Can the AMD Radeon RX 9070 run Granite 3.3 8B?
- FP16
- Q8_0
- Q6_K
- Q5_K_M
- Q4_K_M
- Q3_K_M
- Q2_K
Yes. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 can run Granite 3.3 8B fully in VRAM at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 10.6 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 44 tokens/second.
Run it with Ollama
With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Granite 3.3 8B:
ollama run granite3.3:8bOllama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 6.9 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 9070 can use.
| Quant | Quality | Memory | Fits? | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP16 | Full quality | 18.3 GB | Too big | — | |
| Q8_0 | Near-lossless | 10.6 GB | Fits | ~44 tok/s | |
| Q6_K | Excellent | 8.6 GB | Fits | ~57 tok/s | |
| Q5_K_M | Very good | 7.8 GB | Fits | ~66 tok/s | |
| Q4_K_M | Good, most popular | 6.9 GB | Fits | ~78 tok/s | |
| Q3_K_M | Noticeably degraded | 5.9 GB | Fits | ~96 tok/s | |
| Q2_K | Heavily degraded | 5 GB | Fits | ~125 tok/s |
Measured speed from real Radeon RX 9070 owners
Tokens per second that people measured on their own AMD Radeon RX 9070, next to our estimate.
No one has measured Granite 3.3 8B on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.
Have a Radeon RX 9070? Add your real speed
One command times Granite 3.3 8B 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 -- granite3.3:8bWindows (PowerShell)
$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="granite3.3:8b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iexGPUs that run Granite 3.3 8B comfortably
Frequently asked questions
Can AMD Radeon RX 9070 run Granite 3.3 8B?
Yes. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 can run Granite 3.3 8B fully in VRAM at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 10.6 GB of the 16 GB available, at roughly 44 tokens/second.
How much VRAM does Granite 3.3 8B need?
About 6.9 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 18.3 GB at full FP16 precision.
How fast is Granite 3.3 8B on the AMD Radeon RX 9070?
Roughly 44 tokens per second at Q8_0, estimated from the AMD Radeon RX 9070's 640 GB/s memory bandwidth.