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 | Quant | Runtime | Gen tok/s | Prompt tok/s | TTFT ms | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raspberry Pi 5 Raspberry Pi 5 | Q4_K_M | 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: $175 official list price after Apr 2026 increase, source ↗ (2026-04-01) Check price on AmazonBuy at Seeed Studio
- Raspberry Pi 5 16GB: $305 official list price after Apr 2026 increase, source ↗ (2026-04-01) Check price on AmazonBuy at Seeed Studio
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