M5Stack Module LLM / DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 1.5B
Can a M5Stack Module LLM run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 1.5B?
Technically yes, but slowly. Measured generation speed: 2.42–3.57 tok/s across 2 public runs.
Rule of thumb: 10+ tok/s feels like a chat; 4–10 is usable for assistants and automations; under 4 is batch-job territory. Speeds depend on quantization, runtime, context length and cooling. Check each source.
| Board | Quant | Runtime | Gen tok/s | Prompt tok/s | TTFT ms | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M5Stack Module LLM M5Stack Module LLM / LLM630 (AX630C) | W8A16 | StackFlow | 3.57 | – | 1075.04 | source ↗ accessed 2026-10-17 |
| M5Stack Module LLM M5Stack Module LLM (AX630C) | not reported | StackFlow | 2.42 | – | – | source ↗ 2026-04-24 |
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen 1.5B on other boards
- M5Stack LLM8850 13.29 tok/s best
- Rockchip RK3588 11.5 tok/s best
- Jetson Orin Nano Super 9.59 tok/s best
- Raspberry Pi 5 9.04 tok/s best
- Raspberry Pi 5 + AI HAT+ 2 7.05 tok/s best
Buy a M5Stack Module LLM
- M5Stack LLM Module Kit (AX630C): $79.9 regular price; out of stock when checked, source ↗ (2026-10-17) Check price on Amazon
- M5Stack Module LLM (as tested in paper): $99.9 price quoted in arXiv paper, source ↗ (2026-04-24) Check price on Amazon
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