What AI models can the AMD Radeon RX 9070 run?

VRAM: 16.0 GB
Usable for models: 16.0 GB
Memory bandwidth: 640 GB/s
FP16 compute: 72.3 TFLOPS
Released: 2025
Launch price: $549

Specifications

Maker	AMD
Type	Graphics card
Video memory (VRAM)	16.0 GB
Usable for AI models	16.0 GB
Memory bandwidth	640 GB/s
FP16 compute	72.3 TFLOPS
Interface	PCIe 5.0
Released	2025
Launch price (US)	$549

6 products with the AMD Radeon RX 9070

SAPPHIRE PULSE AMD Radeon RX 9070Sapphire · Graphics card · 16 GBMaker’s page (opens in a new tab)
Hellhound AMD Radeon RX 9070 16GB GDDR6PowerColor · Graphics card · 16 GBMaker’s page (opens in a new tab)
XFX QuickSilver AMD Radeon RX 9070 OC Gaming EditionXFX · Graphics card · 16 GBMaker’s page (opens in a new tab)
ASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 OC EditionASUS · Graphics card · 16 GBMaker’s page (opens in a new tab)
Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC 16GGIGABYTE · Graphics card · 16 GBMaker’s page (opens in a new tab)
ASRock Radeon RX 9070 Steel Legend 16GB OCASRock · Graphics card · 16 GBMaker’s page (opens in a new tab)

Best LLMs for the AMD Radeon RX 9070

Grade · points	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Fit
91 ptsExcellent (S) · 91 of 100 points: Model quality 37.0/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 14.9/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Gemma 4 12BGoogle	`Q6_K`	11.9 GB	39.2 tok/s	Runs well
88 ptsExcellent (S) · 88 of 100 points: Model quality 35.0/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Gemma 4 26B-A4BGoogle	`Q3_K_M`	14.4 GB	115 tok/s	Tight fit
88 ptsExcellent (S) · 88 of 100 points: Model quality 36.1/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 13.3/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba	`Q3_K_M`	15.5 GB	31.5 tok/s	Tight fit
88 ptsExcellent (S) · 88 of 100 points: Model quality 34.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 13.8/15	Ornith 1.5 9BDeepReinforce	`Q6_K`	9.6 GB	48.6 tok/s	Runs well
88 ptsExcellent (S) · 88 of 100 points: Model quality 33.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 14.7/15, Memory use 15.0/15	TMax 9BAi2	`Q8_0`	11.2 GB	38.5 tok/s	Runs well
87 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 35.5/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 13.3/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba	`Q3_K_M`	15.5 GB	31.5 tok/s	Tight fit
87 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 33.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 13.8/15	Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba	`Q6_K`	9.6 GB	48.6 tok/s	Runs well
87 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 35.2/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 13.3/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.5 27BAlibaba	`Q3_K_M`	15.5 GB	31.5 tok/s	Tight fit
87 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 33.4/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 13.8/15	Ornith 1.0 9BDeepReinforce	`Q6_K`	9.6 GB	48.6 tok/s	Runs well
86 ptsExcellent (S) · 86 of 100 points: Model quality 31.5/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	gpt-oss 20BOpenAI	`MXFP4`	13.5 GB	101 tok/s	Runs well
86 ptsExcellent (S) · 86 of 100 points: Model quality 34.0/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 13.4/15, Memory use 15.0/15	TMax 27BAi2	`Q3_K_M`	15.3 GB	32.0 tok/s	Tight fit
86 ptsExcellent (S) · 86 of 100 points: Model quality 31.4/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 14.6/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Phi-4 Reasoning Plus (14B)Microsoft	`Q5_K_M`	13.5 GB	38.1 tok/s	Runs well

Best Image models for the AMD Radeon RX 9070

Grade · points	Model	Precision	Memory	Time per output	Fit
92 ptsExcellent (S) · 92 of 100 points: Model quality 37.4/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	`Q8 GGUF`	13.0 GB	4.8 s	Runs well
89 ptsExcellent (S) · 89 of 100 points: Model quality 34.7/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs	`Q8 GGUF`	10.5 GB	1.9 s	Runs well
87 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 37.4/45, Memory fit 20.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	`Q8 GGUF`	12.3 GB	3.6 s	Runs well
85 ptsExcellent (S) · 85 of 100 points: Model quality 36.2/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 9.4/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Z-ImageAlibaba (Tongyi)	`FP8`	12.6 GB	25 s	Runs well
82 ptsGreat (A) · 82 of 100 points: Model quality 29.3/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.1 [schnell]Black Forest Labs	`Q4 GGUF`	14.8 GB	4.0 s	Tight fit
82 ptsGreat (A) · 82 of 100 points: Model quality 34.3/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 9.7/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.1 Krea [dev]Black Forest Labs	`Q4 GGUF`	14.8 GB	24 s	Tight fit

Best Video models for the AMD Radeon RX 9070

Grade · points	Model	Precision	Memory	Time per output	Fit
77 ptsGreat (A) · 77 of 100 points: Model quality 22.1/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	LTX-Video 2BLightricks	`FP8`	10.8 GB	37 s	Runs well
74 ptsGreat (A) · 74 of 100 points: Model quality 24.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 10.6/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3BAlibaba	`FP8`	12.8 GB	6.0 min	Runs well
74 ptsGreat (A) · 74 of 100 points: Model quality 19.8/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	CogVideoX 2BZhipu AI	`FP8`	11.0 GB	90 s	Runs well
74 ptsGreat (A) · 74 of 100 points: Model quality 24.3/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 12.3/15, Memory use 15.0/15	CogVideoX 5BZhipu AI	`FP8`	14.3 GB	4.5 min	Tight fit
74 ptsGreat (A) · 74 of 100 points: Model quality 24.3/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 12.3/15, Memory use 15.0/15	CogVideoX 5B I2VZhipu AI	`FP8`	14.9 GB	4.5 min	Tight fit

Best LLMs by task on this hardware Open in Model Finder

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.