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Can the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT run Qwen3 8B?

Radeon RX 7900 XT × Qwen3 8B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at FP1618.2 GB of 20 GB
Weights 16.4 GBKV cache 1.2 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantFP16Full quality
Speed~29tokens per second
Max context19Ktokens 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 7900 XT can run Qwen3 8B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 18.2 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 Qwen3 8B:

ollama run qwen3:8b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 6.8 GB here). You have room for FP16, which is full quality: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

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 quality18.2 GBFits~29 tok/s
Q8_0Near-lossless10.5 GBFits~55 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent8.5 GBFits~71 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good7.6 GBFits~82 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular6.8 GBFits~97 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded5.8 GBFits~120 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded4.9 GBFits~156 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 Qwen3 8B 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 Qwen3 8B 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 -- qwen3:8b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="qwen3:8b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Qwen3 8B comfortably

Models that run well on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Frequently asked questions

Can AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT run Qwen3 8B?

Yes. The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT can run Qwen3 8B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 18.2 GB of the 20 GB available, at roughly 29 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Qwen3 8B need?

About 6.8 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 18.2 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Qwen3 8B on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT?

Roughly 29 tokens per second at FP16, estimated from the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT's 800 GB/s memory bandwidth.