Can I run it?
Can I run Qwen3.8 27B on Radeon RX 7800 XT?
Tight fit
Tight fit fully on your Radeon RX 7800 XT at UD-IQ4_XS, 8K context, about 23–32 tok/s. Weights 13.3 GB plus 0.57 GB of KV cache — 14.3 GB of 14.7 GB usable.
Best quantUD-IQ4_XS
Working context8K
Max that fits8K
Speed23–32 tok/sEstimate from memory bandwidth, not a benchmark. Method.
Weights13.3 GB
KV cache0.57 GB
Total14.3 GB
Usable14.7 GB
Qwen3.8 27B details · Radeon RX 7800 XT page · How this estimate is made
Run commands
llama.cpp
llama-server -hf unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:UD-IQ4_XS -c 8192 -ngl 64
Ollama
ollama run qwen3.8
LM Studio
lms get unsloth/Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF # Then load quant UD-IQ4_XS
Assumptions
- Estimate from memory bandwidth, not a benchmark. Decode speed uses 55–75% of peak bandwidth.
- KV cache is FP16. Engine overhead assumes llama.cpp (0.3 GB + 1% of the weights). Ollama is closer to 0.9 GB + 3%, LM Studio closer to 1 GB + 3%.
- UD-IQ4_XS size is the real GGUF file size from Hugging Face.
- 0.5 GB is reserved because this GPU also drives a display, then 5% of the rest is left free.
- Speed is quoted at 8K context, not at the maximum context that still fits.
Larger models that also fit
- Can I run Qwen3.6 35B A3B on Radeon RX 7800 XT? — Tight fit, UD-IQ3_S, 60–82 tok/s (estimate)
- Can I run Qwen3.8 35B A3B Distill on Radeon RX 7800 XT? — Tight fit, Q2_K, 59–81 tok/s (estimate)
- Can I run Qwen3.5 35B A3B on Radeon RX 7800 XT? — Tight fit, UD-IQ3_S, 60–82 tok/s (estimate)
Updated 2026-10-24. Profile on this page is the device default plus 32 GB of DDR5-5600 system RAM.