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Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

For running models locally, priced in the US. At 128k context the first runs 54 models fully in memory, the second 27.

In short

The Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB has more memory for models: 64 GB against 24 GB. At 128k context the Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB runs 54 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 27; only the Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB holds Qwen 3.8 27B. On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is about 4.4× as fast as the Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB (estimated, median across models). In the US the Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB costs $1,899 at eBay (used) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti $1,860 at Amazon: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is $39 cheaper.

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

Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB

$1,899

eBay, used (asking)

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

$1,860

Amazon

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Specifications

SpecFramework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
ChipRyzen AI Max+ 395 (Radeon 8060S)–
Memory bus256-bit384-bit
Memory bandwidth256 GB/s1,008 GB/s
FP16 compute59.4 TFLOPS80 TFLOPS
SoftwareROCmCUDA
Unified memory64 GB–
GPU can use by default48 GB–
GPU can use, tuned56 GB–
Operating systemlinux–
ProcessorRyzen AI Max+ 395–
Storage1000 GB–
GPU–GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Memory–24 GB GDDR6X
Board power–450 W
PCIe generation–Gen 4
PCIe lanes–x16

What each runs

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

ModelFramework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
Qwen 3.8 27B4tok/sQ8_0offload
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B13tok/sUD-Q2_K_XLoffload
Qwen 3.6 27B4tok/sQ8_0offload
Gemma 4 31B3tok/sQ8_0offload
Mistral Small 4 119B16tok/sUD-Q2_K_XLoffload
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B15tok/sQ8_0offload
Qwen 3.5 27B4tok/sQ8_0offload
Gemma 4 26B-A4B12tok/sQ8_064tok/sQ5_K_M
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B15tok/sQ8_0offload
GLM 4.7 Flash7tok/sQ8_0offload
Devstral Small 2 24B3tok/sQ8_0offload
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B20tok/sUD-Q6_K_XLoffload
Kimi Linear 48B-A3B24tok/sQ6_Koffload
gpt-oss 20B15tok/sMXFP466tok/sMXFP4
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B5tok/sQ8_0offload
Gemma 4 12B9tok/sQ8_041tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B10tok/sQ8_045tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 3 27B4tok/sQ8_0offload
Mistral Small 3.2 24B3tok/sQ8_0offload
Ministral 3 14B4tok/sQ8_0offload
Qwen3 14B4tok/sQ8_0offload
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B5tok/sQ8_0offload
Qwen3 8B5tok/sQ8_0offload
Phi-4 14B3tok/sQ8_0offload
Qwen 3.5 4B16tok/sQ8_071tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B5tok/sQ8_027tok/sQ4_K_M
Granite 4.2 8B5tok/sQ8_0offload
Gemma 4 E4B12tok/sQ8_052tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B11tok/sQ8_050tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B6tok/sQ6_K27tok/sQ5_K_M
Qwen2.5 0.5B66tok/sQ8_0292tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 0.8B58tok/sQ8_0256tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 2B46tok/sQ5_K_M204tok/sQ5_K_M
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B25tok/sQ8_0111tok/sQ8_0
Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking18tok/sQ8_082tok/sQ8_0
MiniCPM5 2B17tok/sQ8_075tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 2.6B13tok/sQ8_057tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 VL 3B13tok/sQ8_057tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B Thinking 250612tok/sQ8_052tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B12tok/smlx-8bit51tok/smlx-8bit
GLM 4 9B 041410tok/smlx-5bit46tok/smlx-5bit
granite vision 4.1 4b10tok/sQ8_044tok/sQ8_0
granite 4.2 3b10tok/sQ8_043tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.6V Flash9tok/sQ8_041tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B9tok/sQ8_040tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking8tok/smlx-8bit37tok/smlx-8bit
LFM2.5 24B A2B7tok/sQ8_0offload
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B6tok/sQ8_027tok/sQ5_K_M
Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 25125tok/sQ8_027tok/sQ4_K_M
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B3tok/sQ8_0offload
Devstral Small 25073tok/sQ8_0offload
Magistral Small 25063tok/sQ8_0offload
Magistral Small 25073tok/sQ8_0offload
Magistral Small 25093tok/sQ8_0offload
DeepSeek V4 Flashwon't runwon't run
GLM 5.3 Flashwon't runwon't run
Qwen 3.8 Flash Nextwon't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.7won't runwon't run
Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12Bwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 Coder Nextwon't runwon't run
gpt-oss 120Bwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.5 Airwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3Bwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 32Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32Bwon't runwon't run
Llama 3.3 70Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1won't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 0528won't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Zerowon'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
Devstral 2 123B Instruct 2512won't runwon't run
GLM 4.5Vwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.6won't runwon't run
GLM 4.6Vwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.7won'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 Dev 72Bwon'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
Mistral Medium 3.5 128Bwon't runwon't run
granite 4.2 30bwon't runwon't run

Questions

Which is better for local AI, the Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti?
Choose the Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB to run bigger models. Choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti for speed. Choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti?
At 128k context the Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB runs 54 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti 27; only the Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB holds Qwen 3.8 27B.
Which is faster for local AI, the Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti?
On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is about 4.4× as fast as the Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti?
In the US the Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 64GB costs $1,899 at eBay (used) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti $1,860 at Amazon: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti is $39 cheaper.

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