Deepseek AI Deepseek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B speed on AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 and quantization-level VRAM fit.
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Deepseek AI Deepseek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 can run Deepseek AI Deepseek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B with Q4 quantization. At approximately 55 tokens/second, you can expect Good speed - acceptable for interactive use.
You have 127GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 1GB | 128GB | 54.74 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 2GB | 128GB | 38.32 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 4GB | 128GB | 20.80 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
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AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 can run Deepseek AI Deepseek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B at Q4 with an estimated 55 tok/s.
Q4 inference is estimated to need about 1GB VRAM on this page, while AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 has 128GB available.
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