Question 1

Can the Radeon 740M run qwen3 8B?

Accepted Answer

qwen3 8B needs about 5.76GB working set (weights 5.2GB + KV cache 0.56GB at 4k context). The Radeon 740M offers ~13.5GB usable — verdict: full. 5.8 GB needed of 13.5 GB usable — headroom for context

Question 2

How fast is qwen3 8B on the Radeon 740M?

Accepted Answer

~5.8–18 tok/s on the Radeon 740M. computed roofline: 120 GB/s × 0.25–0.80 efficiency window / 5.2GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Question 3

What should I run qwen3 8B on instead?

Accepted Answer

Tesla M60 (16GB, used) runs it fully ($35).

Can the Radeon 740M run qwen3 8B?

Run qwen3 8B on instead