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Can the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 run Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?

Radeon AI PRO R9700 × Qwen3.6 35B-A3B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q6_K30.3 GB of 32 GB
Weights 29.5 GBKV cache 0.2 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ6_KExcellent
Speed~156tokens per second
Max context88Ktokens that fit at Q6_K
  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 Qwen3.6 35B-A3B fully in VRAM at Q6_K (excellent), using about 30.3 GB of the 32 GB available, at roughly 156 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Qwen3.6 35B-A3B:

ollama run qwen3.6:35b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 22.6 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 quality72.8 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless39 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent30.3 GBFits~156 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good26.4 GBFits~180 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular22.6 GBFits~211 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded18.4 GBFits~262 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded14.3 GBFits~341 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 Qwen3.6 35B-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 Qwen3.6 35B-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 -- qwen3.6:35b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="qwen3.6:35b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Qwen3.6 35B-A3B comfortably

Models that run well on the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700

Frequently asked questions

Can AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 run Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?

Yes. The AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 can run Qwen3.6 35B-A3B fully in VRAM at Q6_K (excellent), using about 30.3 GB of the 32 GB available, at roughly 156 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Qwen3.6 35B-A3B need?

About 22.6 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 72.8 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Qwen3.6 35B-A3B on the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700?

Roughly 156 tokens per second at Q6_K, estimated from the AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700's 640 GB/s memory bandwidth.