Can Yi 1.5 9B run on RX 6700 XT 12GB?

YES — Runs Great

B58Good

○Estimated from fit model

Yi 1.5 9B needs ~9.1 GB VRAM. RX 6700 XT 12GB has 12.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~36 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) — 9.1 GB, 39.6 tok/s, Runs well

9.1 GB required12.0 GB available

76% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

39.6 tok/s

TTFT

4895 ms

Safe context

Memory

9.1 GB / 12.0 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights5.5 GB

KV Cache1.5 GB

Runtime0.9 GB

Headroom1.2 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsYi 1.5 9B on RX 6700 XT 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: 39.6 tok/s decode · 4.9s TTFT (warm) · 99 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	B	Runs well	36.4 tok/s	2903 ms	4K
Coding	B	Runs well	36.4 tok/s	5323 ms	4K
Agentic Coding	B	Tight fit	36.4 tok/s	7742 ms	4K
Reasoning	B	Runs well	36.4 tok/s	6291 ms	4K
RAG	B	Tight fit	36.4 tok/s	9678 ms	4K

Quantization options

How Yi 1.5 9B (9B params) fits at each quantization level on RX 6700 XT 12GB (12.0 GB usable).

Quant	Bits	VRAM	Quality	Fit
Q2_K	2	3.5 GB	Low	C54
Q3_K_S	3	4.4 GB	Low	B56
NVFP4	4

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run Yi 1.5 9B on your machine.

Run

lms load Yi-1.5-9B-Chat && lms server start

Upgrade options

Hardware that runs Yi 1.5 9B well

RX 9070 XT 16GBBudget pick

16 GB VRAM (+4)640 GB/s (+256)

Raises estimated decode speed by about 105%.81.1 tok/s decode

Raises estimated decode speed by about 105%.

Adds memory headroom for longer context windows and future model growth.

~$549 MSRP

👁 NVIDIA
RTX 5070 Ti 16GBBest value

16 GB VRAM (+4)896 GB/s (+512)

Raises estimated decode speed by about 187%.113.6 tok/s decode

Raises estimated decode speed by about 187%.