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Best AI models for the
AMD RX 7900 XT

The AMD RX 7900 XT has 20.0GB 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
20.0GB
Brand
amd
Models that fit
30
Generation
RX 7000 Series

Top 30 models for the AMD RX 7900 XT

01

Qwen 3.6 27B

27.0B
76.4
Best fit: Q4_K_M · 17.4GBCan I run it? →
02

Qwen3.5-27B

27.8B
70.1
Best fit: Q4_1 · 18.4GBCan I run it? →
03

Gemma 4 31B (free)

31.0B
65.3
Best fit: Q4_K_M · 19.8GBCan I run it? →
04

Qwen 3.5 9B

9.0B
54.0
Best fit: fp16 · 19.0GBCan I run it? →
05

gemma 4 31B

32.7B
53.8
Best fit: Q4_K_S · 19.7GBCan I run it? →
06

Gemma 4 26B A4B (free)

26.5B
52.0
Best fit: Q5_K_M · 19.8GBCan I run it? →
07

Qwen 3.5 4B

4.0B
45.1
Best fit: fp16 · 9.0GBCan I run it? →
08

GPT-OSS 20B

20.0B
40.8
Best fit: Q6_K · 17.5GBCan I run it? →
09

Devstral 2

24.0B
36.7
Best fit: Q5_K_M · 18.0GBCan I run it? →
10

Qwen3 30B A3B Thinking 2507

30.5B
37.4
Best fit: Q4_K_M · 19.5GBCan I run it? →
11

Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B Reasoning BF16

30.0B
35.7
Best fit: Q4_K_M · 19.2GBCan I run it? →
12

Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct

30.5B
33.3
Best fit: Q4_K_M · 19.5GBCan I run it? →
13

Devstral Small 2 24B Instruct 2512

24.0B
32.4
Best fit: Q5_K_M · 18.0GBCan I run it? →
14

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Thinking

31.1B
32.8
Best fit: Q4_K_M · 19.9GBCan I run it? →
15

Devstral Small 2

7.0B
31.7
Best fit: fp16 · 15.0GBCan I run it? →
16

gemma 4 E4B it

8.0B
31.3
Best fit: fp16 · 17.0GBCan I run it? →
17

Qwen3 4B Thinking 2507

4.0B
30.3
Best fit: fp16 · 9.0GBCan I run it? →
18

Qwen3 VL 32B Instruct

33.4B
28.7
Best fit: Q4_0 · 19.8GBCan I run it? →
19

Qwen3 VL 8B Thinking

8.8B
27.8
Best fit: fp16 · 18.6GBCan I run it? →
20

DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B

8.2B
27.4
Best fit: Q8_0 · 9.7GBCan I run it? →
21

Qwen 3.5 2B

2.0B
27.2
Best fit: fp16 · 5.0GBCan I run it? →
22

Qwen3 14B

14.8B
27.0
Best fit: Q8_0 · 16.7GBCan I run it? →
23

Ministral 3 14B

14.0B
26.7
Best fit: Q8_0 · 15.9GBCan I run it? →
24

Qwen3 32B

32.8B
27.5
Best fit: Q4_K_S · 19.8GBCan I run it? →
25

Ministral 3 14B 2512

13.9B
26.6
Best fit: Q8_0 · 15.8GBCan I run it? →
26

DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

14.8B
26.4
Best fit: Q8_0 · 16.7GBCan I run it? →
27

Qwen3 VL 30B A3B Instruct

31.1B
26.7
Best fit: Q4_K_M · 19.9GBCan I run it? →
28

gemma 4 E2B it

5.1B
25.4
Best fit: fp16 · 11.2GBCan I run it? →
29

Ministral 3 8B

8.0B
25.0
Best fit: fp16 · 17.0GBCan I run it? →
30

Gemma 4 E2B

2.0B
25.0
Best fit: fp16 · 5.0GBCan I run it? →
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FAQ — running AI on the AMD RX 7900 XT

How many AI models can the AMD RX 7900 XT run?

With 20.0GB of VRAM, the AMD RX 7900 XT can run 30+ open-source models from our database, including Qwen 3.6 27B, Qwen3.5-27B, Gemma 4 31B (free).

What's the largest LLM I can run on a AMD RX 7900 XT?

The biggest model that fits is approximately 33.4B. Larger models would need to be quantized further or won't fit at all.

Is 20.0GB of VRAM enough for local AI?

Yes for most use cases — 20.0GB runs 7B-13B class models at high quality. For 30B+ models you'll need to use heavy quantization or upgrade.