What can AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT run?
Build: RX 9070 XT + Ryzen 7 9700X + 32GB DDR5 (Linux/ROCm)
Runs comfortably138 models
Full-VRAM resident, with room for context. No compromises.
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 2.6 GBHeadroom: 13.4 GB978tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 11.0 GBHeadroom: 5.0 GBollama run qwen3:8b73tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen3:8bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 7.1 GBHeadroom: 8.9 GBollama run llama3.2:3b111tok/sEstimated
ollama run llama3.2:3bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 3.8 GBHeadroom: 12.2 GB345tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 11.0 GBHeadroom: 5.0 GBollama run qwen2.5:7b48tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen2.5:7bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 2.3 GBHeadroom: 13.7 GB2173tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 10.4 GBHeadroom: 5.6 GBollama run deepseek-r1:7b84tok/sEstimated
ollama run deepseek-r1:7bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 11.2 GBHeadroom: 4.8 GBollama run hermes3:8b73tok/sEstimated
ollama run hermes3:8bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 11.3 GBHeadroom: 4.7 GBollama run dolphin3:8b73tok/sEstimated
ollama run dolphin3:8bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 8.6 GBHeadroom: 7.4 GBollama run gemma4:e4b83tok/sEstimated
ollama run gemma4:e4bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 8.6 GBHeadroom: 7.4 GBollama run qwen3:4b83tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen3:4bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 2.2 GBHeadroom: 13.8 GB4346tok/sEstimated
Runs with tradeoffs98 models
Tight VRAM, partial CPU offload, or context-limited.
Quant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 12.0 GBHeadroom: 4.0 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 4.0 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run llama3.1:8b42tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 4.0 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run llama3.1:8bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 24.7 GBHeadroom: 10.5 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~35% of layers run on CPU
- • CPU is the bottleneck — upgrading RAM bandwidth helps more than VRAM here
ollama run qwen3:30b4tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~35% of layers run on CPU
- • CPU is the bottleneck — upgrading RAM bandwidth helps more than VRAM here
ollama run qwen3:30bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 24.1 GBHeadroom: 11.1 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~34% of layers run on CPU
- • CPU is the bottleneck — upgrading RAM bandwidth helps more than VRAM here
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:32b4tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~34% of layers run on CPU
- • CPU is the bottleneck — upgrading RAM bandwidth helps more than VRAM here
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:32bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 33.4 GBHeadroom: 1.8 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~52% of layers run on CPU
- • CPU is the bottleneck — upgrading RAM bandwidth helps more than VRAM here
ollama run qwen3.6:27b3tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~52% of layers run on CPU
- • CPU is the bottleneck — upgrading RAM bandwidth helps more than VRAM here
ollama run qwen3.6:27bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 26.0 GBHeadroom: 9.2 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~38% of layers run on CPU
- • CPU is the bottleneck — upgrading RAM bandwidth helps more than VRAM here
ollama run qwen3:32b3tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~38% of layers run on CPU
- • CPU is the bottleneck — upgrading RAM bandwidth helps more than VRAM here
ollama run qwen3:32bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 24.8 GBHeadroom: 10.4 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~35% of layers run on CPU
- • CPU is the bottleneck — upgrading RAM bandwidth helps more than VRAM here
ollama run gemma4:31b4tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~35% of layers run on CPU
- • CPU is the bottleneck — upgrading RAM bandwidth helps more than VRAM here
ollama run gemma4:31bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 16.0 GBHeadroom: 0.0 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 0.0 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run gemma4:12b49tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 0.0 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run gemma4:12bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 13.4 GBHeadroom: 2.6 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 2.6 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen3.5:9b65tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 2.6 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen3.5:9bWhat 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: 116 new tradeoff
- • Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
- • Qwen 3 30B-A3B
- • Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
- • Qwen3.6 27B
Upgrade to AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
~$729
20 GB VRAM (vs your 16 GB) plus a bandwidth jump from ~644 GB/s to ~800 GB/s.
Unlocks: 22 new comfortable
- • Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
- • Gemma 4 12B
- • Qwen3.5 9B
- • Mistral Nemo 12B Instruct
Add a second AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
~$649
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: 77 new comfortable
- • Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
- • 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 (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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