Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

Best local AI models for this GPU

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

How it compares

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB vs GPUs at nearby launch prices. Estimates from memory bandwidth, not benchmarks.

Est. speed, Qwen3 8B (Q4_K_M)

RTX 3060 12GB~52 tok/s · 12 GBArc A770 8GB~74 tok/s · 8 GBRX 9060 XT 16GB~46 tok/s · 16 GBRTX 2060~48 tok/s · 6 GBRX 5700~65 tok/s · 8 GB

Models at 10+ tok/s (est.)

RTX 3060 12GB~15 models · $329Arc A770 8GB~10 models · $329RX 9060 XT 16GB~16 models · $349RTX 2060~5 models · $349RX 5700~10 models · $349

Top Compatible Models

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

Memory Usage11.8 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:14b-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage12.0 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run deepseek-r1:14b-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage11.8 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run phi4-q5_k_m
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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 Usage12.0 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5:14b-q5_k_m
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Memory Usage10.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run mistral-nemo-q5_k_m
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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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