Can the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX run Qwen3 30B-A3B?
- FP16
- Q8_0
- Q6_K
- Q5_K_M
- Q4_K_M
- Q3_K_M
- Q2_K
Yes. The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX can run Qwen3 30B-A3B fully in VRAM at Q5_K_M (very good), using about 23.1 GB of the 24 GB available, at roughly 245 tokens/second.
Run it with Ollama
With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Qwen3 30B-A3B:
ollama run qwen3:30bOllama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 19.9 GB here). You have room for Q5_K_M, which is very good: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.
Run it in the cloud
No AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX? Run Qwen3 30B-A3B in the cloud.
Rent a cloud GPU by the hour. No upfront cost, stop any time.
Memory needed by quantization
At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 24 GB the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX can use.
| Quant | Quality | Memory | Fits? | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP16 | Full quality | 62.4 GB | Too big | — | |
| Q8_0 | Near-lossless | 33.8 GB | Too big | — | |
| Q6_K | Excellent | 26.4 GB | Too big | — | |
| Q5_K_M | Very good | 23.1 GB | Fits | ~245 tok/s | |
| Q4_K_M | Good, most popular | 19.9 GB | Fits | ~288 tok/s | |
| Q3_K_M | Noticeably degraded | 16.3 GB | Fits | ~357 tok/s | |
| Q2_K | Heavily degraded | 12.8 GB | Fits | ~465 tok/s |
GPUs that run Qwen3 30B-A3B comfortably
Frequently asked questions
Can AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX run Qwen3 30B-A3B?
Yes. The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX can run Qwen3 30B-A3B fully in VRAM at Q5_K_M (very good), using about 23.1 GB of the 24 GB available, at roughly 245 tokens/second.
How much VRAM does Qwen3 30B-A3B need?
About 19.9 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 62.4 GB at full FP16 precision.
How fast is Qwen3 30B-A3B on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX?
Roughly 245 tokens per second at Q5_K_M, estimated from the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX's 960 GB/s memory bandwidth.