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Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B Instruct on the RX 7900 GRE

Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B Instruct at Q4_K_M needs about 19.8 GB, more than the 16 GB of the RX 7900 GRE: part of the model runs from system RAM, which slows generation. At Q3_K_M it does not fit in VRAM.

Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B Instruct

Q4_K_M · 8K context

CPU/GPU offload

The model needs about 19.8 GB but only 15.5 GB of VRAM is usable: 4.3 GB must be loaded into system RAM. It runs, 78% on the GPU, but more slowly.

Your hardware
RX 7900 GRE 16 GB · 64 GB RAM
Estimated memory
~19.8 GB estimate
VRAM (usable memory)
15.5 GB
GPU only
No
CPU/GPU offload
Required (4.3 GB)
Generation speed
23–47 tok/s estimate
Largest context in fast memory
None
Confidence: low

Based on: memory bandwidth (576 GB/s) and model size · system RAM bandwidth (~51 GB/s)

Memory breakdown

~19.8 GB (19.1 GB–20.5 GB) needed · estimate

4.3 GB must be offloaded to system RAM

  • Model weights17.3 GB
  • KV cache0.8 GB
  • Runtime overhead0.8 GB
  • Safety margin0.9 GB
Assumptions: context 8K tokens · KV cache f16 · llama.cpp (ROCm) · flash attention on · weights = real file size

EstimateData updated 24 days agoSource: Run LLM Locally engine, Hugging Face config.json + model card

What makes this estimate less reliable

  • no benchmark for this hardware and model yet
  • split CPU/GPU runs vary a lot with the CPU and PCIe link
  • system RAM speed unknown (dual-channel DDR4-3200 assumed)
  • mixture-of-experts: speed depends on expert routing

Other quantizations on the RX 7900 GRE

Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B Instruct on RX 7900 GRE + 64 GB RAM · 8K context
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B Instruct Q8_08K~33.4 GB · 8–16 tok/s estimatePossible but slow
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B Instruct Q6_K8K~26.2 GB · 13–25 tok/s estimateCPU/GPU offload
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B Instruct Q5_K_M8K~22.9 GB · 16–33 tok/s estimateCPU/GPU offload
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B Instruct Q4_K_M8K~19.8 GB · 23–47 tok/s estimateCPU/GPU offload
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B Instruct IQ4_XS8K~17.7 GB · 33–68 tok/s estimateCPU/GPU offload
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B Instruct Q3_K_M8K~16 GB · 48–105 tok/s estimateCPU/GPU offload

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Hardware that runs Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B Instruct Q4_K_M entirely in memory

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Radeon RX 7900 XTX

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AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395

Unified memory PC

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GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

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Frequently asked questions

Can the RX 7900 GRE run Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B Instruct?
The model needs about 19.8 GB but only 15.5 GB of VRAM is usable: 4.3 GB must be loaded into system RAM. It runs, 78% on the GPU, but more slowly.
Which quantization should I use on the RX 7900 GRE?
None fits entirely in VRAM at 8K context; the smallest, Q3_K_M, still needs offload.
What is the largest context on the RX 7900 GRE?
At Q4_K_M, the model does not fit entirely in VRAM even at a short context.
How fast is Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B Instruct (RX 7900 GRE)?
We estimate 23–47 tok/s (estimate, confidence low). Based on: memory bandwidth (576 GB/s) and model size, system RAM bandwidth (~51 GB/s).