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⇱ Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct on AMD Instinct MI210 64GB? YES

Can Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct run on AMD Instinct MI210 64GB?

YES — Runs Great

S94Excellent
○Estimated from fit model

Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct needs ~28.6 GB VRAM. AMD Instinct MI210 64GB has 64.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~132 tok/s.

Runtime: vLLMCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: HighStack: OptimizedBottleneck: Balanced
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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) — 28.6 GB, 132.4 tok/s, Runs well
28.6 GB required64.0 GB available
45% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

132.4 tok/s

TTFT

1462 ms

Safe context

256K

Memory

28.6 GB / 64.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights18.3 GB
KV Cache1.5 GB
Runtime2.4 GB
Headroom6.4 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsQwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct on AMD Instinct MI210 64GB
1st promptCold start — includes initialization
>Solve: If a train travels at 60 mph for 2.5 hours, how far does it go?
Let me work through this step by step. Given information: - Speed = 60 mph (miles per hour) - Time = 2.5 hours Formula: Distance = Speed x Time Calculation: Distance = 60 mph x 2.5 h = 150 miles The train travels 150 miles. Double-check: at 60 mph the train covers 60 miles each hour. In half an hour it covers 30 miles. So in 2.5 hours: 60 + 60 + 30 = 150 miles. Confirmed.
2nd promptWarm — model ready, no init overhead
>What if the train stops for 20 minutes halfway?
The stop doesn't change the total distance covered while moving, but it affects total trip time. Breakdown: - First half: 1.25 hours at 60 mph = 75 miles - Stop: 20 minutes (no distance) - Second half: 1.25 hours at 60 mph = 75 miles Total distance: 150 miles (same) Total time: 2.5 h + 0.33 h = 2.83 hours Average speed: 150 / 2.83 = 53 mph The distance stays the same but average speed drops to 53 mph because of the stop.
Estimated: 132.4 tok/s decode · 1.5s TTFT (warm) · 331 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

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
ChatSRuns well132.4 tok/s798 ms256K
CodingSRuns well132.4 tok/s1462 ms256K
Agentic CodingSRuns well132.4 tok/s2127 ms256K
ReasoningSRuns well132.4 tok/s1728 ms256K
RAGSRuns well132.4 tok/s2659 ms256K

Quantization options

How Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct (30B params) fits at each quantization level on AMD Instinct MI210 64GB (64.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
11.7 GB
LowA84
Q3_K_S
3
14.7 GB
LowA85
NVFP4
4
16.8 GB
MediumA85
Q4_K_M
4
18.3 GB
MediumS85
Q5_K_M
5
21.6 GB
HighS86
Q6_K
6
24.6 GB
HighS87
Q8_0Best for your GPU
8
32.1 GB
Very HighS89
F16
16
61.5 GB
MaximumF0

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct on your machine.

Run

lms load Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct && lms server start

Your hardware

More models your AMD Instinct MI210 64GB can run

ModelParamsGradeDecodeCapabilities
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Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct		30.5BS128 tok/s
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Qwen 3.6 35B A3B		35BS107.6 tok/s

Frequently asked questions

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