Can I Run Gemma 3 on AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 marca 2025

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~7.9 GB of headroom running Gemma 3 12B Instruct at Q4_K_M (8.1 GB, ~89 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Specs

VRAM16 GB
Memory Bandwidth717 GB/s

Gemma 3 12B Instruct on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 16 GB?Max context
F1626.3 GB✗ No—
Q8_015.1 GB✓ Yes4K
Q6_K12.2 GB✓ Yes8K
Q5_K_M10.8 GB✓ Yes16K
Q4_K_M9.6 GB✓ Yes16K
Q3_K_M7.5 GB✓ Yes16K
Q2_K6.3 GB✓ Yes16K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 16 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Gemma 3 Sizes That Fit the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

Gemma 3 12B InstructQ4_K_M · 8.1 GB · ~89 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 3 4B InstructQ4_K_M · 3.8 GB · ~189 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 3 1B InstructQ4_K_M · 0.9 GB · ~400 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Does the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT have enough VRAM for Gemma 3?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~7.9 GB of headroom running Gemma 3 12B Instruct at Q4_K_M (8.1 GB, ~89 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 16K context.

Which quantization of Gemma 3 should I use on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT?

Gemma 3 12B Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (8.1 GB), estimated ~89 tokens/sec, up to 16K context.

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