What AI models can the AMD Radeon RX 6800 run?

VRAM: 16.0 GB
Usable for models: 16.0 GB
Memory bandwidth: 512 GB/s
FP16 compute: 32.3 TFLOPS
Released: 2020
Launch price: $579

490 / 621 LLMs run Best: Gemma 4 12B 55 / 61 Image models run Best: Z-Image Turbo 17 / 43 Video models run Best: LTX-Video 2B 68 / 70 Decision models run Best: Qwen3 Reranker 4B

More about this hardware

Maker	AMD
Type	Graphics card
Interface	PCIe 4.0

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Best LLMs for the AMD Radeon RX 6800

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Gemma 4 12BGoogle	`Q5_K_M`	10.6 GB	37.4 tok/s	Runs great
79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	K2 Horizon 7BInstitute of Foundation Models	`Q6_K`	10.0 GB	41.7 tok/s	Runs great
77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Gemma 4 26B-A4BGoogle	`Q3_K_M`	14.4 GB	115 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	SenseNova Loop 9B PreviewSenseTime	`Q6_K`	9.8 GB	38.9 tok/s	Runs great
77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9BXiaomi	`Q6_K`	9.4 GB	39.9 tok/s	Runs great
76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Ornith 1.5 9BDeepReinforce	`Q6_K`	9.6 GB	38.9 tok/s	Runs great
75Great quality (A) · 75 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba	`Q6_K`	9.6 GB	38.9 tok/s	Runs great
73Great quality (A) · 73 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Raon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B)KRAFTON	`Q3_K_M`	15.6 GB	107 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Ornith 1.0 9BDeepReinforce	`Q6_K`	9.6 GB	38.9 tok/s	Runs great
80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba	`Q3_K_M`	15.5 GB	25.2 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
70Great quality (A) · 70 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	gpt-oss 20BOpenAI	`MXFP4`	13.5 GB	104 tok/s	Runs great
78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba	`Q3_K_M`	15.5 GB	25.2 tok/s	Runs welltight fit

Best Image models for the AMD Radeon RX 6800

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	`Q8 GGUF`	13.0 GB	8.7 s	Runs great
89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	FLUX 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labs	`FP8`	12.4 GB	16 s	Runs well
83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ERNIE-Image TurboBaidu	`FP8`	14.5 GB	8.7 s	Runs welltight fit
77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	FLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs	`Q8 GGUF`	10.5 GB	3.5 s	Runs great
83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	FLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	`Q8 GGUF`	12.3 GB	6.6 s	Runs greatencoder in RAM
80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Z-ImageAlibaba (Tongyi)	`FP8`	12.6 GB	46 s	Slow

Best Video models for the AMD Radeon RX 6800

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LTX-Video 2BLightricks	`FP8`	10.8 GB	68 s	Runs great
44Fair quality (C) · 44 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 74/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	CogVideoX 2BZhipu AI	`FP8`	11.0 GB	2.7 min	Runs great
53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 72/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3BAlibaba	`FP8`	12.8 GB	10.9 min	Runs well
53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 71/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	CogVideoX 5BZhipu AI	`FP8`	14.3 GB	8.2 min	Runs welltight fit
53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 71/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	CogVideoX 5B I2VZhipu AI	`FP8`	14.9 GB	8.2 min	Runs welltight fit

Best Decision models for the AMD Radeon RX 6800

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3 Reranker 4BAlibaba	`Q8_0`	6.0 GB	121 ms	Runs great
86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Jina Reranker v3.5Jina AI	`F16`	2.8 GB	24 ms	Runs great
88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	zerank-2ZeroEntropy	`Q8_0`	6.0 GB	121 ms	Runs great
84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Intern-Decision 4BShanghai AI Lab	`F16`	10.5 GB	98 ms	Runs great
84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Jina Reranker v3Jina AI	`F16`	2.8 GB	24 ms	Runs great
86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Shieldstral 1.0 3BMistral AI	`Q8_0`	5.7 GB	116 ms	Runs great
82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	d1 3BLiquid AI	`F16`	7.7 GB	68 ms	Runs great
82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	mxbai-rerank-large v2Mixedbread	`F16`	4.5 GB	56 ms	Runs great

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Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.