Rockchip RK3588 / Qwen3-VL 2B
Can a Rockchip RK3588 run Qwen3-VL 2B?
Yes, at a comfortable chat speed. Measured generation speed: 14.98 tok/s across 1 public run.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockchip RK3588 Rockchip RK3588 (vendor reference board) | w8a8 | RKLLM v1.3.1 | 14.98 | – | 383.62 | source ↗ commit 2026-09-29 |
Qwen3-VL 2B on other boards
- Rockchip RK3576 12.68 tok/s best
- M5Stack AI Pyramid 11.93 tok/s best
- M5Stack LLM8850 7.8 tok/s best
- Raspberry Pi 5 0.42 tok/s best
Buy a Rockchip RK3588
- Radxa ROCK 5B 8GB: $160 listed price, source ↗ (2026-10-17) Check price (affiliate slot)
- Radxa ROCK 5B+ 16GB: $135 listed price, source ↗ (2026-10-17) Check price (affiliate slot)
- Indiedroid Nova + heatsink, fan, eMMC: $199.95 sale price, source ↗ (2026-10-17) Check price (affiliate slot)
- ODROID-M2 w/ case, 64GB eMMC: $299.95 "from" price, source ↗ (2026-10-17) Check price (affiliate slot)
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