Raspberry Pi 5 / Qwen2.5 3B
Can a Raspberry Pi 5 run Qwen2.5 3B?
Yes, usable but slower than reading speed. Measured generation speed: 5.2 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 | 3B | Ollama | 5.2 | source ↗ accessed 2026-10-17 |
Qwen2.5 3B on other boards
- M5Stack AI Pyramid 9.46 tok/s best
- Rockchip RK3588 8.45 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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