What can AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX run for coding?
Build: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX + — + 32 GB RAM (windows)
Memory: 24 GB VRAM + 32 GB system RAM
Runner: llama.cpp (Vulkan)
Runs comfortably143 models
Ranked by fit for coding use case + predicted speed. Click a row for VRAM breakdown.
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 8.9 GBHeadroom: 15.1 GBTTFT: fastollama run codegemma:7b102tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 8.9 GBHeadroom: 15.1 GBTTFT: fast
ollama run codegemma:7b102
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
4.20 GB
KV cache
3.50 GB
Activations
0.22 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~146 ms (fast)
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 19.0 GBHeadroom: 5.0 GBTTFT: fastollama run deepseek-coder-v2:16b45tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 19.0 GBHeadroom: 5.0 GBTTFT: fast
ollama run deepseek-coder-v2:16b45
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
9.50 GB
KV cache
8.00 GB
Activations
0.48 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~334 ms (fast)
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 17.4 GBHeadroom: 6.6 GBTTFT: fastollama run codestral:22b33tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 17.4 GBHeadroom: 6.6 GBTTFT: fast
ollama run codestral:22b33
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
13.00 GB
KV cache
2.75 GB
Activations
0.65 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~459 ms (fast)
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 16.8 GBHeadroom: 7.2 GBTTFT: fastollama run qwen3:14b51tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 16.8 GBHeadroom: 7.2 GBTTFT: fast
ollama run qwen3:14b51
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
8.40 GB
KV cache
7.00 GB
Activations
0.43 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~292 ms (fast)
Quant: Q5_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 19.0 GBHeadroom: 5.0 GBTTFT: fastollama run qwen2.5:14b45tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q5_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 19.0 GBHeadroom: 5.0 GBTTFT: fast
ollama run qwen2.5:14b45
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
10.50 GB
KV cache
7.00 GB
Activations
0.53 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~292 ms (fast)
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 19.6 GBHeadroom: 4.4 GBTTFT: noticeableollama run muse-glimmer24tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 19.6 GBHeadroom: 4.4 GBTTFT: noticeable
ollama run muse-glimmer24
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
17.00 GB
KV cache
0.71 GB
Activations
0.86 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~625 ms (noticeable)
Quant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 10.0 GBHeadroom: 14.0 GBTTFT: fastollama run qwen2.5:7b58tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 10.0 GBHeadroom: 14.0 GBTTFT: fast
ollama run qwen2.5:7b58
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
8.10 GB
KV cache
0.47 GB
Activations
0.41 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~146 ms (fast)
Quant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 13.6 GBHeadroom: 10.4 GBTTFT: fastollama run qwen3:8b51tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 13.6 GBHeadroom: 10.4 GBTTFT: fast
ollama run qwen3:8b51
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
8.20 GB
KV cache
4.00 GB
Activations
0.42 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~167 ms (fast)
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 18.7 GBHeadroom: 5.3 GBTTFT: noticeableollama run mistral-small:24b30tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 18.7 GBHeadroom: 5.3 GBTTFT: noticeable
ollama run mistral-small:24b30
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
14.00 GB
KV cache
3.00 GB
Activations
0.70 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~500 ms (noticeable)
Quant: FP16Context: 8,192VRAM: 19.0 GBHeadroom: 5.0 GBTTFT: fastollama run llama3.1:8b27tok/sEstimated
Quant: FP16Context: 8,192VRAM: 19.0 GBHeadroom: 5.0 GBTTFT: fast
ollama run llama3.1:8b27
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
16.10 GB
KV cache
1.07 GB
Activations
0.81 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~167 ms (fast)
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 4.6 GBHeadroom: 19.4 GBTTFT: instant239tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 4.6 GBHeadroom: 19.4 GBTTFT: instant
239
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
2.00 GB
KV cache
1.50 GB
Activations
0.11 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~63 ms (instant)
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 4.5 GBHeadroom: 19.5 GBTTFT: instant239tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 4.5 GBHeadroom: 19.5 GBTTFT: instant
239
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
1.90 GB
KV cache
1.50 GB
Activations
0.10 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~63 ms (instant)
Runs with tradeoffs56 models
Tight VRAM, partial CPU offload, or context-limited.
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 23.1 GBHeadroom: 0.9 GBTTFT: noticeable- • Tight VRAM fit — only 0.9 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:32b22tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 23.1 GBHeadroom: 0.9 GBTTFT: noticeable
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 0.9 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:32b22
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
19.00 GB
KV cache
2.15 GB
Activations
0.96 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~667 ms (noticeable)
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 23.7 GBHeadroom: 0.3 GBTTFT: noticeable- • Tight VRAM fit — only 0.3 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen3:30b24tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 23.7 GBHeadroom: 0.3 GBTTFT: noticeable
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 0.3 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen3:30b24
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
18.00 GB
KV cache
3.75 GB
Activations
0.90 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~625 ms (noticeable)
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 23.8 GBHeadroom: 0.2 GBTTFT: noticeable- • Tight VRAM fit — only 0.2 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run gemma4:31b23tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 23.8 GBHeadroom: 0.2 GBTTFT: noticeable
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 0.2 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run gemma4:31b23
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
18.00 GB
KV cache
3.88 GB
Activations
0.90 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~646 ms (noticeable)
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 37.0 GBHeadroom: 6.2 GBTTFT: noticeable- • Partial CPU offload: ~35% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen2.5:32b22tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 37.0 GBHeadroom: 6.2 GBTTFT: noticeable
- • Partial CPU offload: ~35% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen2.5:32b22
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
19.00 GB
KV cache
16.00 GB
Activations
0.96 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~667 ms (noticeable)
Quant: Q5_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 40.1 GBHeadroom: 3.1 GBTTFT: noticeable- • Partial CPU offload: ~40% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen3:32b20tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q5_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 40.1 GBHeadroom: 3.1 GBTTFT: noticeable
- • Partial CPU offload: ~40% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen3:32b20
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
22.00 GB
KV cache
16.00 GB
Activations
1.11 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~667 ms (noticeable)
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 36.0 GBHeadroom: 7.2 GBTTFT: noticeable- • Partial CPU offload: ~33% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen3-coder:30b24tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 36.0 GBHeadroom: 7.2 GBTTFT: noticeable
- • Partial CPU offload: ~33% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen3-coder:30b24
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
19.00 GB
KV cache
15.00 GB
Activations
0.96 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~625 ms (noticeable)
Quant: AWQ-INT4Context: 8,192VRAM: 37.0 GBHeadroom: 6.2 GBTTFT: noticeable- • Partial CPU offload: ~35% of layers run on CPU
14tok/sEstimated
Quant: AWQ-INT4Context: 8,192VRAM: 37.0 GBHeadroom: 6.2 GBTTFT: noticeable
- • Partial CPU offload: ~35% of layers run on CPU
14
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
19.00 GB
KV cache
16.00 GB
Activations
0.96 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~667 ms (noticeable)
Quant: AWQ-INT4Context: 8,192VRAM: 37.5 GBHeadroom: 5.7 GBTTFT: noticeable- • Partial CPU offload: ~36% of layers run on CPU
13tok/sEstimated
Quant: AWQ-INT4Context: 8,192VRAM: 37.5 GBHeadroom: 5.7 GBTTFT: noticeable
- • Partial CPU offload: ~36% of layers run on CPU
13
tok/s
Estimated
Weights
19.00 GB
KV cache
16.50 GB
Activations
0.96 GB
Runtime
1.00 GB
Time to first token (prefill, 512-token prompt): ~688 ms (noticeable)
What if you upgraded?
Hypothetical scenarios. We re-ran the compatibility engine for each.
+32 GB system RAM
~$80–150
Doubles your CPU-offload working set. Helps when models don't quite fit in VRAM.
Unlocks: 41 new comfortable, 73 new tradeoff
- • Qwen 3 0.6B
- • Qwen 3 1.7B
- • Gemma 3 270M
- • SmolLM2 135M Instruct
Upgrade to AMD Instinct MI210
see current pricing
64 GB VRAM (vs your 24 GB) plus a bandwidth jump from ~960 GB/s to ~1638 GB/s.
Unlocks: 112 new comfortable
- • Qwen 3 0.6B
- • Qwen 3 30B-A3B
- • Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
- • Qwen3.6 27B
Add a second AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
~$899
Tensor parallelism splits the model across both cards, effectively doubling VRAM. Bandwidth doesn't double — runs ~1.5× the single-card speed in practice.
Unlocks: 94 new comfortable
- • Qwen 3 0.6B
- • Qwen 3 30B-A3B
- • Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
- • Qwen3.6 27B
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Won't runtop 5 popular models
Need more memory than you have. Shown for orientation.
Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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How to read these numbers
Measured here
Measured here - RunLocalAI ran this exact combo on owner hardware with public evidence.Source-backed
Source-backed / community - a reproduced public source supports the speed, but it is not labeled as owner-measured.Extrapolated
Extrapolated - predicted from a measured benchmark on similar-bandwidth hardware.Estimated
Estimated - formula based on VRAM bandwidth and model architecture; not a benchmark row.Want a specific benchmark we don't have? Email Contact support and we'll prioritize it.