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Can the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 run Gemma 4 26B-A4B?

Radeon AI PRO R9700 × Gemma 4 26B-A4B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q8_028.3 GB of 32 GB
Weights 27.4 GBKV cache 0.3 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ8_0Near-lossless
Speed~95tokens per second
Max context256Kthe model's full window
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Yes. The AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 can run Gemma 4 26B-A4B fully in VRAM at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 28.3 GB of the 32 GB available, at roughly 95 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Gemma 4 26B-A4B:

ollama run gemma4:26b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 16.5 GB here). You have room for Q8_0, which is near-lossless: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 32 GB the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality52.5 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless28.3 GBFits~95 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent22 GBFits~123 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good19.2 GBFits~142 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular16.5 GBFits~167 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded13.5 GBFits~207 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded10.6 GBFits~269 tok/s

Measured speed from real Radeon AI PRO R9700 owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700, next to our estimate.

No one has measured Gemma 4 26B-A4B on the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have a Radeon AI PRO R9700? Add your real speed

One command times Gemma 4 26B-A4B in your own Ollama, shows you exactly what it would send, and asks before sending anything. No sign-up, no personal data.

macOS and Linux

curl -fsSL https://gpufit.dev/bench.sh | sh -s -- gemma4:26b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="gemma4:26b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

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Frequently asked questions

Can AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 run Gemma 4 26B-A4B?

Yes. The AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 can run Gemma 4 26B-A4B fully in VRAM at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 28.3 GB of the 32 GB available, at roughly 95 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Gemma 4 26B-A4B need?

About 16.5 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 52.5 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Gemma 4 26B-A4B on the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700?

Roughly 95 tokens per second at Q8_0, estimated from the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700's 640 GB/s memory bandwidth.