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Can the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT run Gemma 2 9B?

Radeon RX 7800 XT × Gemma 2 9B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q8_013.2 GB of 16 GB
Weights 9.8 GBKV cache 2.8 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ8_0Near-lossless
Memory13.2 GBof 16 GB usable
Speed~38tokens per second
  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 7800 XT can run Gemma 2 9B fully in VRAM at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 13.2 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 38 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Gemma 2 9B:

ollama run gemma2:9b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 9 GB here). You have room for Q8_0, which is near-lossless: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

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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 7800 XT can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality21.9 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless13.2 GBFits~38 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent11 GBFits~49 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good10 GBFits~57 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular9 GBFits~67 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded7.9 GBFits~83 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded6.9 GBFits~108 tok/s

GPUs that run Gemma 2 9B comfortably

Models that run well on the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Frequently asked questions

Can AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT run Gemma 2 9B?

Yes. The AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT can run Gemma 2 9B fully in VRAM at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 13.2 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 38 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Gemma 2 9B need?

About 9 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 21.9 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Gemma 2 9B on the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT?

Roughly 38 tokens per second at Q8_0, estimated from the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT's 624 GB/s memory bandwidth.