Best local LLMs for the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Each list assumes the context that task needs, so a model that fits for chat may rank lower for long documents.

General chat at 8K context

  1. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 98/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q4_K_M · 127 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 97/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 27B Q4_K_M · 30.4 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 97/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.6 27B Q4_K_M · 30.4 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 27B Q4_K_M · 30.4 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  5. 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Raon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B) Q4_K_M · 118 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Coding at 32K context

  1. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 98/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q4_K_M · 127 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Raon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B) Q4_K_M · 118 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. K2 Horizon 7B Q8_0 · 47.8 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. SenseNova Loop 9B Preview Q8_0 · 44.6 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B Q8_0 · 45.7 tok/s · Runs great

Reasoning at 32K context

  1. 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Raon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B) Q4_K_M · 118 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. K2 Horizon 7B Q8_0 · 47.8 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. SenseNova Loop 9B Preview Q8_0 · 44.6 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B Q8_0 · 45.7 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.6 27B Q3_K_M · 39.4 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Documents (RAG) at 32K context

  1. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 98/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q4_K_M · 127 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 12B Q6_K · 49.1 tok/s · Runs great
  3. 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. SenseNova Loop 9B Preview Q8_0 · 44.6 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.8 27B Q3_K_M · 39.4 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  5. 77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ornith 1.5 9B Q8_0 · 44.6 tok/s · Runs great

Agents & tools at 64K context

  1. 82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 12B Q6_K · 49.1 tok/s · Runs great
  2. 83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Raon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B) Q4_K_M · 118 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9B Q8_0 · 45.7 tok/s · Runs great
  4. 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. SenseNova Loop 9B Preview Q8_0 · 44.6 tok/s · Runs great
  5. 79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. K2 Horizon 7B Q6_K · 65.2 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Reverse engineering at 32K context

  1. 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Q3_K_M · 167 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  2. 78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 27B Q3_K_M · 39.4 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  3. 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 26B-A4B Q4_K_M · 127 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  4. 73Great quality (A) · 73 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B) Q3_K_M · 167 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
  5. 82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 12B Q6_K · 49.1 tok/s · Runs great

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.

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