AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

16 GB · 640 GB/s · 304 W

In short

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory with 640 GB/s of bandwidth, which sets how fast it generates text. At 32k context it runs 52 of the 113 open models we track fully in memory; the most capable is Qwen 3.8 27B at Q6_K, at about 14 tok/s (estimated). The best new price for the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT in Canada is $1,050 at Amazon; used, it starts at $1,000 (asking price).

Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.

Prices

Every retailer we track in Canada, cheapest first. Buy links may earn us a commission.

RetailerConditionPriceStockCheckedBuy
eBaygigabyte gaming radeon rx 9070 xt 16gbused, asking price$1,000In stock2 h agoBuy
AmazonAcer Predator BiFrost AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Overclocking Graphics CardNew$1,050In stock4 h agoBuy
AmazonSapphire 11348-01-20G Nitro+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Gaming OC Graphics Card…New$1,094In stock7 h agoBuy
AmazonAcer Nitro AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Overclocking Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6New$1,200In stock37 min agoBuy
AmazonGIGABYTE Gaming Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6 PCI Express 5.0 x16 Graphics Card…New$1,231In stock5 h agoBuy
AmazonPowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6New$1,259In stock28 min agoBuy
AmazonPowerColor Hellhound Spectral White AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6New$1,283In stock28 min agoBuy
AmazonXFX Swift AMD Radeon RX 9070XT Triple Fan Gaming Edition with 16GB GDDR6 HDMI…New$1,310In stock28 min agoBuy
AmazonXFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070XT OC Gaming Edition with RGB 16GB GDDR6New$1,322In stock28 min agoBuy
AmazonPowerColor Hellhound AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6New$1,342In stock28 min agoBuy
eBayASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT OC 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Cardused, asking price$1,350In stock2 h agoBuy
AmazonASRock AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Steel Legend 16GB Graphics CardNew$1,366+ $10 deliveryIn stock28 min agoBuy
AmazonXFX Mercury AMD Radeon RX 9070XT OC Magnetic Air Edition with RGB 16GB GDDR6…New$1,424In stock42 min agoBuy
AmazonASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6 White OC Edition Graphics CardNew$1,470+ $8 deliveryIn stock37 min agoBuy
AmazonASUS Prime Radeon RX 9070 XT 16GB GDDR6 OC Edition Gaming Graphics CardNew$1,540In stock28 min agoBuy
eBayASRock AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Tai Chi 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Cardused, asking price$1,700+ $100 deliveryIn stock2 h agoBuy

Price history

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What two of them run

Every model in the catalogue, with the best quant for this hardware. Estimates, not measurements.

ModelQuantFitsMemoryMax contextDecode @32kPrefillGood for
Qwen 3.8 27B

Alibaba Qwen

Q6_Kfits25.9 GB98k172k with q8 cache

14tok/sest.

1101 tok/s–
Qwen 3.6 27B

Alibaba Qwen

Q8_0fits30.3 GB34k59k with q8 cache

11tok/sest.

1101 tok/s–
Gemma 4 31B

Google

Q6_Kfits28.2 GB57k110k with q8 cache

12tok/sest.

981 tok/s–
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B

Alibaba Qwen

UD-Q6_Kfits29.5 GB68k107k with q8 cache

66tok/sest.

7859 tok/schat, coding, agents, long documents
Qwen 3.5 27B

Alibaba Qwen

Q8_0fits30.3 GB34k59k with q8 cache

11tok/sest.

1101 tok/s–
Gemma 4 26B-A4B

Google

Q8_0fits27.3 GB153k245k with q8 cache

42tok/sest.

6992 tok/schat, coding, agents, long documents
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B

Alibaba Qwen

Q6_Kfits29.0 GB85k133k with q8 cache

67tok/sest.

7859 tok/schat, coding, agents, long documents
GLM 4.7 Flash

Z.ai

Q6_Kfits26.1 GB106k183k with q8 cache

36tok/sest.

4103 tok/schat, coding, agents, long documents
Devstral Small 2 24B

Mistral AI

Q8_0fits29.8 GB35k64k with q8 cache

12tok/sest.

1162 tok/s–
Kimi Linear 48B-A3B

Moonshot AI

Q4_K_Mfits29.8 GB78k107k with q8 cache

99tok/sest.

6773 tok/schat, coding, long documents
gpt-oss 20B

OpenAI

MXFP4fits13.5 GB128k

65tok/sest.

5867 tok/schat, coding, agents, long documents
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B

Alibaba Qwen

Q6_Kfits27.9 GB57k102k with q8 cache

37tok/sest.

3614 tok/schat, coding, agents
Qwen3 32B

Alibaba Qwen

Q4_K_Mfits27.9 GB40k

12tok/sest.

683 tok/schat
Gemma 4 12B

Google

Q8_0fits14.1 GB256k

26tok/sest.

2553 tok/schat, coding, long documents
Qwen 3.5 9B

Alibaba Qwen

Q8_0fits11.4 GB256k

33tok/sest.

3181 tok/schat, coding, long documents
Gemma 3 27B

Google

Q6_Kfits25.0 GB95k128k with q8 cache

14tok/sest.

1168 tok/schat
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B

DeepSeek

Q4_K_Mfits28.0 GB41k76k with q8 cache

12tok/sest.

785 tok/schat
Mistral Small 3.2 24B

Mistral AI

Q8_0fits29.8 GB35k64k with q8 cache

12tok/sest.

1162 tok/s–
Ministral 3 14B

Mistral AI

Q8_0fits19.9 GB97k176k with q8 cache

18tok/sest.

1767 tok/schat
Qwen3 14B

Alibaba Qwen

Q8_0fits21.1 GB40k

17tok/sest.

1589 tok/schat
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B

DeepSeek

Q8_0fits14.1 GB128k

26tok/sest.

2620 tok/schat, coding
Qwen3 8B

Alibaba Qwen

Q8_0fits14.1 GB40k

26tok/sest.

2620 tok/schat, coding
Phi-4 14B

Microsoft

Q8_0fits22.2 GB16k

16tok/sest.

1597 tok/schat
Qwen 3.5 4B

Alibaba Qwen

Q8_0fits6.7 GB256k

63tok/sest.

5952 tok/schat, coding, long documents
Ministral 3 8B

Mistral AI

Q8_0fits14.1 GB149k256k with q8 cache

26tok/sest.

2531 tok/schat, coding
Granite 4.2 8B

IBM

Q8_0fits15.2 GB125k128k with q8 cache

24tok/sest.

2410 tok/schat, coding
Gemma 4 E4B

Google

Q8_0fits10.0 GB128k

38tok/sest.

3996 tok/schat, coding, long documents
LFM2.5 8B-A1B

Liquid AI

Q8_0fits11.4 GB125k

79tok/sest.

13072 tok/schat, coding, long documents
Llama 3.1 8B

Meta

Q6_Kfits11.6 GB128k

32tok/sest.

2769 tok/schat, coding
Qwen2.5 0.5B

Alibaba Qwen

Q8_0fits2.4 GB32k

377tok/sest.

28469 tok/schat, coding, long documents
Qwen3.5 0.8B

Alibaba Qwen

Q8_0fits2.6 GB256k

285tok/sest.

26742 tok/schat, coding, agents, long documents
Qwen3.5 2B

Alibaba Qwen

Q5_K_Mfits3.2 GB256k

190tok/sest.

12749 tok/schat, coding, agents, long documents
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B

DeepSeek

Q8_0fits4.1 GB128k

124tok/sest.

10710 tok/schat, coding, long documents
MiniCPM5 2B

openbmb

Q8_0fits5.3 GB128k

86tok/sest.

6396 tok/schat, coding, agents, long documents
LFM2.5 2.6B

Liquid AI

Q8_0fits6.0 GB128k

72tok/sest.

7245 tok/schat, coding, agents, long documents
LFM2.5 VL 3B

Liquid AI

Q8_0fits6.0 GB32k

72tok/sest.

6643 tok/schat, coding, agents, long documents
Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking

JetBrains

Q8_0fits14.0 GB128k

67tok/sest.

9438 tok/schat, coding, agents, long documents
granite vision 4.1 4b

IBM

Q8_0fits7.4 GB128k

56tok/sest.

4641 tok/schat, coding, long documents
granite 4.2 3b

IBM

Q8_0fits7.6 GB128k

54tok/sest.

4865 tok/schat, coding, agents, long documents
Kimi VL A3B

Moonshot AI

mlx-8bitfits19.0 GB128k

49tok/sest.

7092 tok/schat, coding, agents, long documents
LFM2.5 24B A2B

Liquid AI

Q8_0fits27.7 GB63k113k with q8 cache

44tok/sest.

7285 tok/schat, coding, agents
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B

DeepSeek

Q8_0fits10.8 GB128k

35tok/sest.

3130 tok/schat, coding, long documents
GLM 4.6V Flash

Z.ai

Q8_0fits12.1 GB128k

31tok/sest.

2179 tok/schat, coding, agents, long documents
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B

DeepSeek

Q8_0fits13.4 GB128k

27tok/sest.

2769 tok/schat, coding
GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking

Z.ai

mlx-8bitfits13.7 GB64k

27tok/sest.

2179 tok/schat, coding, long documents
Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512

Mistral AI

Q8_0fits14.1 GB149k256k with q8 cache

26tok/sest.

2531 tok/schat, coding
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B

DeepSeek

Q8_0fits22.1 GB74k128k with q8 cache

16tok/sest.

1495 tok/schat
granite 4.2 30b

IBM

Q5_K_Mfits29.1 GB37k68k with q8 cache

12tok/sest.

901 tok/schat
Devstral Small 2507

Mistral AI

Q8_0fits29.8 GB35k64k with q8 cache

12tok/sest.

1179 tok/s–
Magistral Small 2506

Mistral AI

Q8_0fits29.8 GB35k40k with q8 cache

12tok/sest.

1179 tok/s–
Magistral Small 2507

Mistral AI

Q8_0fits29.8 GB35k40k with q8 cache

12tok/sest.

1179 tok/s–
Magistral Small 2509

Mistral AI

Q8_0fits29.8 GB35k64k with q8 cache

12tok/sest.

1162 tok/s–
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B

Alibaba Qwen

UD-Q2_K_XLoffload41.3 GB–

20tok/sest.

2156 tok/schat
Qwen3 Coder Next

Alibaba Qwen

Q4_K_Moffload47.5 GB–

21tok/sest.

4834 tok/schat, coding
Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B

NVIDIA

UD-Q2_K_XLoffload52.8 GB–

11tok/sest.

1927 tok/s–
Mistral Small 4 119B

Mistral AI

UD-Q2_K_XLoffload39.6 GB–

29tok/sest.

2453 tok/schat, coding
GLM 4.5 Air

Z.ai

Q2_Koffload49.4 GB–

5tok/sest.

731 tok/s–
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3B

Alibaba Qwen

Q4_K_Moffload47.5 GB–

26tok/sest.

5752 tok/schat, coding
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B

NVIDIA

UD-Q6_K_XLoffload34.3 GB–

36tok/sest.

8325 tok/schat, coding, agents, long documents
Llama 3.3 70B

Meta

Q4_K_Moffload51.1 GB–

2tok/sest.

278 tok/s–
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B

DeepSeek

Q4_K_Moffload51.1 GB–

2tok/sest.

278 tok/s–
DeepSeek V4 Flash

DeepSeek

UD-Q2_K_XLwon't run94.4 GB––––
GLM 5.3 Flash

Z.ai

UD-Q2_K_XLwon't run103.2 GB––––
Qwen 3.8 Flash Next

Alibaba Qwen

UD-Q2_K_XLwon't run75.8 GB––––
MiniMax M2.7

MiniMax

UD-Q2_K_XLwon't run79.4 GB––––
gpt-oss 120B

OpenAI

Q4_K_Mwon't run61.1 GB––––
DeepSeek R1

DeepSeek

Q4_K_Mwon't run380.3 GB––––
DeepSeek R1 0528

DeepSeek

Q4_K_Mwon't run380.8 GB––––
DeepSeek V3 0324

DeepSeek

Q4_K_Mwon't run380.3 GB––––
DeepSeek V3.1

DeepSeek

Q4_K_Mwon't run381.2 GB––––
DeepSeek V3.2

DeepSeek

Q4_K_Mwon't run381.2 GB––––
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731

DeepSeek

MXFP4won't run149.8 GB––––
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp

DeepSeek

MXFP4won't run158.6 GB––––
Devstral 2 123B Instruct 2512

Mistral AI

Q8_0won't run136.2 GB––––
GLM 4.5V

Z.ai

Q4_K_Mwon't run66.5 GB––––
GLM 4.6V

Z.ai

Q4_K_Mwon't run72.8 GB––––
GLM 4.7

Z.ai

Q4_K_Mwon't run214.6 GB––––
GLM 5.1

Z.ai

MXFP4won't run424.2 GB––––
GLM 5.2

Z.ai

UD-Q4_K_Mwon't run438.1 GB––––
GLM 5.3

Z.ai

Q8_0won't run750.6 GB––––
Kimi K2

Moonshot AI

Q4_K_Mwon't run581.8 GB––––
Kimi K2 Instruct 0905

Moonshot AI

Q4_K_Mwon't run582.2 GB––––
Kimi K2 Thinking

Moonshot AI

Q4_K_Mwon't run582.2 GB––––
Kimi K2.5

Moonshot AI

Q4_K_Mwon't run582.2 GB––––
MiniMax M2

MiniMax

Q4_K_Mwon't run138.1 GB––––
MiniMax M2.1

MiniMax

Q4_K_Mwon't run138.1 GB––––
MiniMax M2.5

MiniMax

MXFP4won't run124.5 GB––––
MiniMax M3

MiniMax

UD-Q4_K_Mwon't run252.0 GB––––
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B

Mistral AI

Q4_K_Mwon't run82.2 GB––––

Specifications

From the manufacturer's published specifications; sources are linked where we have them.

GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
Memory
16 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
256-bit
Memory bandwidth
640 GB/s
FP16 compute
195 TFLOPS
Software
ROCm
Board power
304 W
PCIe generation
Gen 5
PCIe lanes
x16

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Questions

How much memory does the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT have for AI models?
The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory with 640 GB/s of bandwidth, which sets how fast it generates text.
What is the best model the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT can run locally?
Qwen 3.8 27B (Q6_K) fits fully in its memory at 32k context and generates at about 14 tok/s, an estimate from its memory bandwidth. 52 of the 113 models we track fit at that context.
Can the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT run DeepSeek V4 Flash?
No: even at UD-Q2_K_XL, DeepSeek V4 Flash needs about 94 GB at 32k context, more than the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and system RAM can hold.
How much does the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT cost in Canada?
The best new price for the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT in Canada is $1,050 at Amazon; used, it starts at $1,000 (asking price).

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