Can Qwen3.5 9B run on Radeon RX 7800M 12GB?

YES — Runs Great

C55Usable

○Estimated from fit model

Qwen3.5 9B needs ~8.6 GB VRAM. Radeon RX 7800M 12GB has 12.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~46 tok/s.

Runtime: llama.cppCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: LowStack: StandardBottleneck: Balanced

Operating mode

Choose the run profile you care about

Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.

Current mode

Balanced

Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.

Capabilities:

Select quantization to explore

Q4_K_M (Medium quality) — 8.6 GB, 46.4 tok/s, Runs well

8.6 GB required12.0 GB available

72% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

46.4 tok/s

TTFT

4170 ms

Safe context

67K

Memory

8.6 GB / 12.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights5.5 GB

KV Cache1.1 GB

Runtime0.9 GB

Headroom1.2 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsQwen3.5 9B on Radeon RX 7800M 12GB
1st promptCold start — includes initialization
>What is local AI inference?
Local AI inference means running an AI language model directly on your own hardware — your laptop, desktop, or server — instead of sending requests to a remote cloud API.

When you run inference locally the model weights are loaded into your GPU or unified memory. Each token you generate requires reading those weights from memory, so memory bandwidth is the main bottleneck for decode speed.

Key benefits of running locally:
 - Full privacy: your prompts never leave your machine
 - No per-token cost or rate limits
 - Works offline once the model is downloaded
 - Latency depends only on your hardware
2nd promptWarm — model ready, no init overhead
>How much VRAM do I need?
It depends on the model size and quantization level. A rough rule of thumb:

 Model size Q4 (4-bit) Q8 (8-bit) FP16
 7B params ~4.3 GB ~7.5 GB ~14 GB
 13B params ~7.9 GB ~13.9 GB ~26 GB
 70B params ~42.7 GB ~74.9 GB ~140 GB

Most people use 4-bit quantization (Q4_K_M) which gives 90-95% of full quality at a fraction of the memory. A 24 GB GPU can comfortably run most 7B-13B models.
Estimated: 46.4 tok/s decode · 4.2s TTFT (warm) · 116 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

This setup is broadly balanced for this model.

No major red flags

This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.

Best improvement path

Performance by workload

Workload	Grade	Fit	Decode	TTFT	Context
Chat	C	Runs well	46.4 tok/s	2275 ms	67K
Coding	C	Runs well	46.4 tok/s	4170 ms	67K
Agentic Coding	C	Runs well	46.4 tok/s	6066 ms	67K
Reasoning	C	Runs well	46.4 tok/s	4928 ms	67K
RAG	C	Runs well	46.4 tok/s	7582 ms	67K

Quantization options

How Qwen3.5 9B (9B params) fits at each quantization level on Radeon RX 7800M 12GB (12.0 GB usable).

Quant	Bits	VRAM	Quality	Fit
Q2_K	2	3.5 GB	Low	C50
Q3_K_S	3	4.4 GB	Low	C51
NVFP4	4

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Qwen3.5 9B on your machine.

Run

docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/ggerganov/llama.cpp:full \
 --hf-repo "lmstudio-community/Qwen3.5-9B-GGUF" \
 --hf-file "Qwen3.5-9B-GGUF-Q4_K_M.gguf" \
 -c 4096 -ngl 99

Frequently asked questions

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URL: https://willitrunai.com/can-run/hf-lmstudio-community--qwen3-5-9b-gguf-on-rx-7800m-12gb

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