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Can the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB run Qwen3 4B?

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB × Qwen3 4B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at FP169.8 GB of 16 GB
Weights 8 GBKV cache 1.2 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantFP16Full quality
Speed~24tokens per second
Max context32Kthe model's full window
  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 9060 XT 16GB can run Qwen3 4B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 9.8 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 24 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Qwen3 4B:

ollama run qwen3:4b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 4.2 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 9060 XT 16GB

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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 9060 XT 16GB can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality9.8 GBFits~24 tok/s
Q8_0Near-lossless6.1 GBFits~45 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent5.1 GBFits~58 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good4.7 GBFits~67 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular4.2 GBFits~79 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded3.8 GBFits~98 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded3.3 GBFits~127 tok/s

Measured speed from real Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB, next to our estimate.

No one has measured Qwen3 4B on the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have a Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB? Add your real speed

One command times Qwen3 4B 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 -- qwen3:4b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="qwen3:4b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Qwen3 4B comfortably

Models that run well on the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

Frequently asked questions

Can AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB run Qwen3 4B?

Yes. The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB can run Qwen3 4B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 9.8 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 24 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Qwen3 4B need?

About 4.2 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 9.8 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Qwen3 4B on the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB?

Roughly 24 tokens per second at FP16, estimated from the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB's 320 GB/s memory bandwidth.