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Best AI models for the
AMD Instinct MI250X

The AMD Instinct MI250X has 128GB of VRAM. Below are the top 30 open-source AI models that fit, ranked by composite benchmark score. Each row shows the best quantization that fits your hardware.

VRAM
128GB
Brand
amd
Models that fit
30
Generation
Instinct

Top 30 models for the AMD Instinct MI250X

01

DeepSeek V4 Flash

37.0B
77.5
Best fit: fp16 · 75.0GBCan I run it? →
02

Qwen 3.6 27B

27.0B
76.4
Best fit: fp16 · 55.0GBCan I run it? →
03

MiMo V2 Omni

120B
74.9
Best fit: Q6_K · 99.8GBCan I run it? →
04

Qwen 3.6 35B A3B

35.0B
72.5
Best fit: fp16 · 71.0GBCan I run it? →
05

Qwen3.5-27B

27.8B
70.1
Best fit: f32 · 112.2GBCan I run it? →
06

Qwen 3.5 122B A10B

122B
69.3
Best fit: Q6_K · 101.5GBCan I run it? →
07

Mistral Medium 3.5 128B

128B
65.4
Best fit: Q6_K · 106.2GBCan I run it? →
08

Gemma 4 31B (free)

31.0B
65.3
Best fit: fp16 · 63.0GBCan I run it? →
09

Qwen 3.5 35B A3B

35.0B
61.9
Best fit: fp16 · 71.0GBCan I run it? →
10

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16

124B
59.9
Best fit: Q6_K · 102.8GBCan I run it? →
11

GPT-OSS 120B

120B
55.4
Best fit: Q6_K · 99.8GBCan I run it? →
12

Qwen 3.5 9B

9.0B
54.0
Best fit: fp16 · 19.0GBCan I run it? →
13

gemma 4 31B

32.7B
53.8
Best fit: fp16 · 66.4GBCan I run it? →
14

Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)

26.5B
52.0
Best fit: f32 · 107.0GBCan I run it? →
15

Qwen 3.5 4B

4.0B
45.1
Best fit: fp16 · 9.0GBCan I run it? →
16

Qwen 3 Next 80B A3B

80.0B
45.0
Best fit: Q8_0 · 86.0GBCan I run it? →
17

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

81.3B
44.5
Best fit: Q8_0 · 87.4GBCan I run it? →
18

GPT-OSS 20B

20.0B
40.8
Best fit: fp16 · 41.0GBCan I run it? →
19

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free)

31.6B
40.5
Best fit: Q8_0 · 34.6GBCan I run it? →
20

Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507

30.5B
37.4
Best fit: Q8_0 · 33.4GBCan I run it? →
21

Devstral 2

24.0B
36.7
Best fit: fp16 · 49.0GBCan I run it? →
22

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning BF16

30.0B
35.7
Best fit: fp16 · 61.0GBCan I run it? →
23

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct

30.5B
33.3
Best fit: Q8_0 · 33.4GBCan I run it? →
24

QwQ 32B

32.0B
32.9
Best fit: fp16 · 65.0GBCan I run it? →
25

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking

31.1B
32.8
Best fit: f32 · 125.4GBCan I run it? →
26

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instruct (free)

81.3B
33.5
Best fit: Q4_K_M · 50.3GBCan I run it? →
27

Devstral Small 2 24B Instruct 2512

24.0B
32.4
Best fit: f32 · 97.0GBCan I run it? →
28

Devstral Small 2

7.0B
31.7
Best fit: fp16 · 15.0GBCan I run it? →
29

Mistral Medium 3.5

70.0B
31.3
Best fit: Q8_0 · 75.4GBCan I run it? →
30

gemma 4 E4B it

8.0B
31.3
Best fit: f32 · 33.0GBCan I run it? →
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FAQ — running AI on the AMD Instinct MI250X

How many AI models can the AMD Instinct MI250X run?

With 128GB of VRAM, the AMD Instinct MI250X can run 30+ open-source models from our database, including DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.6 27B, MiMo V2 Omni.

What's the largest LLM I can run on a AMD Instinct MI250X?

The biggest model that fits is approximately 128B. Larger models would need to be quantized further or won't fit at all.

Is 128GB of VRAM enough for local AI?

Yes — 128GB comfortably runs most popular open-source models including 30B-class LLMs at Q4_K_M.