Llama 3.2 90B Vision Instruct on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Can the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT run Llama 3.2 90B Vision Instruct?

Barely: it runs very slowly (heavy RAM offload)

Very slow (heavy RAM offload). At Q2_K it needs about 40.4 GB of 20.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 2.5 tok/s.

Best quant: Q2_K
Generation speed: 2.5 tok/s
Prompt processing: 430 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 2.4 s
Largest safe context: —

Best app to run it on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

On Windows

Ollama

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp (ggml), MLX (Apple silicon, preview)

Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
One command with Ollama’s own build of this model.
Serves an OpenAI-compatible API that other apps and coding tools can use.

ollama run llama3.2-vision:90b

Docker Model Runner Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
Text Generation WebUI Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.

On Linux

Ollama

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp (ggml), MLX (Apple silicon, preview)

Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
One command with Ollama’s own build of this model.
Serves an OpenAI-compatible API that other apps and coding tools can use.

ollama run llama3.2-vision:90b

Docker Model Runner Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
Text Generation WebUI Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.

How we choose: the files published for this model, your operating system and GPU, whether it fits fully in memory, and published speed tests (MLX vs llama.cpp on Apple silicon, vLLM vs llama.cpp vs Ollama on NVIDIA). Details.

Download Llama 3.2 90B Vision Instruct

Quickest · Ollama

One command downloads a ready-to-run version and starts a chat.

Get Ollama at ollama.com/download (opens in a new tab) · model page (opens in a new tab)

ollama run llama3.2-vision:90b

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from Meta, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct (opens in a new tab)

Free Hugging Face account needed: request access on the model page, and Meta approves it (usually within minutes to a few hours).

Links checked 2 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 46Fair quality (C) · 46 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 43/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.: How capable the model itself is at Q2_K, from its editorial quality tier scaled by the quantization or precision. It’s the same on any hardware that runs this variant. Scale: A+ 85+ · A 70+ · B 55+ · C 40+ · D under 40.
Runs Very slowheavy RAM offload: How well it runs on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT: speed, capped by how well it fits in memory. Runs great: 30+ tokens/s (or near the image, video or decision speed target) · Runs well: 10+ tokens/s · Slow: 3+ tokens/s · Very slow: under 3 · Won’t run: doesn’t fit even with offload. A tight fit or RAM offload caps it at Runs well; heavy offload caps it at Slow.

Match score

To order lists, each result also gets a match score out of 100 from four parts. It favors the most capable model that still runs well.

Model qualityEditorial quality tier of the model, scaled by the quantization or precision used.	20.8 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when everything sits in GPU memory; fewer when part spills to system RAM.	4.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.	3.7 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.	15.0 / 15
Match score	43.5 / 100

The match score orders results; it is not shown as a grade. Quality and Runs are the two ratings in the tables.

Every quantization on the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	40.4 GB	20.0 GB	2.5 tok/s	Very slowheavy RAM offload	46Fair quality (C) · 46 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 43/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	48.4 GB	20.0 GB	—	Won't run	55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 7/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	59.0 GB	20.0 GB	—	Won't run	62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
`Q5_K_M`	67.9 GB	20.0 GB	—	Won't run	64Good quality (B) · 64 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	77.6 GB	20.0 GB	—	Won't run	65Good quality (B) · 65 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	All files (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	98.9 GB	20.0 GB	—	Won't run	66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
`F16`	182 GB	20.0 GB	—	Won't run	66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Memory figures assume 8K of context. Longer conversations or documents grow the KV cache.

Other hardware that runs it

62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Q4_K_M · 24.8 tok/s · Runs well
55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 67/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M2 Ultra (192 GB) Q3_K_M · 12.3 tok/s · Runs well
46Fair quality (C) · 46 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 67/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 Max (64 GB) Q2_K · 10.7 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (256 GB) Q3_K_M · 12.6 tok/s · Runs well
46Fair quality (C) · 46 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 64/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 Max (128 GB) Q2_K · 10.7 tok/s · Runs well
55Good quality (B) · 55 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 63/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (512 GB) Q3_K_M · 12.6 tok/s · Runs well

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.