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Can the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT run Qwen2.5 Coder 32B?

Radeon RX 7900 XT × Qwen2.5 Coder 32B8K context
Yes, with heavy quantizationFits only at a low-quality quant
Memory at Q3_K_M18.8 GB of 20 GB
Weights 16 GBKV cache 2.1 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ3_K_MNoticeably degraded
Speed~30tokens per second
Max context11Ktokens that fit at Q3_K_M
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Only just. Qwen2.5 Coder 32B fits on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT at Q3_K_M, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 30 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.

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Run it with Ollama

Ollama's default qwen2.5-coder:32b download is Q4_K_M, which needs about 22.6 GB, more than the 20 GB available. Download the Q3_K_M GGUF instead (LM Studio lists quants per model), or try a smaller context length.

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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 quality68.3 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless37.6 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent29.6 GBToo big—
Q5_K_MVery good26.1 GBToo big—
Q4_K_MGood, most popular22.6 GBToo big—
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded18.8 GBFits~30 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded15 GBFits~39 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 Qwen2.5 Coder 32B 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.

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One command times Qwen2.5 Coder 32B 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 -- qwen2.5-coder:32b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="qwen2.5-coder:32b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

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Frequently asked questions

Can AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT run Qwen2.5 Coder 32B?

Only just. Qwen2.5 Coder 32B fits on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT at Q3_K_M, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 30 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.

How much VRAM does Qwen2.5 Coder 32B need?

About 22.6 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 68.3 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Qwen2.5 Coder 32B on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT?

Roughly 30 tokens per second at Q3_K_M, estimated from the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT's 800 GB/s memory bandwidth.