DeepSeek · 1.5B · In LM Mini
DeepSeek R1 Distill 1.5B on a phone
A mini “thinking” model — stronger at math and step-by-step reasoning.
- Parameters
- 1.5B
- Typical Q4
- ~1.0–1.1 GB
- RAM to budget
- ~2.3 GB
- Engines
- GGUF · MLX
Get it running
R1 distill of Qwen 2.5 1.5B; reasoning traces. GGUF + MLX. Hugging Face: deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B.
In the LM Mini on-device catalog.
Get LM Mini and load a model that actually fits — on-device, or via Connect to a PC.
Phones that can run it
- iPhone 17 Pro Max Runs well
- iPhone 17 Pro Runs well
- iPhone Air Runs well
- iPhone 17 Runs well
- Pixel 10 Pro XL Runs well
- Pixel 10 Pro Runs well
- Pixel 10 Runs well
- Galaxy S26 Ultra Runs well
- iPhone 16 Pro Max Runs well
- iPhone 16 Pro Runs well
- iPhone 16 Plus Runs well
- iPhone 16 Runs well
- iPhone 16e Fits
- iPhone 15 Pro Max Runs well
- iPhone 15 Pro Runs well
- iPhone 15 Plus Fits
- iPhone 15 Fits
- iPhone 14 Pro Max Fits
Tight (close other apps)
- None in this guide — use a Mac or Connect.