Raspberry Pi 5 / Qwen2 1.5B
Can a Raspberry Pi 5 run Qwen2 1.5B?
Yes, at a comfortable chat speed. Measured generation speed: 11.29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi 5 Raspberry Pi 5 / CM5 | Ollama default | Ollama | 11.29 | – | – | source ↗ 2026-01-20 |
Qwen2 1.5B on other boards
- Raspberry Pi 5 + AI HAT+ 2 8.03 tok/s best
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