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Can the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B?

Yes โ€” here's how fast and up to what context, with real measured numbers.

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B on the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 1681k 45.3-55.4 t/s ~1.8-2.2 (slow)
Q8 yes 1708k 90.6-110.7 t/s ~3.5-4.3 (slow)
Q4 yes 1720k 161.8-197.8 t/s ~6.3-7.7 (slow)

Estimate (memory-bound). Beyond "max context" the KV cache spills to SSD swap and speed drops to the "beyond" figure.

FAQ

Can the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~161.8-197.8 tok/s and fits up to 1720k context; beyond that it spills to SSD swap and slows to ~6.3-7.7 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 1720k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to SSD swap and throughput collapses.