Can I Run Yi 1.5 34B Chat on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated August 15, 2026

No. Yi 1.5 34B Chat needs 20.8 GB at Q4_K_M and the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB has only 8 GB. No quantization we publish closes a gap that size.

The numbers

ModelYi 1.5 34B Chat
Parameters34B
QuantizationQ4_K_M
VRAM needed20.8 GB
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB VRAM8 GB
VerdictDoes not fit

What to do next

Either step down to a smaller size in this family, or move to a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 (24 GB), the cheapest card we track with enough VRAM.

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Cheapest card we track with enough VRAM for Yi 1.5 34B Chat:

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24GB
24 GB VRAM · 450 W board power
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Won't fit — rent Yi 1.5 34B Chat instead

Yi 1.5 34B Chat needs ~21 GB but this GPU has 8 GB. Rent a RTX 4090 (24 GB)-class GPU by the hour instead of buying one:

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