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Can the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT run Llama 3.2 3B?

Radeon RX 6800 XT × Llama 3.2 3B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at FP168 GB of 16 GB
Weights 6.4 GBKV cache 0.9 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantFP16Full quality
Speed~48tokens per second
Max context76Ktokens that fit at FP16
  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 RX 6800 XT can run Llama 3.2 3B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 8 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 48 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Llama 3.2 3B:

ollama run llama3.2:3b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 3.5 GB here). You have room for FP16, which is full quality: 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 16 GB the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality8 GBFits~48 tok/s
Q8_0Near-lossless5 GBFits~90 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent4.2 GBFits~117 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good3.8 GBFits~135 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular3.5 GBFits~158 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded3.1 GBFits~196 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded2.7 GBFits~255 tok/s

Measured speed from real Radeon RX 6800 XT owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT, next to our estimate.

No one has measured Llama 3.2 3B on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have a Radeon RX 6800 XT? Add your real speed

One command times Llama 3.2 3B 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 -- llama3.2:3b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="llama3.2:3b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Llama 3.2 3B comfortably

Models that run well on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Frequently asked questions

Can AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT run Llama 3.2 3B?

Yes. The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT can run Llama 3.2 3B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 8 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 48 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Llama 3.2 3B need?

About 3.5 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 8 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Llama 3.2 3B on the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT?

Roughly 48 tokens per second at FP16, estimated from the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT's 512 GB/s memory bandwidth.