Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated September 19, 2026
12 GB at 432 GB/s on RDNA 3. A mid-range AMD option for models that fit 12 GB; ROCm and Vulkan both work, with Vulkan the more reliable llama.cpp path.
| VRAM | 12 GB |
| Memory Bandwidth | 432 GB/s |
| TDP | 245 W |
| Architecture | RDNA 3 Navi 32 |
| Release Year | 2023 |
| MSRP at Launch | $449 |
| Inference Speed (Llama 3.1 8B Q4_K_M) | 29–60 tok/s (estimated) |
| Inference Speed (Llama 3.3 70B Q4_K_M) | Does not fit — needs ~44 GB of 12 GB usable |
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All models below run comfortably in 12 GB VRAM with Q4_K_M quantization.
| StarCoder 2 | StarCoder 2 15B · 10 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run starcoder2:15b |
| Qwen 3 | Qwen 3 14B · 10 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen3:14b |
| DeepSeek R1 | DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B · 9 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run deepseek-r1:14b |
| Phi-4 Family | Phi-4 (14B) · 9 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run phi4 |
| Qwen 2.5 Family | Qwen 2.5 14B Instruct · 9 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen2.5:14b |
| Cogito v1 | Cogito v1 14B · 9 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run cogito:14b |
| Ministral 3 | Ministral 3 14B · 9 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run ministral-3:14b |
| OLMo 2 | OLMo 2 13B Instruct · 9 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run olmo2:13b |
36 more families also fit 12 GB — browse the full model library.
Yes — the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT has 12 GB VRAM and runs 12 GB at 432 GB/s on RDNA 3. A mid-range AMD option for models that fit 12 GB; ROCm and Vulkan both work, with Vulkan th
The AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT is estimated to run Llama 3.1 8B at 29–60 tok/s with Q4_K_M quantization. Llama 3.3 70B does not fit: it needs about 44 GB against 12 GB usable. These are modelled estimates, not measurements — see /en/methodology.
With 12 GB you can run: StarCoder 2, Qwen 3, DeepSeek R1, Phi-4 Family, Qwen 2.5 Family. Use Ollama for the easiest setup: ollama run llama3.1:8b.
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