LocalClaw/LLM/DeepSeek V3.2 (37B/685B MoE)
Open-weight MoE

DeepSeek V3.2 (37B/685B MoE)

Catalogue summary: DeepSeek's server-grade MoE flagship. Hugging Face reports 685B total parameters; the verified Unsloth IQ4_XS GGUF is about 358.3 GB. Active parameters affect compute per token, not the amount of model weights that must be loaded. MIT licensed.

Repository editorial metadata; verify comparative claims in the linked upstream material.

448 GB catalogue minimum448 GB RAMIQ4_XSCoding assistant
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Parameters
685B total (37B active, MoE)
Minimum RAM
448 GB
Model size
358.3 GB
Quantization
IQ4_XS

Can DeepSeek V3.2 (37B/685B MoE) run locally?

DeepSeek V3.2 (37B/685B MoE) has a catalogue minimum of 448 GB RAM with IQ4_XS. Actual memory use and speed vary by context length, runtime, backend and system headroom.

Treat deepseek-v3.2 as an advanced workstation/server-grade catalogue target with verified GGUF artefacts. Open the GGUF files and follow the upstream runtime notes; LocalClaw does not claim a one-click LM Studio install.

Model sourcePublic GGUF repository (verified 2026-09-23): unsloth/DeepSeek-V3.2-GGUFUpstream releaseLicence text
chatcodereasoningpowerqualitygeneralserver-grademoe

Deployment path

01
Check RAM fitServer-grade target. Plan for 448 GB class multi-GPU memory.
02
Load the modelOpen the verified GGUF files for deepseek-v3.2 and follow the upstream runtime or patch notes first.
03
Control locallyUse LocalClaw to manage models, agents, chat, channels and scheduled OpenClaw work.

Catalogue record

  • Family: deepseek-v3
  • Parameters: 685B total (37B active, MoE)
  • Recommended quantization: IQ4_XS
  • Catalogue minimum RAM: 448 GB
  • Catalogue model size: 358.3 GB
  • Tags: chat, code, reasoning, power, quality, general, server-grade, moe

Practical limits

  • Catalogue RAM is a minimum estimate, not a guarantee for every context length or runtime.
  • Speed and memory use vary by quantization, backend, context length and system headroom.
  • Verify architecture, licence and usage restrictions in the linked upstream material before deployment.

Catalogue tags

  • chat
  • code
  • reasoning
  • power
  • quality
  • general

Capability profile

Repository catalogue ratings used by LocalClaw's editorial rubric. They are not a standardized third-party benchmark.

speed
3
quality
10
coding
10
reasoning
10

Technical notes

Developer
DeepSeek AI
License
MIT
Context window
131,072 tokens
Architecture
Mixture of Experts (MoE), 685B total and ~37B active

This model fits these next steps

Hardware fit is based on LocalClaw's RAM tier, model size and quantization metadata. Always leave memory headroom for your OS and runtime.

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Related catalogue entries

Linked mechanically by family, shared tags and nearby RAM tier; this is not a quality ranking.

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