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⇱ Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct on Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB? YES

Can Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct run on Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB?

YES — Runs Great

S98Excellent
○Estimated from fit model

Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct needs ~24.4 GB VRAM. Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB has 32.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~59 tok/s.

Runtime: LM StudioCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: MediumStack: BasicBottleneck: 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) — 24.4 GB, 59.1 tok/s, Runs well
24.4 GB required32.0 GB available
76% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

59.1 tok/s

TTFT

3279 ms

Safe context

99K

Memory

24.4 GB / 32.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights18.3 GB
KV Cache1.5 GB
Runtime1.4 GB
Headroom3.2 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsQwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct on Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB
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: 59.1 tok/s decode · 3.3s TTFT (warm) · 148 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 well59.1 tok/s1788 ms99K
CodingSRuns well59.1 tok/s3279 ms99K
Agentic CodingSRuns well59.1 tok/s4769 ms99K
ReasoningSRuns well59.1 tok/s3875 ms99K
RAGSRuns well59.1 tok/s5961 ms99K

Quantization options

How Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct (30B params) fits at each quantization level on Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB (32.0 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
11.7 GB
LowS89
Q3_K_S
3
14.7 GB
LowS91
NVFP4
4
16.8 GB
MediumS92
Q4_K_M
4
18.3 GB
MediumS91
Q5_K_M
5
21.6 GB
HighS91
Q6_KBest for your GPU
6
24.6 GB
HighS91
Q8_0
8
32.1 GB
Very HighF0
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 Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB can run

ModelParamsGradeDecodeCapabilities
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Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct		30.5BS57.1 tok/s
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Qwen 3.6 35B A3B		35BS48 tok/s

Frequently asked questions

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