Radeon RX 6950 XT

Best local AI models for this GPU

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

How it compares

Radeon RX 6950 XT vs GPUs at nearby launch prices. Estimates from memory bandwidth, not benchmarks.

Est. speed, Qwen3 8B (Q4_K_M)

RX 7900 XTX~139 tok/s · 24 GBRTX A4000~65 tok/s · 16 GBRX 6950 XT~83 tok/s · 16 GBTITAN Xp~79 tok/s · 12 GBRTX 4080~103 tok/s · 16 GB

Models at 10+ tok/s (est.)

RX 7900 XTX~24 models · $999RTX A4000~16 models · $1000RX 6950 XT~16 models · $1099TITAN Xp~15 models · $1199RTX 4080~16 models · $1199

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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