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Can the GMKtec EVO-X3 run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B?

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

DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B on the GMKtec EVO-X3

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 1681k 46.7-56.8 t/s ~1.8-2.2 (slow)
Q8 yes 1708k 93.5-113.6 t/s ~3.7-4.4 (slow)
Q4 yes 1720k 166.9-202.9 t/s ~6.5-7.9 (slow)

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

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FAQ

Can the GMKtec EVO-X3 run DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B?▶

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~166.9-202.9 tok/s and fits up to 1720k context; beyond that it spills to SSD swap and slows to ~6.5-7.9 tok/s.

How much context fits?▶

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