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Radeon RX 9070

Radeon RX 9070 has 16 GB of VRAM at 640 GB/s — about 14.88 GiB usable after driver and compositor overhead. 1687 of 2118 indexed models fit at 32K context with f16 KV.

Spec sheet· bandwidth, theoreticalFrom the file· fit from summed bytesPredicted· speed
Memory
16 GB
GDDR6
Bandwidth
640 GB/s
256-bit bus
Tensor FP16
dense
TDP
220 W
$549 MSRP
KV cachef16q8_0q4_0quantizing the KV cache is a ~2× lever on the dominant term at long context
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What fits at 32K context

largest quantization that fits, per model · 1687 of 2118 indexed
ModelBest quantParamsWeightsKVTotal in memoryHeadroomtok/s
Qwen2.5-14BQ4_014.8B7.93 GiB6.00 GiB14.88 GiB0.00 GiB29±26.5%
GLM-4.7-Flash-DerestrictedMoEI1-IQ3_M31.2B12.30 GiB1.65 GiB14.87 GiB0.01 GiB69±37%
Huihui-GLM-4.7-Flash-abliteratedMoEI1-IQ3_M31.2B12.30 GiB1.65 GiB14.87 GiB0.01 GiB69±37%
GLM-4.7-Flash-Claude-Opus-4.5-High-Reasoning-DistillMoEIQ3_M31.2B12.30 GiB1.65 GiB14.87 GiB0.01 GiB69±37%
Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-InstructMoEIQ2_S49.1B13.01 GiB0.95 GiB14.87 GiB0.01 GiB29±26.5%
medgemma-27b-itI1-IQ3_XS28.8B10.77 GiB3.11 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB29±26.5%
gemma-3-27b-it-abliterated-refined-visionI1-IQ3_XS27.4B10.77 GiB3.11 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB29±26.5%
Nidum-Gemma-3-27B-it-UncensoredI1-IQ3_XS27.4B10.77 GiB3.11 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB29±26.5%
gemma-3-27b-it-abliteratedIQ3_XS27.4B10.77 GiB3.11 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB29±26.5%
AtomicGPT-gemma3-27bI1-IQ3_XS27.4B10.77 GiB3.11 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB29±26.5%
Unbound-v1.12.0-27BI1-IQ3_XS27.4B10.77 GiB3.11 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB29±26.5%
Mira-v1.12-Ties-27BI1-IQ3_XS27.4B10.77 GiB3.11 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB29±26.5%
gemma-3-27b-itIQ3_XS27.4B10.77 GiB3.11 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB29±26.5%
Medgamma27BI1-IQ3_XS27.0B10.77 GiB3.11 GiB14.86 GiB0.02 GiB29±26.5%
Pantheon-Reasoning-27BI1-IQ3_M27.8B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Qwen3.6-27B-uncensored-heretic-v2-Native-MTP-PreservedI1-IQ3_M27.4B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Qwen3.6-27B-Fable-Fusion-711-Uncensored-Heretic-NM-DAU-MTPI1-IQ3_M27.8B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Qwen3.6-27B-Fable-5-ExperimentalI1-IQ3_M27.8B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Qwable-5-27B-CoderI1-IQ3_M27.8B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Qwen3.6-27B-AEON-Ultimate-Uncensored-BF16IQ3_M27.4B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
EVE-27b-XENO-HAT-DeepSeek-V4-FlashI1-IQ3_M27.8B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
EVE-27B-XENO-HATI1-IQ3_M27.8B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Godoter-27BI1-IQ3_M27.8B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Reasoning-Medical-27BI1-IQ3_M27.8B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Qwopus3.6-27B-v2-abliteratedI1-IQ3_M27.4B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Qwen3.6-27B-Uncensored-HauhauCS-Aggressive-BF16I1-IQ3_M27.8B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Reasoning-Medical0.1-27BI1-IQ3_M27.8B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Huihui-ThinkingCap-Qwen3.6-27B-abliteratedI1-IQ3_M27.4B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Semancer-27BI1-IQ3_M27.8B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Qwen3.6-27B-Omnimerge-v4IQ3_M27.8B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Darwin-28B-CoderI1-IQ3_M26.9B11.89 GiB2.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Pantheon-Reasoning-26B-A4B-1.1MoEQ3_K_M26.5B12.42 GiB1.54 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
NuExtract-1.5Q3_K_L3.8B1.94 GiB12.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Phi-3.5-mini-instructQ3_K_L3.8B1.94 GiB12.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Phi-3.5-mini-instruct_UncensoredQ3_K_L3.8B1.94 GiB12.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Phi-3-mini-128k-instructQ3_K_L3.8B1.94 GiB12.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Phi-3-mini-4k-instructQ3_K_L3.8B1.94 GiB12.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
octo-netQ3_K_L3.8B1.94 GiB12.00 GiB14.85 GiB0.03 GiB29±26.5%
Qwen3-48B-A4B-Savant-Commander-Distill-12X-Closed-Open-Heretic-UncensoredMoEI1-IQ2_S33.6B9.43 GiB4.50 GiB14.84 GiB0.04 GiB34±37%
Rocinante-XL-16B-v1IQ3_M16.1B7.14 GiB6.75 GiB14.84 GiB0.04 GiB29±26.5%
granite-20b-code-instruct-8kQ5_K_L20.1B13.86 GiB0.00 GiB14.84 GiB0.04 GiB29±26.5%
Snowpiercer-15B-v4-hereticI1-IQ4_XS15.0B7.64 GiB6.25 GiB14.83 GiB0.05 GiB29±26.5%
Snowpiercer-15B-v4IQ4_XS15.0B7.64 GiB6.25 GiB14.83 GiB0.05 GiB29±26.5%
Phi-3.5-mini-instructIQ4_XS3.8B1.92 GiB12.00 GiB14.82 GiB0.06 GiB29±26.5%
Qwen3.5-21B-Claude-4.6-Opus-Deckard-Heretic-Uncensored-ThinkingI1-Q4_121.3B12.36 GiB1.50 GiB14.82 GiB0.06 GiB29±26.5%
Qwen3.6-21B-IQ-Ultra-Heretic-Uncensored-ThinkingI1-Q4_121.3B12.36 GiB1.50 GiB14.82 GiB0.06 GiB29±26.5%
granite-4.0-h-smallMoEQ3_K_S32.2B13.43 GiB0.50 GiB14.81 GiB0.07 GiB70±37%
diffusiongemma-26B-A4B-it-HERETIC-UncensoredMoEQ3_K_M25.8B12.38 GiB1.54 GiB14.81 GiB0.07 GiB29±26.5%
diffusiongemma-26B-A4B-itMoEQ3_K_M25.8B12.38 GiB1.54 GiB14.81 GiB0.07 GiB29±26.5%
Goetia-26B-A4B-v1.3-Absolute-Heretic-ARAMoEI1-Q3_K_M25.8B12.37 GiB1.54 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB29±26.5%
Frank-26B-A4BMoEI1-Q3_K_M26.5B12.37 GiB1.54 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB29±26.5%
G4-MeroMero-26B-A4B-it-uncensored-hereticMoEI1-Q3_K_M25.8B12.37 GiB1.54 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB29±26.5%
EVE-26b-XENO-HATMoEI1-Q3_K_M25.8B12.37 GiB1.54 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB29±26.5%
Gemma-4-26B-A4B-Animus-V14.1-FFT-hereticMoEI1-Q3_K_M25.8B12.37 GiB1.54 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB29±26.5%
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-qat-q4_0-unquantized-hereticMoEI1-Q3_K_M25.8B12.37 GiB1.54 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB29±26.5%
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-Claude-Opus-DistillMoEQ3_K_M26.5B12.37 GiB1.54 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB29±26.5%
Huihui-gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-qat-q4_0-unquantized-abliteratedMoEI1-Q3_K_M26.5B12.37 GiB1.54 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB29±26.5%
G4-MeroMero-26B-A4BMoEI1-Q3_K_M25.8B12.37 GiB1.54 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB29±26.5%
gemma-4-26B-A4B-it-Claude-Opus-Distill-v2MoEQ3_K_M26.5B12.37 GiB1.54 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB29±26.5%
G4-Dark-Soul-26B-A4BMoEI1-Q3_K_M25.8B12.37 GiB1.54 GiB14.80 GiB0.08 GiB29±26.5%
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 generation2.13 it/s0.863.0427
Prompt processing2417.23 tok/s2366.273539.086
Text generation114.80 tok/s103.16115.276
Benchmarked· n=27

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 9070 run?
1687 of 2118 indexed open-weight models fit a Radeon RX 9070 at 32,768 context with f16 KV cache, the largest being Qwen2.5-14B at Q4_0. That covers text, vision-language, image, video and speech models.
How much usable memory does a Radeon RX 9070 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 9070 fast for local AI?
Its memory bandwidth is 640 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.