Reddit speculates DeepSeek-style KVCache compression could let 32GB GPUs run 54B-class models
pmttyji · reddit · 2026-09-14
A Redditor sketches a wishlist: if upcoming models adopt DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-style KVCache + Engram optimizations, local deployment economics change drastically.
- Flash reportedly stores 1M-token KV cache in 1GB; Engram is rumored at 1/3–1/2 of model size (10–15GB for a 30B model, RAM-resident).
- Back-of-envelope table: a Qwen 27B-Q8 with current F16 256K KV cache needs 47GB total; compressing the cache to 1GB cuts it to 32GB (20GB at Q4).
- That implies 32GB VRAM could run Q4 54B-class models, and the author hopes 24GB cards suffice within a year.
Caveat: the "future models" rows are fictional placeholders—this is speculation on local-serving memory math, not an official roadmap.
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