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Can the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 run Qwen3 30B-A3B?

Radeon AI PRO R9700 × Qwen3 30B-A3B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q6_K26.4 GB of 32 GB
Weights 25 GBKV cache 0.8 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ6_KExcellent
Speed~142tokens per second
Max context32Kthe 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 Qwen3 30B-A3B fully in VRAM at Q6_K (excellent), using about 26.4 GB of the 32 GB available, at roughly 142 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Qwen3 30B-A3B:

ollama run qwen3:30b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 19.9 GB here). You have room for Q6_K, which is excellent: 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 quality62.4 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless33.8 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent26.4 GBFits~142 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good23.1 GBFits~164 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular19.9 GBFits~192 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded16.3 GBFits~238 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded12.8 GBFits~310 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 Qwen3 30B-A3B 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 Qwen3 30B-A3B 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 -- qwen3:30b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="qwen3:30b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Qwen3 30B-A3B comfortably

Models that run well on the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700

Frequently asked questions

Can AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 run Qwen3 30B-A3B?

Yes. The AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 can run Qwen3 30B-A3B fully in VRAM at Q6_K (excellent), using about 26.4 GB of the 32 GB available, at roughly 142 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Qwen3 30B-A3B need?

About 19.9 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 62.4 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Qwen3 30B-A3B on the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700?

Roughly 142 tokens per second at Q6_K, estimated from the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700's 640 GB/s memory bandwidth.