Local Deployment Deep-Dive: Impact of KV Cache Precision on DeepSeek Models
esw123 · reddit · 2026-08-03
The author initiated a discussion on how KV Cache precision settings affect performance and context length when running DeepSeek models locally on Windows.
Under a 120GB memory limit, using IQ2M quantization with an F16 cache restricts the maximum context to around 65-67K. The author is seeking community test data regarding the actual performance of using Q8 level cache and asking for specific configuration recommendations.
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