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Can I run Qwen2.5 1.5B on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (24GB)?
Yes. Qwen2.5 1.5B runs on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (24GB) at Q4_K_M (~2.2 GB of ~23 GB usable).
Runs at Q4_K_M using ~2.2 GB of ~23 GB usable. You have room for FP16 for higher quality.
- Q4_K_M needed
- ~2.2 GB
- Usable on device
- ~23 GB
- Device memory
- 24 GB
- Best quant
- Q4_K_M
Run it
Pick your tool. All three load the same Q4_K_M weights.
ollama run qwen2.5:1.5b llama-cli -hf Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M lms get Qwen/Qwen2.5-1.5B-Instruct-GGUF AMD GPUs run via Vulkan/ROCm at roughly half CUDA throughput. NVIDIA is the smooth path on Windows.
- Parameters
- 1.54B
- Q4_K_M size
- 1.12 GB
- Q8_0 size
- 1.89 GB
- Context
- 128k
- Ollama tag
- qwen2.5:1.5b
- Memory
- 24 GB vram
- Usable for weights
- ~23 GB
- Best runtime
- Ollama (ROCm) / llama.cpp ROCm (Linux)
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FAQ
Can AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (24GB) run Qwen2.5 1.5B?
Yes. Qwen2.5 1.5B runs on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (24GB) at Q4_K_M (~2.2 GB of ~23 GB usable).
How much memory does Qwen2.5 1.5B need?
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (24GB) has room to spare. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~1.12 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~2.2 GB at a 4k context.
What is the best tool to run Qwen2.5 1.5B on Windows?
LM Studio for a simple setup; Ollama (CUDA) for the most speed. AMD GPUs run via Vulkan/ROCm at roughly half CUDA throughput. NVIDIA is the smooth path on Windows.
Sources
Memory figures are estimates. See methodology.