Instinct MI250X
Instinct MI250X has 128 GB of VRAM at 3277 GB/s — about 119.04 GiB usable after driver and compositor overhead. 2091 of 2118 indexed models fit at 128K context with q4_0 KV.
What fits at 128K context
| Model | Best quant | Params | Weights● | KV● | Total in memory◐ | Headroom◐ | tok/s◐ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16MoE | IQ4_NL | 219B | 116.79 GiB | 1.24 GiB | 118.94 GiB | 0.10 GiB | 72±37% |
| Hermes-4-405B | IQ2_XXS | 406B | 99.91 GiB | 17.72 GiB | 118.81 GiB | 0.23 GiB | 18±26.5% |
| Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-405B | IQ2_XXS | 406B | 99.91 GiB | 17.72 GiB | 118.81 GiB | 0.23 GiB | 18±26.5% |
| Qwen3.5-397B-A17BMoE | IQ2_XS | 403B | 116.79 GiB | 1.05 GiB | 118.80 GiB | 0.24 GiB | 101±37% |
| step-3.5-flash | IQ4_NL | 199B | 103.97 GiB | 13.79 GiB | 118.69 GiB | 0.35 GiB | 18±26.5% |
| dots.llm1.instMoE | Q4_K_S | 143B | 82.81 GiB | 34.88 GiB | 118.62 GiB | 0.42 GiB | 27±37% |
| Llama-3_1-Nemotron-51B-Instruct | Q4_K_S | 51.5B | 27.46 GiB | 90.00 GiB | 118.50 GiB | 0.54 GiB | 18±26.5% |
| Qwen3.5-REAP-262B-A17BMoE | Q3_K_M | 262B | 116.42 GiB | 1.05 GiB | 118.42 GiB | 0.62 GiB | 93±37% |
| MiMo-V2-FlashMoEKV unresolved | IQ3_XXS | 310B | 113.14 GiB | 4.22 GiB | 118.31 GiB | 0.73 GiB | 75±37% |
| gpt-oss-120b-abliteratedMoE | Q8_0 | 117B | 115.76 GiB | 1.27 GiB | 117.93 GiB | 1.11 GiB | 91±37% |
| Ornith-1.0-397BMoE | UD-IQ2_M | 397B | 115.83 GiB | 1.05 GiB | 117.84 GiB | 1.20 GiB | 102±37% |
| Llama-3_3-Nemotron-Super-49B-v1_5 | Q4_K_S | 49.9B | 26.67 GiB | 90.00 GiB | 117.71 GiB | 1.33 GiB | 18±26.5% |
| Valkyrie-49B-v2.1 | I1-Q4_K_S | 49.9B | 26.67 GiB | 90.00 GiB | 117.71 GiB | 1.33 GiB | 18±26.5% |
| Llama-3_3-Nemotron-Super-49B-v1 | Q4_K_S | 49.9B | 26.67 GiB | 90.00 GiB | 117.71 GiB | 1.33 GiB | 18±26.5% |
| Qwen3-Coder-REAP-363B-A35BMoE | UD-IQ1_M | 363B | 107.85 GiB | 8.72 GiB | 117.50 GiB | 1.54 GiB | 51±37% |
| DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Instruct-0724MoE | Q3_K_L | 236B | 113.97 GiB | 2.37 GiB | 117.28 GiB | 1.76 GiB | 81±37% |
| DeepSeek-V2.5MoE | Q3_K_L | 236B | 113.97 GiB | 2.37 GiB | 117.28 GiB | 1.76 GiB | 81±37% |
| DeepSeek-Coder-V2-InstructMoE | Q3_K_L | 236B | 113.97 GiB | 2.37 GiB | 117.28 GiB | 1.76 GiB | 81±37% |
| GLM-4.5-AirMoE | Q8_0 | 110B | 109.39 GiB | 6.47 GiB | 116.79 GiB | 2.25 GiB | 57±37% |
| GLM-4.5-Air-DerestrictedMoE | Q8_0 | 110B | 109.39 GiB | 6.47 GiB | 116.79 GiB | 2.25 GiB | 57±37% |
| GLM-4.6-REAP-268B-A32BMoE | UD-IQ3_XXS | 269B | 102.71 GiB | 12.94 GiB | 116.58 GiB | 2.46 GiB | 45±37% |
| Mixtral-8x22B-v0.1MoE | Q6_K | 141B | 107.60 GiB | 7.88 GiB | 116.43 GiB | 2.61 GiB | 29±37% |
| MiniMax-M2.1-REAP-139B-A10BMoE | I1-Q6_K | 139B | 106.40 GiB | 8.72 GiB | 116.01 GiB | 3.03 GiB | 55±37% |
| m51Lab-MiniMax-M2.7-REAP-139B-A10BMoE | Q6_K | 139B | 106.40 GiB | 8.72 GiB | 116.01 GiB | 3.03 GiB | 55±37% |
| Trinity-Large-ThinkingMoE | IQ2_S | 399B | 112.03 GiB | 2.33 GiB | 115.29 GiB | 3.75 GiB | 97±37% |
| Step-3.7-Flash | IQ4_XS | 201B | 99.94 GiB | 13.79 GiB | 114.65 GiB | 4.39 GiB | 18±26.5% |
| Mistral-Medium-3.5-128B | Q6_K_L | 128B | 101.13 GiB | 12.38 GiB | 114.56 GiB | 4.48 GiB | 18±26.5% |
| Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-InstructMoEKV unresolved | Q8_0 | 109B | 106.67 GiB | 6.75 GiB | 114.34 GiB | 4.70 GiB | 57±37% |
| Nex-N2-ProMoE | IQ2_S | 397B | 112.23 GiB | 1.05 GiB | 114.24 GiB | 4.80 GiB | 104±37% |
| GLM-4.5MoE | UD-IQ1_M | 358B | 100.32 GiB | 12.94 GiB | 114.20 GiB | 4.84 GiB | 48±37% |
| grok-2MoE | IQ3_XS | 270B | 104.12 GiB | 9.00 GiB | 114.17 GiB | 4.87 GiB | 29±37% |
| GLM-4.7MoE | UD-IQ1_M | 358B | 100.27 GiB | 12.94 GiB | 114.14 GiB | 4.90 GiB | 48±37% |
| GLM-4.6MoE | UD-IQ1_M | 357B | 100.02 GiB | 12.94 GiB | 113.90 GiB | 5.14 GiB | 48±37% |
| MiniMax-M3MoE | IQ2_XXS | 427B | 108.60 GiB | 4.22 GiB | 113.74 GiB | 5.30 GiB | 77±37% |
| Hy3MoE | Q2_K | 299B | 101.28 GiB | 11.25 GiB | 113.47 GiB | 5.57 GiB | 53±37% |
| GLM-4.6VMoE | Q8_0 | 108B | 105.81 GiB | 6.47 GiB | 113.21 GiB | 5.83 GiB | 58±37% |
| c4ai-command-r-plus-08-2024 | Q8_0 | 104B | 102.74 GiB | 9.00 GiB | 112.82 GiB | 6.22 GiB | 19±26.5% |
| MiniMax-M2.7MoE | UD-IQ4_NL | 229B | 103.15 GiB | 8.72 GiB | 112.75 GiB | 6.29 GiB | 62±37% |
| Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-ThinkingMoE | Q3_K_M | 236B | 104.72 GiB | 6.61 GiB | 112.27 GiB | 6.77 GiB | 58±37% |
| Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-InstructMoE | Q3_K_M | 236B | 104.72 GiB | 6.61 GiB | 112.27 GiB | 6.77 GiB | 58±37% |
| Qwen3-235B-A22BMoE | Q3_K_M | 235B | 104.72 GiB | 6.61 GiB | 112.27 GiB | 6.77 GiB | 58±37% |
| Qwen3-235B-A22B-abliteratedMoE | I1-Q3_K_M | 235B | 104.72 GiB | 6.61 GiB | 112.27 GiB | 6.77 GiB | 58±37% |
| Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507MoE | Q3_K_M | 235B | 104.72 GiB | 6.61 GiB | 112.27 GiB | 6.77 GiB | 58±37% |
| Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507MoE | Q3_K_M | 235B | 104.72 GiB | 6.61 GiB | 112.27 GiB | 6.77 GiB | 58±37% |
| MiMo-V2.5MoEKV unresolved | UD-IQ3_S | 311B | 106.98 GiB | 4.22 GiB | 112.14 GiB | 6.90 GiB | 78±37% |
| Trinity-Large-TrueBaseMoE | I1-IQ2_S | 399B | 108.32 GiB | 2.33 GiB | 111.58 GiB | 7.46 GiB | 99±37% |
| GLM-4.7-REAP-218B-A32BMoE | Q3_K_M | 218B | 97.57 GiB | 12.94 GiB | 111.45 GiB | 7.59 GiB | 43±37% |
| MiniMax-M2.1MoE | Q3_K_M | 229B | 101.77 GiB | 8.72 GiB | 111.37 GiB | 7.67 GiB | 62±37% |
| MiniMax-M2.5MoE | Q3_K_M | 229B | 101.77 GiB | 8.72 GiB | 111.37 GiB | 7.67 GiB | 62±37% |
| MiniMax-M2MoE | Q3_K_M | 229B | 101.77 GiB | 8.72 GiB | 111.37 GiB | 7.67 GiB | 62±37% |
| MiniMax-M2.7-BF16-ultra-uncensored-hereticMoE | Q3_K_M | 229B | 101.77 GiB | 8.72 GiB | 111.37 GiB | 7.67 GiB | 62±37% |
| NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Super-120B-A12B-BF16MoE | UD-Q6_K | 124B | 106.87 GiB | 3.09 GiB | 110.86 GiB | 8.18 GiB | 78±37% |
| ERNIE-4.5-300B-A47B-PT | Q2_K_L | 300B | 101.76 GiB | 7.59 GiB | 110.38 GiB | 8.66 GiB | 19±26.5% |
| DeepSeek-V4-FlashMoE | UD-IQ3_S | 291B | 109.25 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 110.22 GiB | 8.82 GiB | 113±37% |
| Gemma-4-Dark-Gemistry-31B | Q8_0 | 32.7B | 102.98 GiB | 5.95 GiB | 109.92 GiB | 9.12 GiB | 19±26.5% |
| gemma-2-27b-it | F32 | 27.2B | 101.43 GiB | 6.70 GiB | 109.16 GiB | 9.88 GiB | 19±26.5% |
| DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731MoE | UD-IQ3_S | 304B | 108.10 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 109.06 GiB | 9.98 GiB | 114±37% |
| Devstral-2-123B-Instruct-2512 | Q6_K | 125B | 95.53 GiB | 12.38 GiB | 108.96 GiB | 10.08 GiB | 19±26.5% |
| GLM-4.6-Derestricted-v3MoE | IQ2_S | 357B | 94.86 GiB | 12.94 GiB | 108.74 GiB | 10.30 GiB | 49±37% |
| Qwen3.5-REAP-212B-A17BMoE | IQ4_XS | 212B | 105.39 GiB | 1.05 GiB | 107.40 GiB | 11.64 GiB | 94±37% |
Speed is modeled, not measured: decode is memory-bandwidth bound, so tokens per second is bytes read per token against achievable bandwidth. Mixture-of-experts models carry a wider band because only the routed experts are read each step, and few have been measured publicly.
Measured on this card
| Workload◍ | Median | Middle 50% | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image generation | 11.55 it/s | 8.33–15.62 | 6 |
Aggregated from community-submitted runs, so the spread is wide by nature — it covers different models, resolutions, step counts and settings, not one controlled configuration. Read the middle 50% rather than the median alone. These figures are reproduced with attribution from vladmandic-sd-data-benchmark, which publishes no licence — so we display and link rather than redistribute them.
Questions people ask
- What AI models can a Instinct MI250X run?
- 2091 of 2118 indexed open-weight models fit a Instinct MI250X at 131,072 context with q4_0 KV cache, the largest being command-a-plus-05-2026-bf16 at IQ4_NL. That covers text, vision-language, image, video and speech models.
- How much usable memory does a Instinct MI250X actually have?
- Its nameplate is 128 GB, but about 119.04 GiB is available to a model once driver and compositor overhead is accounted for.
- Is a Instinct MI250X fast for local AI?
- Its memory bandwidth is 3277 GB/s, and that figure — not teraflops — is what governs token generation speed. Capacity decides what you can run; bandwidth decides how fast it runs.