Who it is forAn enthusiast with an RTX 3060 or 5070 and a large SSD who wants to try a top open model at home.
The problemA model of this size does not fit in consumer VRAM and RAM at all with normal tools.
The outcomeDeepSeekV4.1-Flash running locally at single digit to low double digit tokens per second, according to the README table.
What you need first
- Windows, Linux or macOS on supported hardware (NVIDIA RTX 20 to 50, recent AMD Radeon, Intel Arc on Linux, Apple Silicon M1 or newer)
- Plenty of free disk space; DeepSeekV4.1 sets need about 245 to 280 GB
- The model packs download on first run
Steps
- Install Strata as in the quick start
- Make sure you have about 265 GB of free disk for the 2.00 bpw set
- Preview the setup with
strata launch --family deepseek41 --model ist-das-2.00bpw --plan - Run the launch without --plan to download the files and the DeepSeek engine and start the model
- Compare your speed with the README's measured hardware table
Prompt for your agent
Check whether this machine can run DeepSeekV4.1-Flash with Niko1221/Strata: report free disk, GPU and RAM, run the --plan command for the ist-das-2.00bpw set, and only start the full download if there is at least 265 GB free.
Caveat. Supported for this model on NVIDIA RTX 30, 40 and 50 (Windows and Linux) and AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 (Linux) only.
Use this in your AI agent
Ask your agent
Using the Deduped MCP, get the setup steps for Niko1221/Strata and "Run DeepSeekV4.1-Flash on a 12 GB GPU by streaming from SSD"
Add Deduped to Claude Code once
claude mcp add --transport http deduped https://dedupedai.com/mcp
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