Radeon RX 6700
Radeon RX 6700 has 10 GB of VRAM at 320 GB/s — about 9.30 GiB usable after driver and compositor overhead. 1196 of 2118 indexed models fit at 64K context with q8_0 KV.
What fits at 64K context
| Model | Best quant | Params | Weights● | KV● | Total in memory◐ | Headroom◐ | tok/s◐ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3-16B-A3BMoE | UD-IQ2_XXS | 16.0B | 5.22 GiB | 3.19 GiB | 9.30 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 28±37% |
| MiMo-VL-7B-RL | I1-Q3_K_M | 8.3B | 3.59 GiB | 4.78 GiB | 9.30 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Kuwutu-7B-CYOA-v2 | I1-Q3_K_M | 7.6B | 3.59 GiB | 4.78 GiB | 9.30 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Parable-Granite-4.1-8B-Claude-Fable-5 | I1-Q2_K | 8.4B | 3.05 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.30 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| granite-20b-code-instruct-8k | IQ3_S | 20.1B | 8.32 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 9.30 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| granite-20b-code-base-8k | I1-IQ3_S | 20.1B | 8.32 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 9.30 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Tess-4-9B | Q6_K | 9.7B | 7.30 GiB | 1.06 GiB | 9.30 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Ministral-3-14B-Instruct-2512-BF16-abliterated | I1-IQ1_S | 13.9B | 3.03 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.30 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Ministral-3-14B-Reasoning-2512-Uncensored | I1-IQ1_S | 13.9B | 3.03 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.30 GiB | 0.00 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| granite-4.1-8b | UD-IQ2_M | 8.8B | 3.05 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.29 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| INTELLECT-1-Instruct | I1-IQ2_XXS | 10.2B | 2.77 GiB | 5.58 GiB | 9.29 GiB | 0.01 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Hy-MT2-7B | Q4_K_S | 8.0B | 4.09 GiB | 4.25 GiB | 9.28 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Hunyuan-7B-Instruct | Q4_K_S | 7.5B | 4.09 GiB | 4.25 GiB | 9.28 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Smilodon-9B-v1 | I1-IQ1_M | 10.2B | 2.37 GiB | 5.97 GiB | 9.28 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| bella-bartender-v2 | I1-IQ1_M | 9.2B | 2.37 GiB | 5.97 GiB | 9.28 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Gemma-The-Writer-9B-HERETIC-Uncensored-Abliterated | I1-IQ1_M | 9.2B | 2.37 GiB | 5.97 GiB | 9.28 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Dirty-Muse-Writer-v01-Uncensored-Erotica-NSFW | I1-IQ1_M | 9.2B | 2.37 GiB | 5.97 GiB | 9.28 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Gemma-2-9B-It-SPPO-Iter3 | I1-IQ1_M | 9.2B | 2.37 GiB | 5.97 GiB | 9.28 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Gemma-SEA-LION-v3-9B-IT | I1-IQ1_M | 9.2B | 2.37 GiB | 5.97 GiB | 9.28 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| G2-Darkest-Writer-Dirty-Shirley-9B-v2 | I1-IQ1_M | 9.2B | 2.37 GiB | 5.97 GiB | 9.28 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| G2-Darkest-Writer-9B-v1 | I1-IQ1_M | 9.2B | 2.37 GiB | 5.97 GiB | 9.28 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Tiger-Gemma-9B-v3 | I1-IQ1_M | 9.2B | 2.37 GiB | 5.97 GiB | 9.28 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Ministral-8B-Instruct-2410 | Q5_K_M | 8.0B | 5.33 GiB | 3.02 GiB | 9.28 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-BF16 | Q4_K_M | 4.0B | 2.77 GiB | 5.58 GiB | 9.28 GiB | 0.02 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| granite-3.3-8b-instruct | UD-IQ3_XXS | 8.2B | 3.02 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Forsaken-Void-12B | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Silver-Siren-ST-12B | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Tess-3-Mistral-Nemo-12B | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| KrakenSakura-Maelstrom-12B-v1 | IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Dans-PersonalityEngine-V1.3.0-12b | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| MN-12B-Runeweaver-RP-RU | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Impish_Bloodmoon_12B | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Wayfarer-2-12B | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Wayfarer-12B | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Muse-12B | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| MN-Violet-Lotus-12B | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Rocinante-X-12B-v1-Heretic-Uncensored | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Mistral-Heretica-12B | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| arcee-fusion-lumaid-12B | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Mistral-NeMo-12B-Abliterated | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Captain-Eris_Violet-V0.420-12B | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Rocinante-X-12B-v1-absolute-heresy | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Rocinante-X-12B-v1 | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Mistral-Nemo-2407-12B-Thinking-Claude-Gemini-GPT5.2-Uncensored-HERETIC | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Dans-SakuraKaze-V1.0.0-12b | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Mistral-Nemo-Inst-2407-12B-Thinking-Uncensored-HERETIC-HI-Claude-Opus | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Mistral-Nemo-Instruct-2407-12B-Thinking-M-Claude-Opus-High-Reasoning | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Mordant-12B-Think | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Riverfish-Rocinante-12B-SFT-DPO | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| MN-Violet-Lotus-12B-Heretic | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Himeyuri-Magnum-12B-HereticMerge | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Kinggaroo-12b-v1 | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Magnum-Picaro-0.7-v2-12b | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| magnum-v2.5-12b-kto | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Mistral-Nemo-Prism-12B | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Nera_Noctis-12B | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| Chronos-Gold-12B-1.0 | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| patricide-12B-Unslop-Mell | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| MN-12B-Celeste-V1.9 | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
| magnum-v2-12b | I1-IQ1_M | 12.2B | 3.00 GiB | 5.31 GiB | 9.26 GiB | 0.04 GiB | 24±26.5% |
Speed is modeled, not measured: decode is memory-bandwidth bound, so tokens per second is bytes read per token against achievable bandwidth. Mixture-of-experts models carry a wider band because only the routed experts are read each step, and few have been measured publicly.
Measured on this card
| Workload◍ | Median | Middle 50% | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image generation | 3.09 it/s | 1.92–3.56 | 27 |
Aggregated from community-submitted runs, so the spread is wide by nature — it covers different models, resolutions, step counts and settings, not one controlled configuration. Read the middle 50% rather than the median alone. These figures are reproduced with attribution from vladmandic-sd-data-benchmark, which publishes no licence — so we display and link rather than redistribute them.
Questions people ask
- What AI models can a Radeon RX 6700 run?
- 1196 of 2118 indexed open-weight models fit a Radeon RX 6700 at 65,536 context with q8_0 KV cache, the largest being Qwen3-16B-A3B at UD-IQ2_XXS. That covers text, vision-language, image, video and speech models.
- How much usable memory does a Radeon RX 6700 actually have?
- Its nameplate is 10 GB, but about 9.30 GiB is available to a model once driver and compositor overhead is accounted for.
- Is a Radeon RX 6700 fast for local AI?
- Its memory bandwidth is 320 GB/s, and that figure — not teraflops — is what governs token generation speed. Capacity decides what you can run; bandwidth decides how fast it runs.