Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 12, 2026
Same Navi 48 chip and 16 GB VRAM as the 9070 XT but with lower clocks and bandwidth (640 GB/s). Still handles all 13–14B models comfortably via ROCm or Vulkan.
| VRAM | 16 GB |
| Memory Bandwidth | 640 GB/s |
| TDP | 220 W |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 Navi 48 |
| Release Year | 2025 |
| MSRP at Launch | $549 |
| Inference Speed (Llama 3.1 8B Q4_K_M) | 42–87 tok/s (estimated) |
| Inference Speed (Llama 3.3 70B Q4_K_M) | Does not fit — needs ~44 GB of 16 GB usable |
All models below run comfortably in 16 GB VRAM with Q4_K_M quantization.
| Llama 3.1 Family | Llama 3.1 8B Instruct · 6 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run llama3.1 |
| Qwen 3 | Qwen 3 14B · 10 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen3:14b |
| Gemma 3 | Gemma 3 12B Instruct · 8 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run gemma3:12b |
| Phi-4 Family | Phi-4 (14B) · 9 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run phi4 |
| Phi-4 Mini | Phi-4 Mini (3.8B) · 3 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run phi4-mini |
| Mistral Family | Mistral Small 3 (24B) · 15 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run mistral-small |
| DeepSeek R1 | DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B · 9 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run deepseek-r1:14b |
| Qwen 2.5 Family | Qwen 2.5 14B Instruct · 9 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen2.5:14b |
Install Ollama then run the recommended model for this GPU:
ollama run qwen3:14b
Yes — the AMD Radeon RX 9070 has 16 GB VRAM and runs Same Navi 48 chip and 16 GB VRAM as the 9070 XT but with lower clocks and bandwidth (640 GB/s). Still handles all 13–14B
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 is estimated to run Llama 3.1 8B at 42–87 tok/s with Q4_K_M quantization. Llama 3.3 70B does not fit: it needs about 44 GB against 16 GB usable. These are modelled estimates, not measurements — see /en/methodology.
With 16 GB you can run: Llama 3.1 Family, Qwen 3, Gemma 3, Phi-4 Family, Phi-4 Mini. Use Ollama for the easiest setup: ollama run qwen3:14b.
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