which can be reclaimed). Spheron AI bills per minute, so stopping the instance when it is idle cuts that figure directly.
deepseek-v4-gguf needs about 620 GB at FP16, 310 GB at INT8 and 155 GB at INT4. Use FP16 when output quality matters most or you plan to fine-tune, INT8 for most production inference, and INT4 when cost or GPU size is the constraint: the cheapest INT4 fit is 2x A100 80GB from $2.38/hr.