Question 1

Can the Raspberry Pi 5 run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B?

Accepted Answer

DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B needs about 4.92GB working set (weights 4.7GB + KV cache 0.22GB at 4k context). The Raspberry Pi 5 offers ~6GB usable — verdict: tight. 4.9 of 6 GB usable — keep context modest

Question 2

How fast is DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B on the Raspberry Pi 5?

Accepted Answer

~1.6–2.6 tok/s on the Raspberry Pi 5. computed roofline: 17.2 GB/s × 0.45–0.70 efficiency window / 4.7GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Question 3

What should I run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B on instead?

Accepted Answer

Raspberry Pi 5 + AI Kit (Hailo-8L) runs it fully ($110).

Can the Raspberry Pi 5 run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B?

Run DEEPSEEK-R1 distill 7B on instead