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Can the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT run Gemma 3 27B?

Radeon RX 7900 XT × Gemma 3 27B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q4_K_M18.3 GB of 20 GB
Weights 16.6 GBKV cache 1.1 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ4_K_MGood, most popular
Speed~29tokens per second
Max context27Ktokens that fit at Q4_K_M
  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 7900 XT can run Gemma 3 27B fully in VRAM at Q4_K_M (good, most popular), using about 18.3 GB of the 20 GB available, at roughly 29 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Gemma 3 27B:

ollama run gemma3:27b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 18.3 GB here). That is also the best quant that fits.

New to this? Step-by-step setup for the Radeon RX 7900 XT

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 20 GB the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality56.5 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless30.8 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent24.2 GBToo big—
Q5_K_MVery good21.2 GBToo big—
Q4_K_MGood, most popular18.3 GBFits~29 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded15.1 GBFits~36 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded12 GBFits~47 tok/s

Measured speed from real Radeon RX 7900 XT owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, next to our estimate.

No one has measured Gemma 3 27B on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have a Radeon RX 7900 XT? Add your real speed

One command times Gemma 3 27B 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 -- gemma3:27b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="gemma3:27b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Gemma 3 27B comfortably

Models that run well on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Frequently asked questions

Can AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT run Gemma 3 27B?

Yes. The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT can run Gemma 3 27B fully in VRAM at Q4_K_M (good, most popular), using about 18.3 GB of the 20 GB available, at roughly 29 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Gemma 3 27B need?

About 18.3 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 56.5 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Gemma 3 27B on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT?

Roughly 29 tokens per second at Q4_K_M, estimated from the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT's 800 GB/s memory bandwidth.