AMD/ GCN 1.0
AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
3 GB
VRAM (Budget)
288 GB/s
Memory Bandwidth
57 / 290
Models fit at Q4 (20%)
~37 tok/s
7B Q4 speed (Fast)
Model coverage at Q420% of all models
Specifications
VRAM
3 GB
Bandwidth
288 GB/s
FP16 Compute
4.3 TFLOPS
TDP
300W
Memory
GDDR5
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Stream Processors
2,048
Compute Units
32
PCIe
Gen 3 x16
57
Fast models (>30 tok/s)
Real-time chat speed
57
Usable models (>10 tok/s)
Comfortable for all tasks
57
Total compatible
Fit in VRAM at Q4
Compatible Models(57)
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GPT-2 124M0.124B
gpt21K ctxchat
6.5
quality
VRAM12%
0.4 GB
2065
tok/s
2065
tok/s
12% VRAM
S
SmolLM2 135M0.135B
smollm2K ctxchat
7
quality
VRAM12%
0.4 GB
1896
tok/s
1896
tok/s
12% VRAM
S
Nomic Embed Text v1.50.137B
embedding8K ctxembedding
VRAM9%
0.3 GB
1869
tok/s
1869
tok/s
9% VRAM
S
mxbai-embed-large-v10.335B
embedding1K ctxembedding
VRAM15%
0.4 GB
764
tok/s
764
tok/s
15% VRAM
S
Snowflake Arctic Embed L0.335B
embedding1K ctxembedding
VRAM15%
0.4 GB
764
tok/s
764
tok/s
15% VRAM
S
GPT-2 Medium 345M0.345B
gpt21K ctxchat
5.9
quality
VRAM16%
0.5 GB
742
tok/s
742
tok/s
16% VRAM
S
SmolLM2 360M0.36B
smollm8K ctxchat
8.2
quality
VRAM17%
0.5 GB
711
tok/s
711
tok/s
17% VRAM
S
Qwen 1.5 0.5B0.5B
qwen32K ctxchat
9.9
quality
VRAM26%
0.8 GB
512
tok/s
512
tok/s
26% VRAM
S
Qwen 2.5 0.5B0.5B
qwen32K ctxchat
19.4
quality
VRAM26%
0.8 GB
512
tok/s
512
tok/s
26% VRAM
S
BGE-M30.568B
embedding8K ctxembedding
VRAM20%
0.6 GB
451
tok/s
451
tok/s
20% VRAM
S
Qwen3 0.6B0.6B
qwen32K ctxchatreasoning
20.2
quality
VRAM21%
0.6 GB
427
tok/s
427
tok/s
21% VRAM
S
GPT-2 Large 774M0.774B
gpt21K ctxchat
5.6
quality
VRAM24%
0.7 GB
331
tok/s
331
tok/s
24% VRAM
S
Qwen3-0.6B0.8B
qwen40K ctxchat
12.3
quality
VRAM31%
0.9 GB
320
tok/s
320
tok/s
31% VRAM
S
Qwen3.5-0.8B0.9B
qwen256K ctxchat
20.5
quality
VRAM33%
1.0 GB
284
tok/s
284
tok/s
33% VRAM
S
Falcon3-1B1B
falcon32K ctxchat
42
quality
VRAM33%
1.0 GB
256
tok/s
256
tok/s
33% VRAM
S
InternLM2 1B1B
internlm32K ctxchat
VRAM33%
1.0 GB
256
tok/s
256
tok/s
33% VRAM
S
TinyLlama-1.1B1.1B
llama2K ctxchat
13.6
quality
VRAM37%
1.1 GB
233
tok/s
233
tok/s
37% VRAM
S
TinyLlama 1.1B1.1B
llama2K ctxchat
13.6
quality
VRAM37%
1.1 GB
233
tok/s
233
tok/s
37% VRAM
S
Llama-3.2-1B1.2B
llama4K ctxchat
13.6
quality
VRAM39%
1.2 GB
213
tok/s
213
tok/s
39% VRAM
S
LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking1.2B
lfm122K ctxchatreasoningtool_use
18.3
quality
VRAM24%
0.7 GB
213
tok/s
213
tok/s
24% VRAM
S
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B1.3B
deepseek16K ctxcoding
16.8
quality
VRAM41%
1.2 GB
197
tok/s
197
tok/s
41% VRAM
S
OPT 1.3B1.3B
opt2K ctxchat
5.3
quality
VRAM39%
1.2 GB
197
tok/s
197
tok/s
39% VRAM
S
Phi-1 1.3B1.3B
phi2K ctxcoding
7.2
quality
VRAM41%
1.2 GB
197
tok/s
197
tok/s
41% VRAM
S
Phi-1.5 1.3B1.3B
phi2K ctxchatcoding
7.2
quality
VRAM41%
1.2 GB
197
tok/s
197
tok/s
41% VRAM
S
GPT-2 XL 1.5B1.5B
gpt21K ctxchat
5.1
quality
VRAM43%
1.3 GB
171
tok/s
171
tok/s
43% VRAM
S
Qwen2.5-Coder-1.5B1.5B
qwen32K ctxcodingchat
22.8
quality
VRAM44%
1.3 GB
171
tok/s
171
tok/s
44% VRAM
S
Qwen2 Math 1.5B1.5B
qwen4K ctxreasoning
22.8
quality
VRAM44%
1.3 GB
171
tok/s
171
tok/s
44% VRAM
S
Qwen 2.5 1.5B1.5B
qwen32K ctxchatcoding
30.2
quality
VRAM44%
1.3 GB
171
tok/s
171
tok/s
44% VRAM
S
Yi Coder 1.5B1.5B
yi125K ctxcoding
14.6
quality
VRAM44%
1.3 GB
171
tok/s
171
tok/s
44% VRAM
S
stablelm-2-1_6b1.6B
stablelm4K ctxchat
9.5
quality
VRAM46%
1.4 GB
160
tok/s
160
tok/s
46% VRAM
S
Qwen3 1.7B1.7B
qwen32K ctxchatreasoning
32.6
quality
VRAM47%
1.4 GB
151
tok/s
151
tok/s
47% VRAM
S
SmolLM2 1.7B1.71B
smollm8K ctxchat
16.2
quality
VRAM47%
1.4 GB
150
tok/s
150
tok/s
47% VRAM
S
Qwen 1.5 1.8B1.8B
qwen32K ctxchat
22.8
quality
VRAM50%
1.5 GB
142
tok/s
142
tok/s
50% VRAM
S
Moondream2 1.9B1.9B
other2K ctxvisionchat
26.2
quality
VRAM46%
1.4 GB
135
tok/s
135
tok/s
46% VRAM
S
Gemma 1 2B2B
gemma8K ctxchat
20.2
quality
VRAM54%
1.6 GB
128
tok/s
128
tok/s
54% VRAM
S
Granite 3.0 2B2B
granite128K ctxchatcoding
35.8
quality
VRAM52%
1.6 GB
128
tok/s
128
tok/s
52% VRAM
S
Granite 3.1 2B2B
granite128K ctxchatcoding
37.8
quality
VRAM52%
1.6 GB
128
tok/s
128
tok/s
52% VRAM
S
Qwen2-VL 2B2.21B
qwen32K ctxchatvision
28.3
quality
VRAM56%
1.7 GB
116
tok/s
116
tok/s
56% VRAM
S
Qwen3.5-2B2.3B
qwen256K ctxchat
15.9
quality
VRAM59%
1.8 GB
111
tok/s
111
tok/s
59% VRAM
S
CodeGemma 2B2.51B
gemma8K ctxcoding
22.9
quality
VRAM62%
1.9 GB
102
tok/s
102
tok/s
62% VRAM
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