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 | Size | Runtime | Gen tok/s | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi 5 Raspberry Pi 5 / CM5 | 1.5B | Ollama | 11.29 | source ↗ 2026-01-20 |
Qwen2 1.5B on other boards
- Raspberry Pi 5 + AI HAT+ 2 8.03 tok/s best
Buy a Raspberry Pi 5
- Raspberry Pi 5 8GB$175official list price after Apr 2026 increase · price source ↗ (2026-04-01)Buy at Seeed StudioCheck price on Amazon
- Raspberry Pi 5 16GB$305official list price after Apr 2026 increase · price source ↗ (2026-04-01)Buy at Seeed StudioCheck price on Amazon
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