What GPU do I need to run deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCR-2?
3.4B parameters, published in BF16. View on Hugging Face
Set up DeepSeek-OCR-2DeepSeek-OCR-2 is published by deepseek-ai on Hugging Face, with 1,074,613 downloads and 1,086 likes to date. It's a DeepseekOCR2ForCausalLM model built for image-text-to-text, published natively in BF16.
VRAM required & cheapest live GPU fit
Required VRAM = weight size at each precision, plus a fixed overhead for KV-cache, activations, and fragmentation. Full formula and assumptions: methodology.
| Precision | Weight size | Required VRAM | Cheapest live fit | GPUs needed | Est. $/hr (full fit) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF16 | 6.3 GB | 7.6 GB | RTX 4070 Super | 1 | $0.121/hr |
| FP8 (quantized) | 3.2 GB | 3.8 GB | RTX 4070 Super | 1 | $0.121/hr |
| INT4 (quantized) | 1.6 GB | 1.9 GB | RTX 4070 Super | 1 | $0.121/hr |
A GPU is only matched to a row if its hardware supports that precision, and the primary recommendation is always a single-GPU fit when one exists.
INT4 requires a quantized checkpoint actually published for this model, check its Hugging Face page before relying on this row.
Cheapest way to run DeepSeek-OCR-2 at its published (BF16) precision: 1× RTX 4070 Super, at $0.121/hr per GPU ($0.121/hr total). Quantizing to FP8 or INT4 (rows above) can cost less, but requires a compatible quantized checkpoint to exist for this model.
DeepSeek-OCR-2: common questions
Does DeepSeek-OCR-2 fit on a 8 GB GPU?
Yes. At BF16 it needs 7.6 GB of VRAM, so an 8 GB card holds it with 0.4 GB to spare. A 6 GB card is not enough for it at BF16.
What is the least VRAM DeepSeek-OCR-2 can run in?
1.9 GB, at INT4 (quantized), which fits a 6 GB card, against 7.6 GB at BF16. That row assumes an INT4 checkpoint has actually been published for this model, so check its Hugging Face page before planning around it.
Weight-to-VRAM math, the fit rules, and how live prices are normalized: full methodology.
More DeepSeek OCR models
- DeepSeek-OCR (3.3B, BF16)
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