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⇱ Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct on AMD Instinct MI250 128GB? YES

Can Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct run on AMD Instinct MI250 128GB?

YES — Runs Great

S90Excellent
○Estimated from fit model

Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct needs ~35.0 GB VRAM. AMD Instinct MI250 128GB has 128.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~259 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) — 35.0 GB, 258.6 tok/s, Runs well
35.0 GB required128.0 GB available
27% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

258.6 tok/s

TTFT

749 ms

Safe context

256K

Memory

35.0 GB / 128.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights18.3 GB
KV Cache1.5 GB
Runtime2.4 GB
Headroom12.8 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsQwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct on AMD Instinct MI250 128GB
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: 258.6 tok/s decode · 749ms TTFT (warm) · 647 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 well258.6 tok/s408 ms256K
CodingSRuns well258.6 tok/s749 ms256K
Agentic CodingSRuns well258.6 tok/s1089 ms256K
ReasoningSRuns well258.6 tok/s885 ms256K
RAGSRuns well258.6 tok/s1361 ms256K

Quantization options

How Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct (30B params) fits at each quantization level on AMD Instinct MI250 128GB (128.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
11.7 GB
LowA81
Q3_K_S
3
14.7 GB
LowA81
NVFP4
4
16.8 GB
MediumA81
Q4_K_M
4
18.3 GB
MediumA81
Q5_K_M
5
21.6 GB
HighA81
Q6_K
6
24.6 GB
HighA82
Q8_0
8
32.1 GB
Very HighA83
F16Best for your GPU
16
61.5 GB
MaximumS88

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 MI250 128GB can run

ModelParamsGradeDecodeCapabilities
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Devstral 2 123B Instruct		123BS25.2 tok/s
👁 Alibaba
Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct		30.5BS250.1 tok/s
👁 Alibaba
Qwen 3.5 122B A10B		122BS66.5 tok/s
👁 Alibaba
Qwen 3.6 35B A3B		35BS210.2 tok/s

Frequently asked questions

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