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Can the AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB run qwen3.8 27B?

NO

18.5 GB vs 4 GB usable — does not fit

4GB · Polaris (GCN 4) · model file 16.5GB · 27B

~1.1–2.9 tok/s

computed roofline: 224 GB/s × 0.08–0.21 efficiency window / 16.5GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run qwen3.8 27B on instead

Mac mini M4 (32GB) — cheapest catalog machine that runs qwen3.8 27B fully ($999)

rx-580-8gb — the next step up from AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB

every model the AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB can run — full list

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory