Can the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX run Qwen3 4B?

Radeon RX 7900 XTX × Qwen3 4B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at FP169.8 GB of 24 GB
Weights 8 GBKV cache 1.2 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantFP16Full quality
Memory9.8 GBof 24 GB usable
Speed~72tokens 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 7900 XTX can run Qwen3 4B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 9.8 GB of the 24 GB available, at roughly 72 tokens/second.

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.

Run it in the cloud

No AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX? Run Qwen3 4B 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.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality9.8 GBFits~72 tok/s
Q8_0Near-lossless6.1 GBFits~135 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent5.1 GBFits~175 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good4.7 GBFits~201 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular4.2 GBFits~236 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded3.8 GBFits~293 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded3.3 GBFits~382 tok/s

Frequently asked questions

Can AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX run Qwen3 4B?

Yes. The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX can run Qwen3 4B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 9.8 GB of the 24 GB available, at roughly 72 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 7900 XTX?

Roughly 72 tokens per second at FP16, estimated from the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX's 960 GB/s memory bandwidth.