Radeon RX 6800 XT

Best local AI models for this GPU

VRAM
16 GB
Bandwidth
512 GB/s
Vendor
AMD
Compatible Models
16

How it compares

Radeon RX 6800 XT vs GPUs at nearby launch prices. Estimates from memory bandwidth, not benchmarks.

Est. speed, Qwen3 8B (Q4_K_M)

RX 9070 XT~92 tok/s · 16 GBGTX 980 Ti~48 tok/s · 6 GBRX 6800 XT~74 tok/s · 16 GBRTX 2080~65 tok/s · 8 GBGTX 1080 Ti~70 tok/s · 11 GB

Models at 10+ tok/s (est.)

RX 9070 XT~16 models · $599GTX 980 Ti~5 models · $649RX 6800 XT~16 models · $649RTX 2080~10 models · $699GTX 1080 Ti~11 models · $699

Top Compatible Models

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

Memory Usage10.6 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:14b
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Memory Usage10.8 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run deepseek-r1:14b
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Memory Usage10.6 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run phi4
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Memory Usage13.2 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run gemma3:12b
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Memory Usage10.8 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5:14b
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Memory Usage9.2 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run mistral-nemo
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Memory Usage7.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:8b-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage7.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run deepseek-r1:8b-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage7.3 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run llama3.1:8b-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage7.2 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5:7b-q5_k_m
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