AMD GPUs
AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Bandwidth
- 645 GB/s
Largest popular model at 4-bit: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
32 GB for about a third of an RTX 5090: the cheapest new 32 GB card.
NVIDIA · NVIDIA GPUs · 2025
32 GB at only 200 W: RTX 5090 capacity with half the heat.
from $2,500 (typical price)
Researched from manufacturer data and public sources; not tested by us.· Last reviewed Oct 11, 2026
Popular models at Q4_K_M with a 32K-token context. Memory needed from real model files; speed is the theoretical ceiling.
Model weightsContext cache (KV)RuntimeUsable limit (colour = verdict)
| Model | Verdict | Memory | Speed ceiling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 1.7B | Runs | ≤ 807 tok/s | |
| Qwen3.5 9B | Runs | ≤ 158 tok/s | |
| Gemma 4 12B | Runs | ≤ 126 tok/s | |
| gpt-oss-20b | Runs | ≤ 448 tok/s | |
| Qwen3.6 27B | Runs | ≤ 53 tok/s | |
| Qwen3.6 35B A3B | Runs | ≤ 486 tok/s | |
| Llama 3.3 70B | Not enough memory | — | |
| gpt-oss-120b | Partly in system RAM | — | |
| Qwen3.5 122B A10B | Partly in system RAM | — | |
| Qwen3.5 397B A17B | Partly in system RAM | — |
Theoretical maximum for generating text: memory bandwidth divided by the bytes read per token. Real runs usually reach about half to three quarters of it.
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Best for: Always-on servers that need 32 GB and CUDA without a 575 W card.
A sensible 24/7 card if an RTX 5090 is too hot or hard to find.
Source: Manufacturer specifications
How well the popular local-AI tools run on it today (editorial assessment).
Measured results with their source. We never invent speeds.
No measured results yet. The table above shows the theoretical ceiling instead.
AMD GPUs
Largest popular model at 4-bit: Qwen3.6 35B A3B
32 GB for about a third of an RTX 5090: the cheapest new 32 GB card.

AMD GPUs
Largest popular model at 4-bit: Qwen3.6 27B
24 GB and 960 GB/s: RTX 3090-class memory, bought new.
NVIDIA GPUs
Largest popular model at 4-bit: Qwen3.6 27B
Out of production but still a top AI card: 24 GB at 1 TB/s.