Question 1

Can the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT run qwen3.8 27B?

Accepted Answer

qwen3.8 27B needs about 18.5GB working set (weights 16.5GB + KV cache 2GB at 4k context). The AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT offers ~20GB usable — verdict: tight. 18.5 of 20 GB usable — keep context modest

Question 2

How fast is qwen3.8 27B on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT?

Accepted Answer

~24–36 tok/s on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT. computed roofline: 800 GB/s × 0.50–0.75 efficiency window / 16.5GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Question 3

What should I run qwen3.8 27B on instead?

Accepted Answer

Mac mini M4 (32GB) runs it fully ($999).

Can the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT run qwen3.8 27B?

Run qwen3.8 27B on instead