DeepSeek V4 Flash on Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB (128GB) — VRAM, KV Cache & Throughput

DeepSeek V4 Flash (284B total, 11B active, Sparse MoE + GQA) uses 144.44 GiB of 4-bit weights (UD-Q4_K_XL), requiring 145.06 GiB total at 8K context and 145.22 GiB at 32K on Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB (~19 tok/s decode).

Interactive Sizing Workbench

Full Compatibility Report →
128 GB · 256 GB/s
Exceeds Available GPU Memory
Measured GGUF shard size HF config.json ↗
Memory Allocation Breakdown (GiB) 145.06 GiB (155.76 GB) / 128 GiB (113%)
Model Weights: 144.44 GiB KV Cache & State: 0.06 GiB Runtime & Activation Buffers: 0.56 GiB System RAM Offload: 0 GiB
Required GPU Memory
145.06 GiB
155.76 GB (decimal)
Usable Hardware Memory
99.8 GiB
128 GB (physical)
Safe Headroom
-45.26 GiB
113% utilization
Est. Decode Throughput
~19 tok/s
11B active params
Est. Prefill Throughput
~1126 tok/s
4K Prompt TTFT: ~3636 ms
Est. Cost / 1M Tokens
$37.87
Sparse MoE + GQA · MIT

Recommended Hardware for Current Configuration

Best Single GPU
Instinct MI300X 192GB (192GB)
~$15,000
Best Value / Used GPU
2x A100 80GB SXM
160GB · ~$24,000
Apple Unified Memory
Mac Studio M4 Ultra 256GB
~$5,999
Cloud From
DigitalOcean · $2.59 / hr
1x Instinct MI300X 192GB

Production Launch Commands

llama.cpp (GGUF)
llama-server -hf unsloth/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-GGUF:UD-Q4_K_XL \
  --ctx-size 8192 -ngl 999 --flash-attn
vLLM
vllm serve deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 \
  --max-model-len 8192 --gpu-memory-utilization 0.92
Live Token Speed Simulator (TTFT ~3636ms · ~19 tok/s)
[DeepSeek V4 Flash · 145.06 GiB] allocated on target GPU. Prefill completed in TTFT window; streaming autoregressive tokens at memory-bandwidth-bound rate...

Cloud GPU Comparison & Rent-vs-Buy TCO

Verified public rates across RunPod, Vast.ai, Vultr, and DigitalOcean.

Verified: 2026-11-04
Purchase break-even
~21.1 months
Est. local power: $15.96 / mo
Provider Recommended Instance Total VRAM Hourly Rate Monthly at Selected Hours Billing Mode Deploy
RunPod 1x B200 180GB (Community Cloud) 180 GB $5.98 / hr $727.17 / mo Per-second Deploy GPU ↗
Vast.ai 1x B200 180GB (Verified Host) 180 GB $7.50 / hr $912.24 / mo Spot / On-demand Deploy GPU ↗
Vultr ($300 Free Credit*) 4x L40S 48GB (Dedicated Instance · $300 Credit*) 192 GB $6.68 / hr $812.77 / mo Hourly Deploy GPU ↗
Vultr Cloud GPU 4x L40S 48GB (Dedicated Instance) 192 GB $6.68 / hr $812.77 / mo Hourly Deploy GPU ↗
DigitalOcean 1x Instinct MI300X 192GB (Dedicated Instance) 192 GB $2.59 / hr $314.94 / mo Per-second Deploy GPU ↗

Rates reflect public listings on the verification date and fluctuate with regional inventory.

Fine-Tuning VRAM Requirements (QLoRA / LoRA / Full) — DeepSeek V4 Flash

QLoRA (4b) Exceeds Available GPU Memory
147.06 GiB
Model Weights: 144.44 GiB · Gradients + Optimizer: 1.54 GiB · Act: 1.08 GiB
Recommended GPU: Instinct MI300X 192GB (192GB)
LoRA (16b) Exceeds Available GPU Memory
150.65 GiB
Model Weights: 146.8 GiB · Gradients + Optimizer: 2.42 GiB · Act: 1.43 GiB
Recommended GPU: Instinct MI300X 192GB (192GB)
Full BF16 Exceeds Available GPU Memory
604.4 GiB
Model Weights: 146.8 GiB · Gradients + Optimizer: 455.08 GiB · Act: 2.52 GiB
Recommended GPU: 4x B200 180GB (720GB)

Engineering Sizing Notes & Optimization Playbook

Quick Hardware Verdict

A single Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB (128GB) cannot hold 4-bit DeepSeek V4 Flash (145.06 GiB at 8K) entirely in VRAM. Use multi-GPU tensor parallelism, offload layers to system RAM, or deploy on a larger cloud GPU.

KV Cache & Runtime Tuning

DeepSeek V4 Flash uses Sparse MoE + GQA (284B total, 11B active per token). Moving from 8K to 32K context expands FP16 KV cache from 0.06 GiB to 0.22 GiB; enabling 8-bit KV cache (llama.cpp -ctk q8_0 -ctv q8_0 or vLLM --kv-cache-dtype fp8) saves 0.11 GiB at 32K (reducing total VRAM to 145.11 GiB).

VRAM Scaling Across Context Windows (4K to 128K, 4-bit Weights)

DeepSeek V4 Flash VRAM scaling from 4K to 128K context (4K: 145.03 GiB, 8K: 145.06 GiB, 32K: 145.22 GiB, 128K: 145.85 GiB) 4K 145.03 GiB (KV 0.03 GiB) 8K 145.06 GiB (KV 0.06 GiB) 32K 145.22 GiB (KV 0.22 GiB) 128K 145.85 GiB (KV 0.85 GiB) Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB (128GB)
Model weights remain constant while attention KV cache grows with context length and batch size.

Quantization Precision & Memory Matrix — DeepSeek V4 Flash @ 8K

Quantization Format Weights (GiB) KV Cache Total VRAM (GiB) Decode Speed Compatibility (Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB) Recommended GPU Data Source
Native Weights (BF16 / FP8 / MXFP4 — Lossless) (FP4FP8) 146.8 GiB 0.06 GiB 147.42 GiB (158.29 GB) ~18.3 tok/s Exceeds Available GPU Memory Instinct MI300X 192GB (192GB) Official checkpoint size
FP8 / GGUF Q8_0 (8-bit — Near-Lossless) (Q8_0) 146.5 GiB 0.06 GiB 147.12 GiB (157.97 GB) ~18.4 tok/s Exceeds Available GPU Memory Instinct MI300X 192GB (192GB) Measured GGUF shard size
GGUF Q6_K (6-bit — High Precision) (Q6_K) 145.8 GiB 0.06 GiB 146.42 GiB (157.22 GB) ~18.6 tok/s Exceeds Available GPU Memory Instinct MI300X 192GB (192GB) Measured GGUF shard size
GGUF Q5_K_M (5-bit — Balanced) (Q5_K_M) 145.1 GiB 0.06 GiB 145.72 GiB (156.47 GB) ~18.8 tok/s Exceeds Available GPU Memory Instinct MI300X 192GB (192GB) Measured GGUF shard size
Q4_K_M / UD-Q4_K_XL / AWQ (4-bit — Recommended) (UD-Q4_K_XL) 144.44 GiB 0.06 GiB 145.06 GiB (155.76 GB) ~19 tok/s Exceeds Available GPU Memory Instinct MI300X 192GB (192GB) Measured GGUF shard size
GGUF IQ4_XS (4.25-bit — Compact) (IQ4_XS) 128.43 GiB 0.06 GiB 129.05 GiB (138.57 GB) ~25.3 tok/s Exceeds Available GPU Memory Instinct MI300X 192GB (192GB) Measured GGUF shard size
GGUF Q3_K_M (3-bit — Low VRAM) (Q3_K_M) 120.44 GiB 0.06 GiB 121.06 GiB (129.99 GB) ~27.3 tok/s Tight Fit (<8% Headroom) Instinct MI300X 192GB (192GB) Measured GGUF shard size
GGUF UD-Q2_K_XL (2-bit — Extreme MoE) (UD-Q2_K_XL) 90.18 GiB 0.06 GiB 90.8 GiB (97.5 GB) ~35.7 tok/s Fits with Safe Headroom Instinct MI300X 192GB (192GB) Measured GGUF shard size

Technical Specifications & FAQ

Does DeepSeek V4 Flash fit on Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB (128GB)?

In 4-bit (UD-Q4_K_XL) at 8,192 context, DeepSeek V4 Flash requires 145.06 GiB total GPU memory (144.44 GiB weights + 0.06 GiB KV cache + 0.56 GiB runtime buffers) against 99.8 GiB usable on Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB, delivering ~19 tok/s decode.

How much VRAM does DeepSeek V4 Flash need at 32K context?

At 32,768 context tokens, DeepSeek V4 Flash (Sparse MoE + GQA) allocates 0.22 GiB for KV cache and state, bringing total 4-bit VRAM to 145.22 GiB (155.93 GB decimal).

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