this is not true. q2 Deepseek flash works on AMD Strix halo with pretty good results. Benchmark except:
ctx_tokens,prefill_tokens,prefill_tps,gen_tokens,gen_tps,kvcache_bytes
2048,2048,202.02,128,15.31,52184460
4096,2048,211.03,128,14.64,80373132
6144,2048,208.04,128,14.59,108561804
8192,2048,200.78,128,14.43,136750476
10240,2048,203.04,128,14.37,164939148
12288,2048,200.82,128,14.27,193127820
14336,2048,198.62,128,14.22,221316492
16384,2048,196.14,128,14.20,249505164
18432,2048,189.48,128,14.13,277693836
20480,2048,186.59,128,14.06,305882508
22528,2048,183.88,128,13.99,334071180
24576,2048,183.38,128,13.92,362259852
26624,2048,181.57,128,13.87,390448524
28672,2048,183.46,128,13.80,418637196
30720,2048,181.80,128,13.73,446825868
32768,2048,175.93,128,13.55,475014540
34816,2048,175.42,128,13.46,503203212
https://kyuz0.github.io/strix-halo-ds4-toolbox/
ctx_tokens,prefill_tokens,prefill_tps,gen_tokens,gen_tps,kvcache_bytes 2048,2048,202.02,128,15.31,52184460 4096,2048,211.03,128,14.64,80373132 6144,2048,208.04,128,14.59,108561804 8192,2048,200.78,128,14.43,136750476 10240,2048,203.04,128,14.37,164939148 12288,2048,200.82,128,14.27,193127820 14336,2048,198.62,128,14.22,221316492 16384,2048,196.14,128,14.20,249505164 18432,2048,189.48,128,14.13,277693836 20480,2048,186.59,128,14.06,305882508 22528,2048,183.88,128,13.99,334071180 24576,2048,183.38,128,13.92,362259852 26624,2048,181.57,128,13.87,390448524 28672,2048,183.46,128,13.80,418637196 30720,2048,181.80,128,13.73,446825868 32768,2048,175.93,128,13.55,475014540 34816,2048,175.42,128,13.46,503203212
https://kyuz0.github.io/strix-halo-ds4-toolbox/