Radeon RX 480

Best local AI models for this GPU

VRAM
8 GB
Bandwidth
256 GB/s
Vendor
AMD
Compatible Models
10

How it compares

Radeon RX 480 vs GPUs at nearby launch prices. Estimates from memory bandwidth, not benchmarks.

Est. speed, Qwen3 8B (Q4_K_M)

RX 580~37 tok/s · 8 GBGTX 1660 SUPER~48 tok/s · 6 GBRX 480~37 tok/s · 8 GBGTX 1060 6GB~28 tok/s · 6 GBRTX 3050~32 tok/s · 8 GB

Models at 10+ tok/s (est.)

RX 580~10 models · $229GTX 1660 SUPER~5 models · $229RX 480~10 models · $239GTX 1060 6GB~5 models · $249RTX 3050~10 models · $249

Top Compatible Models

Top 10 models ranked by performance. Click any model to expand details or view full compatibility.

Memory Usage6.7 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:8b
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Memory Usage6.7 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run deepseek-r1:8b
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Memory Usage6.6 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run llama3.1:8b
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Memory Usage6.5 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5:7b
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Memory Usage6.5 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:7b
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Memory Usage4.5 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:4b
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Memory Usage4.5 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run gemma3:4b
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Memory Usage3.9 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run llama3.2:3b-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage1.7 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run gemma3:1b-q6_k
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Memory Usage1.9 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run llama3.2:1b-q6_k
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