Architecture decision
Distilled releases and the full model require different architectures. Save the exact model identifier with your infrastructure request.
GLOBALATLAS AI · Infrastructure for DeepSeek
DeepSeek-R1 and its distilled models are different workloads. Distilled releases span 1.5B to 70B parameters; the full model needs a separate sizing exercise.
Full model or distilled release
Weight format and execution framework
Context budget and request concurrency
Distilled releases and the full model require different architectures. Save the exact model identifier with your infrastructure request.
Name the exact release and precision. “DeepSeek for 50 users” is insufficient to promise a GPU configuration or response time.