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Radeon RX 6800 XT

Radeon RX 6800 XT has 16 GB of VRAM at 512 GB/s — about 14.88 GiB usable after driver and compositor overhead. 1862 of 2118 indexed models fit at 4K context with q8_0 KV.

Spec sheet· bandwidth, theoreticalFrom the file· fit from summed bytesPredicted· speed
Memory
16 GB
GDDR6
Bandwidth
512 GB/s
256-bit bus
Tensor FP16
dense
TDP
300 W
$649 MSRP
KV cachef16q8_0q4_0quantizing the KV cache is a ~2× lever on the dominant term at long context
text 1597vision language 162image 2audio asr 39video 15embedding 26audio tts 21

What fits at 4K context

largest quantization that fits, per model · 1862 of 2118 indexed
ModelBest quantParamsWeightsKVTotal in memoryHeadroomtok/s
Salience-1.5-FlashMoEIQ3_M31.1B13.77 GiB0.20 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB90±37%
Mistral-MOE-4X7B-Dark-MultiVerse-Uncensored-Enhanced32-24BMoEQ4_K_M24.2B13.65 GiB0.27 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB13±37%
Fallen-Gemma3-27B-v1Q3_K_L27.4B13.54 GiB0.36 GiB14.84 GiB0.04 GiB23±26.5%
MN-GRAND-23.5B-Gutenberg-UNCENSORED-V2-GLM4.7-ThinkingI1-Q4_K_M23.4B13.22 GiB0.67 GiB14.84 GiB0.04 GiB23±26.5%
granite-20b-code-instruct-8kQ5_K_L20.1B13.86 GiB0.00 GiB14.84 GiB0.04 GiB23±26.5%
magnum-v2-32bQ3_K_S32.5B13.30 GiB0.53 GiB14.83 GiB0.05 GiB23±26.5%
Muse-Glimmer-30BQ3_K_L29.8B13.77 GiB0.08 GiB14.83 GiB0.05 GiB23±26.5%
Gemma4-Gutenberg-31BIQ3_XS31.3B12.89 GiB0.95 GiB14.83 GiB0.05 GiB23±26.5%
gemma-4-31B-itIQ3_XS31.3B12.89 GiB0.95 GiB14.83 GiB0.05 GiB23±26.5%
Gemma4-Gutenberg-31B-HereticIQ3_XS31.3B12.89 GiB0.95 GiB14.83 GiB0.05 GiB23±26.5%
Equinox-31BIQ3_XS31.3B12.89 GiB0.95 GiB14.83 GiB0.05 GiB23±26.5%
gemma-4-31B-it-SDFT-Heretic-RPIQ3_XS30.7B12.89 GiB0.95 GiB14.83 GiB0.05 GiB23±26.5%
North-Mini-Code-1.0MoEQ3_K_L30.5B13.74 GiB0.20 GiB14.82 GiB0.06 GiB90±37%
Qwen3-48B-A4B-Savant-Commander-Distill-12X-Closed-Open-Heretic-UncensoredMoEI1-IQ3_S33.6B13.61 GiB0.30 GiB14.82 GiB0.06 GiB54±37%
gemma-4-26B-A4B-itMoEIQ4_NL26.5B13.69 GiB0.24 GiB14.81 GiB0.07 GiB23±26.5%
Seed-OSS-36B-InstructUD-IQ3_XXS36.2B13.27 GiB0.53 GiB14.81 GiB0.07 GiB23±26.5%
Janus-Pro-7BF167.4B12.88 GiB1.00 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB23±26.5%
Skyfall-31B-v4.2IQ3_M31.4B13.33 GiB0.45 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB23±26.5%
Darwin-35B-A3B-OpusMoEIQ3_XXS36.0B13.85 GiB0.04 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB122±37%
Aurora-Code-1MoEIQ3_XXS34.7B13.85 GiB0.04 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB122±37%
grug-35b-v2MoEIQ3_XXS35.1B13.85 GiB0.04 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB122±37%
grug-35bMoEIQ3_XXS35.1B13.85 GiB0.04 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB122±37%
WorldSim-Opus-3.6-35B-A3BMoEIQ3_XXS35.1B13.85 GiB0.04 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB122±37%
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-AnkoMoEIQ3_XXS35.1B13.85 GiB0.04 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB122±37%
KAT-Coder-V2.5-DevMoEIQ3_XXS34.7B13.85 GiB0.04 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB122±37%
Ornith-1.0-35BMoEIQ3_XXS34.7B13.85 GiB0.04 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB122±37%
Nex-N2-miniMoEIQ3_XXS35.1B13.85 GiB0.04 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB122±37%
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-InstructMoEQ3_K_M30.5B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
Huihui-Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct-abliteratedMoEI1-Q3_K_M31.1B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-InstructMoEQ3_K_M31.1B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-ThinkingMoEQ3_K_M31.1B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Gemini-Pro-High-Reasoning-2507-ABLITERATED-UNCENSOREDMoEI1-Q3_K_M30.5B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
MiroThinker-v1.0-30BMoEI1-Q3_K_M30.5B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
Qwen3-30B-A3B-YOYO-V5MoEI1-Q3_K_M30.5B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507-Claude-4.5-Sonnet-High-Reasoning-DistillMoEI1-Q3_K_M30.5B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
Huihui-Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507-abliteratedMoEI1-Q3_K_M30.5B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
Huihui-Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507-abliteratedMoEI1-Q3_K_M30.5B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
Qwen3-30B-A3B-abliterated-eroticMoEI1-Q3_K_M30.5B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
Qwen3-30B-A3BMoEQ3_K_M30.5B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507MoEQ3_K_M30.5B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking-2507MoEQ3_K_M30.5B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
Qwen3-30B-A3B-abliteratedMoEQ3_K_M30.5B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
Qwen3.5-40B-RoughHouse-Claude-4.6-Opus-Polar-Deckard-Uncensored-Heretic-ThinkingI1-Q2_K_S39.5B13.63 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB23±26.5%
Huihui-Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-abliteratedMoEI1-Q3_K_M30.5B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct-RTPurboMoEI1-Q3_K_M30.5B13.70 GiB0.20 GiB14.79 GiB0.09 GiB90±37%
gpt-oss-20b-hereticMoEQ4_K_S20.9B13.83 GiB0.06 GiB14.78 GiB0.10 GiB68±37%
Le-Chaton-Slim-23BMoEI1-Q4_123.3B13.65 GiB0.22 GiB14.78 GiB0.10 GiB49±37%
Qwen3.5-27B-Engineer-Deckard-GeminiI1-IQ4_XS27.7B13.68 GiB0.13 GiB14.78 GiB0.10 GiB23±26.5%
Qwen3.5-27B-HERETIC-Polaris-Advanced-Thinking-Alpha-uncensoredI1-IQ4_XS27.4B13.68 GiB0.13 GiB14.78 GiB0.10 GiB23±26.5%
Qwen3.5-27B-Deckard-PKD-Heretic-Uncensored-ThinkingI1-IQ4_XS27.4B13.68 GiB0.13 GiB14.78 GiB0.10 GiB23±26.5%
Huihui-Qwen3.5-27B-abliteratedI1-IQ4_XS27.8B13.68 GiB0.13 GiB14.78 GiB0.10 GiB23±26.5%
Qwen3.5-27B-Unredacted-MAXI1-IQ4_XS27.4B13.68 GiB0.13 GiB14.78 GiB0.10 GiB23±26.5%
Qwen3.5-27B-hereticI1-IQ4_XS27.4B13.68 GiB0.13 GiB14.78 GiB0.10 GiB23±26.5%
Qwen3.5-27B-DerestrictedI1-IQ4_XS27.8B13.68 GiB0.13 GiB14.78 GiB0.10 GiB23±26.5%
Qwen3.5-27B-Claude-4.6-Opus-Reasoning-DistilledI1-IQ4_XS27.8B13.68 GiB0.13 GiB14.78 GiB0.10 GiB23±26.5%
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-REAM-160-ru-agentMoEQ4_123.6B13.82 GiB0.04 GiB14.77 GiB0.11 GiB105±37%
granite-20b-code-base-8kI1-Q5_K_M20.1B13.79 GiB0.00 GiB14.77 GiB0.11 GiB23±26.5%
granite-34b-code-base-8kI1-IQ3_S33.7B13.79 GiB0.00 GiB14.77 GiB0.11 GiB23±26.5%
Skywork-R1V3-38BIQ3_M38.4B13.79 GiB0.00 GiB14.76 GiB0.12 GiB23±26.5%
Qwen3-Coder-REAP-25B-A3BMoEQ4_K_S24.9B13.66 GiB0.20 GiB14.75 GiB0.13 GiB83±37%
From the filePredictedwhat these mean

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

third-party benchmarks, aggregated
WorkloadMedianMiddle 50%Runs
Image generation8.45 it/s5.9310.04215
Benchmarked· n=215

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 Radeon RX 6800 XT run?
1862 of 2118 indexed open-weight models fit a Radeon RX 6800 XT at 4,096 context with q8_0 KV cache, the largest being Salience-1.5-Flash at IQ3_M. That covers text, vision-language, image, video and speech models.
How much usable memory does a Radeon RX 6800 XT actually have?
Its nameplate is 16 GB, but about 14.88 GiB is available to a model once driver and compositor overhead is accounted for.
Is a Radeon RX 6800 XT fast for local AI?
Its memory bandwidth is 512 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.