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Qwen3-8B Instruct on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB runs Qwen3-8B Instruct at Q8_0. Usable on 16 GB VRAM — see full quantization options below.

Model Size

8.2B

Device VRAM

16 GB

Bandwidth

320 GB/s

Quantization

Q8_0

Benchmarks

Performance by Quantization

OwnRig currently has one published compatibility entry for Qwen3-8B Instruct on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB at Q8_0. This is the best supported pairing we can stand behind today.

QuantizationSpeedTTFTFits in VRAMRatingConfidence
Q8_0––✓ YesAcceptableestimated

Notes

Q8_0

RDNA 4 card with improving ROCm support; Vulkan remains the safer default in llama.cpp. Q8_0 fits in VRAM on this card.

About Qwen3-8B Instruct

Qwen3-8B Instruct (8.2B) is a chat, coding, ai coding, reasoning, multi-purpose model. Qwen 3 dense 8B instruct from Alibaba (~8.2B parameters, ~6.95B non-embedding). Capable chat, coding, and reasoning; 32K default context with 128K max. Apache 2.0.

View all Qwen3-8B Instruct hardware options →

About AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB has 16 GB at 320 GB/s. Street price: $349.

See all models AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB can run →

Estimate method: Estimated from model VRAM requirements and AMD runtime maturity. Reference hardware source: github.com (2026-05-26)

Performance varies by driver version, inference engine, quantization method, context length, and system configuration. Figures shown are estimates based on community benchmarks and may not reflect your exact setup. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners. OwnRig is independent and not affiliated with any hardware or AI model provider.

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