RX 7900 XTX 24GBBest value
C31 tok/s decode
~$999 MSRP
Can it run?
Too heavy
Using Q4_K_M in Ollama
Fit status
Too heavy
Decode
13.8 tok/s
TTFT
14059 ms
Safe context
5K
Memory
26.5 GB / 8.0 GB
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic Coding | F | Too heavy | 13.8 tok/s | 20450 ms | 8K |
| Chat | F | Too heavy | 13.8 tok/s | 7669 ms | 4K |
| Coding | F | Too heavy | 13.8 tok/s | 14059 ms | 5K |
| RAG | F | Too heavy | 13.8 tok/s | 25562 ms | 8K |
| Reasoning | F | Too heavy | 13.8 tok/s | 16615 ms | 5K |
How Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B (32B params) fits at each quantization level on RTX 2070 8GB (8.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 12.5 GB | Low | F0 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 15.7 GB | Low | F0 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 17.9 GB | Medium | F0 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 19.5 GB | Medium | F0 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 23.0 GB | High | F0 |
Q6_K | 6 | 26.2 GB | High | F0 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 34.2 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 65.6 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Upgrade options
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