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ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

For running models locally, priced in Germany. At 32k context the first runs 77 models fully in memory, the second 55.

In short

The ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB has more memory for models: 128 GB against 24 GB. At 32k context the ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB runs 77 of the models we track fully in memory and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 55; only the ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB holds DeepSeek V4 Flash. On the models both run fully in memory, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is about 3.1× as fast as the ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB (estimated, median across models). In Germany the ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB costs 7.806 € at Amazon and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 6.587 € at Amazon: the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 1.219 € cheaper.

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

ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB

7.806 €

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AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX

6.587 €

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Specifications

SpecASUS Ascent GX10 128GBAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
ChipGB10 Grace Blackwell–
Memory bus256-bit384-bit
Memory bandwidth273 GB/s960 GB/s
FP16 compute62 TFLOPS123 TFLOPS
SoftwareCUDAROCm
Unified memory128 GB–
GPU can use by default119 GB–
GPU can use, tuned122 GB–
Operating systemdgx-os–
Processor20-core Arm (GB10)–
Storage1000 GB–
GPU–Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Memory–24 GB GDDR6
Board power–355 W
PCIe generation–Gen 4
PCIe lanes–x16

What each runs

Estimated decode speed with the most precise quant that fits each one est.

ModelASUS Ascent GX10 128GBAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
DeepSeek V4 Flash11tok/sUD-Q2_K_XLwon't run
GLM 5.3 Flash11tok/sUD-Q2_K_XLwon't run
Qwen 3.8 Flash Next2tok/sQ4_K_Mwon't run
MiniMax M2.78tok/sUD-Q3_K_Mwon't run
Qwen 3.8 27B5tok/sQ8_023tok/sQ5_K_M
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B11tok/sQ6_Koffload
Qwen 3.6 27B6tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ5_K_M
gpt-oss 120B23tok/sMXFP4won't run
Qwen3 Coder Next20tok/sQ8_0offload
Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B9tok/sUD-Q6_Kwon't run
Gemma 4 31B5tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ4_K_M
Mistral Small 4 119B15tok/sUD-Q6_Koffload
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B27tok/sQ8_0122tok/sQ4_K_M
Qwen 3.5 27B6tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ5_K_M
Gemma 4 26B-A4B20tok/sQ8_072tok/sQ6_K
GLM 4.5 Air5tok/sQ8_0offload
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B27tok/sQ8_0123tok/sQ4_K_M
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3B25tok/sQ8_0offload
GLM 4.7 Flash14tok/sQ8_060tok/sQ5_K_M
Devstral Small 2 24B6tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ5_K_M
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B28tok/sUD-Q6_K_XL129tok/sMXFP4
gpt-oss 20B31tok/sMXFP498tok/sMXFP4
Kimi Linear 48B-A3B29tok/sQ8_0offload
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B16tok/sQ8_063tok/sQ4_K_M
Qwen3 32B4tok/sQ8_0offload
Gemma 4 12B13tok/sQ8_039tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B16tok/sQ8_050tok/sQ8_0
Mistral Small 3.2 24B6tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ5_K_M
Gemma 3 27B5tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ5_K_M
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B4tok/sQ8_0offload
Llama 3.3 70B2tok/sQ8_0won't run
Ministral 3 14B9tok/sQ8_027tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 14B8tok/sQ8_025tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B13tok/sQ8_039tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 8B13tok/sQ8_039tok/sQ8_0
Phi-4 14B8tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B30tok/sQ8_094tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B13tok/sQ8_039tok/sQ8_0
Granite 4.2 8B12tok/sQ8_036tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B19tok/sQ8_058tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B38tok/sQ8_0118tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B16tok/sQ6_K49tok/sQ6_K
Qwen2.5 0.5B181tok/sQ8_0566tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 0.8B137tok/sQ8_0428tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 2B91tok/sQ5_K_M284tok/sQ5_K_M
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B60tok/sQ8_0186tok/sQ8_0
MiniCPM5 2B41tok/sQ8_0129tok/sQ8_0
Spark X2.5 4B39tok/smlx-4bit123tok/smlx-4bit
LFM2.5 2.6B35tok/sQ8_0108tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 VL 3B35tok/sQ8_0108tok/sQ8_0
Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking32tok/sQ8_0100tok/sQ8_0
FrogNano 4B 260930tok/sQ8_092tok/sQ8_0
granite vision 4.1 4b27tok/sQ8_084tok/sQ8_0
granite 4.2 3b26tok/sQ8_080tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B Thinking 250625tok/sQ8_077tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B24tok/smlx-8bit74tok/smlx-8bit
LFM2.5 24B A2B21tok/sQ8_071tok/sQ6_K
GLM 4 9B 041418tok/smlx-5bit55tok/smlx-5bit
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B17tok/sQ8_053tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.6V Flash15tok/sQ8_047tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B13tok/sQ8_041tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking13tok/smlx-8bit40tok/smlx-8bit
Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 251213tok/sQ8_039tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B8tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.8 27B OBLITERATED7tok/smlx-4bit23tok/smlx-4bit
Devstral Small 25076tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ5_K_M
Magistral Small 25066tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ5_K_M
Magistral Small 25076tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ5_K_M
Magistral Small 25096tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ5_K_M
Muse Glimmer 30B5tok/sQ8_026tok/sQ5_K_M
GLM 4.5V5tok/sQ8_0won't run
GLM 4.6V5tok/sQ8_0won't run
granite 4.2 30b4tok/sQ8_0offload
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B2tok/sQ8_0won't run
Kimi Dev 72B2tok/sQ8_0won't run
Devstral 2 123B Instruct 25122tok/sQ6_Kwon't run
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B2tok/sQ6_Kwon't run
DeepSeek R1won't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 0528won't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Zerowon't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3 0324won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3.1won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminuswon't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3.2won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Expwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.5won't runwon't run
GLM 4.6won't runwon't run
GLM 4.7won't runwon't run
GLM 5won't runwon't run
GLM 5.1won't runwon't run
GLM 5.2won't runwon't run
GLM 5.3won't runwon't run
Kimi K2won't runwon't run
Kimi K2 Instruct 0905won't runwon't run
Kimi K2 Thinkingwon't runwon't run
Kimi K2.5won't runwon't run
MiniMax M2won't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.1won't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.5won't runwon't run
MiniMax M3won't runwon't run

Questions

Which is better for local AI, the ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB or the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX?
Choose the ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB to run bigger models. Choose the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX for speed. Choose the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB or the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX?
At 32k context the ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB runs 77 of the models we track fully in memory and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 55; only the ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB holds DeepSeek V4 Flash.
Which is faster for local AI, the ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB or the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX?
On the models both run fully in memory, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is about 3.1× as fast as the ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX?
In Germany the ASUS Ascent GX10 128GB costs 7.806 € at Amazon and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 6.587 € at Amazon: the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX is 1.219 € cheaper.

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