DeepSeek · 14B · Desktop / import

DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B on a phone

Heavy reasoning model for research-style answers on GPU or big Macs.

Parameters
14B
Typical Q4
~8–9 GB (Q4)
RAM to budget
~13 GB
Engines
GGUF

Get it running

R1 14B distill; long context CoT; prefer desktop. Hugging Face: deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-14B.

Load in LM Studio or Ollama, then chat from the phone.

Get LM Mini and load a model that actually fits — on-device, or via Connect to a PC.

Phones that can run it

  • None in this guide — use a Mac or Connect.

Tight (close other apps)

  • None in this guide — use a Mac or Connect.