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Can the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT run Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B?

Radeon RX 7900 XT × Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q4_K_M19.8 GB of 20 GB
Weights 19.2 GBKV cache 0.1 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ4_K_MGood, most popular
Speed~226tokens per second
Max context37Ktokens 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 Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B fully in VRAM at Q4_K_M (good, most popular), using about 19.8 GB of the 20 GB available, at roughly 226 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B:

ollama run nemotron-3-nano:30b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 19.8 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 quality63.9 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless34.2 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent26.6 GBToo big—
Q5_K_MVery good23.1 GBToo big—
Q4_K_MGood, most popular19.8 GBFits~226 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded16.1 GBFits~281 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded12.5 GBFits~366 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 Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B 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 Nemotron 3 Nano 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 -- nemotron-3-nano:30b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="nemotron-3-nano:30b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B comfortably

Models that run well on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Frequently asked questions

Can AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT run Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B?

Yes. The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT can run Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B fully in VRAM at Q4_K_M (good, most popular), using about 19.8 GB of the 20 GB available, at roughly 226 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B need?

About 19.8 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 63.9 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Nemotron 3 Nano 30B-A3B on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT?

Roughly 226 tokens per second at Q4_K_M, estimated from the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT's 800 GB/s memory bandwidth.