AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

AMD · 20GB GDDR6 · Can run 20 models

Manufacturer AMD
VRAM 20 GB
Memory Type GDDR6
Architecture RDNA 3
Stream Processors 5,376
TDP 315W
MSRP $849
Released Dec 13, 2022

AI Notes

The RX 7900 XT offers an unusual 20GB VRAM capacity that sits between common 16GB and 24GB tiers. It can comfortably run 13B models and handle some 30B models with quantization. ROCm support continues to improve, making it a viable alternative to NVIDIA for local AI inference.

Compatible Models

Model Parameters Best Quant VRAM Used Fit
Llama 3.2 1B 1B Q8_0 3 GB Runs
Gemma 2 2B 2B Q8_0 4 GB Runs
Llama 3.2 3B 3B Q8_0 5 GB Runs
Phi-3 Mini 3.8B 3.8B Q8_0 5.8 GB Runs
DeepSeek R1 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs
Mistral 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs
Qwen 2.5 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs
Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs
Llama 3.1 8B 8B Q8_0 10 GB Runs
Gemma 2 9B 9B Q8_0 11 GB Runs
DeepSeek R1 14B 14B Q4_K_M 9.9 GB Runs
Phi-4 14B 14B Q4_K_M 9.9 GB Runs
Qwen 2.5 14B 14B Q4_K_M 9.9 GB Runs
StarCoder2 15B 15B Q8_0 17 GB Runs
Codestral 22B 22B Q4_K_M 14.7 GB Runs
Gemma 2 27B 27B Q4_K_M 17.7 GB Runs (tight)
DeepSeek R1 32B 32B Q4_K_M 20.7 GB CPU Offload
Qwen 2.5 32B 32B Q4_K_M 20.7 GB CPU Offload
Command R 35B 35B Q4_K_M 22.5 GB CPU Offload
Mixtral 8x7B 47B Q4_K_M 29.7 GB CPU Offload
5 model(s) are too large for this hardware.