AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT: 16 GB, what it runs and what it costs
Specs checked · Aliteq Team · How we compute this
The short answer
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has 16 GB of VRAM and 640 GB/s of memory bandwidth (2025). At Q4_K_M quality or better with an 8K context it runs 17 of the open models we track; the largest that fits with room to spare is DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B. We don't see it for rent on the providers we track right now.
- VRAM
- 16 GB
- Bandwidth
- 640 GB/s
- Board power
- 304 W
- Launched
- 2025
Source: AMD specification · bandwidth not yet confirmed by a second source, so we don't estimate speed from it
Buy it or rent it
Buy an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB
New, from Amazon. Check the exact model says 16 GB before you buy.
Best for: The 1440p gaming sweet spot; local models up to about 14B at Q4, more with MoE offload.
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Which AI models run on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Computed by our VRAM engine for an 8K context: the best quality each model fits at in 16 GB. Speeds are upper-bound estimates from memory bandwidth, not benchmarks.
| Model | Best fit | VRAM used | ~tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemma 4 26B-A4B (MoE) | Q4_K_M | 16 GB97% · tight | — |
| Mistral Small 24B | Q4_K_M | 15 GB96% · tight | — |
| gpt-oss 20B (MoE) | Q5_K_M | 15 GB94% · tight | — |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill 14B | Q6_K | 14 GB85% | — |
| Qwen2.5-Coder 14B | Q6_K | 14 GB85% | — |
| Qwen3 14B | Q6_K | 13 GB83% | — |
| Phi-4 14B | Q6_K | 14 GB85% | — |
| Gemma 3 12B | Q8_0 | 13 GB83% | — |
| Gemma 4 12B | Q8_0 | 13 GB80% | — |
| Qwen3.5 9B | Q8_0 | 11 GB66% | — |
| Qwen3 8B | Q8_0 | 10 GB63% | — |
| Gemma 4 E4B | F16 | 16 GB99% · tight | — |
Fits only below Q4 quality: Qwen3.6 35B-A3B (MoE) (Q2_K), Ornith-1.5 35B-A3B (MoE) (Q2_K), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B (MoE) (Q2_K), DeepSeek R1 Distill 32B (Q2_K), Qwen2.5 Coder 32B (Q2_K).
Too big for 16 GB (rent a bigger card instead): what it costs to run Mixtral 8x7B (MoE), what it costs to run DeepSeek R1 Distill 70B, what it costs to run Qwen3-Coder-Next 80B-A3B (MoE), what it costs to run Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (MoE).
Check a model and context of your own in the VRAM calculator.
Our guides on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
- CompareRX 9070 XT or RTX 5070 Ti for local AI? Buy the 5070 Ti for speed and easy setup, the 9070 XT to save $380
- CompareRTX 5070 or RX 9070 XT for 1440p gaming? The RX 9070 XT, at today's prices
- Is the RX 9070 XT worth it? Yes, at up to about $900. Here's a fair price today
- AMD is basically giving away an $89 cooler with this 16GB GPU — the local-AI math actually works
- Amazon's $85-off RX 9070 XT deal isn't the actual deal this week. here's the one that was
Cards to compare it with
- AMD Radeon RX 9070 · 16 GB
- RTX 4070 Ti SUPER · 16 GB
- RTX 4080 · 16 GB
- RTX 4080 SUPER · 16 GB
- RTX 5060 Ti · 16 GB
- RTX A4000 · 16 GB
Every card by VRAM tier: all GPUs for gaming and local AI.