Sapphire PULSE AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT OC 8GB

Hardware · AMD

What AI models can the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB run?

VRAM
8.0 GB
Usable for models
8.0 GB
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
FP16 compute
51.2 TFLOPS
Released
2025
Launch price
$299
458 / 621 LLMs run Best: K2 Horizon 7B 49 / 61 Image models run Best: FLUX 3 Image Klein 7 / 43 Video models run Best: LTX-Video 2B 65 / 70 Decision models run Best: Qwen3 Reranker 4B

More about this hardware

MakerAMD
TypeGraphics card
InterfacePCIe 5.0

Apps that run models well on the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB

Windows

  1. LemonadeAMD’s own app: llama.cpp tuned for Radeon on Vulkan and ROCm.
  2. LM StudioPoint-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.
  3. OllamaOne command with Ollama’s own build of this model.
  4. llama.cppUsually the first to support new model architectures.

Linux

  1. LemonadeAMD’s own app: llama.cpp tuned for Radeon on Vulkan and ROCm.
  2. LM StudioPoint-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.
  3. OllamaOne command with Ollama’s own build of this model.
  4. llama.cppUsually the first to support new model architectures.

For a typical model that fits in memory. Each model page picks the best app for that model on this hardware. All apps

4 products with the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB

Best LLMs for the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. K2 Horizon 7BInstitute of Foundation Models Q4_K_M 7.7 GB 37.6 tok/s Runs welltight fit
74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9BXiaomi Q4_K_M 7.0 GB 35.9 tok/s Runs welltight fit
74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. SenseNova Loop 9B PreviewSenseTime Q4_K_M 7.4 GB 35.0 tok/s Runs welltight fit
70Great quality (A) · 70 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. TMax 9BAi2 Q4_K_M 6.7 GB 37.8 tok/s Runs great
73Great quality (A) · 73 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ornith 1.5 9BDeepReinforce Q4_K_M 7.2 GB 35.1 tok/s Runs welltight fit
68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4BNVIDIA Q8_0 5.7 GB 43.3 tok/s Runs great
72Great quality (A) · 72 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba Q4_K_M 7.2 GB 35.1 tok/s Runs welltight fit
67Good quality (B) · 67 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nanbeige4.2 3BBOSS Zhipin (Nanbeige) Q6_K 5.9 GB 56.3 tok/s Runs great
69Good quality (B) · 69 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4BNVIDIA Q6_K 7.7 GB 52.2 tok/s Runs welltight fit
71Great quality (A) · 71 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ornith 1.0 9BDeepReinforce Q4_K_M 7.2 GB 35.1 tok/s Runs welltight fit
69Good quality (B) · 69 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Gemma 4 12BGoogle Q3_K_M 7.5 GB 36.6 tok/s Runs welltight fit
66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Spark-X2.6 4BSparkLLM Q8_0 5.7 GB 41.9 tok/s Runs great

Best Image models for the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. FLUX 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labs Q4 GGUF 5.7 GB 15 s Runs wellencoder in RAM
78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi) Q4 GGUF 6.1 GB 6.8 s Runs greatencoder in RAM
77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. FLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs Q8 GGUF 6.4 GB 2.6 s Runs greatencoder in RAM
79Great quality (A) · 79 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. ERNIE-Image TurboBaidu Q4 GGUF 7.4 GB 8.7 s Runs welltight fit · encoder in RAM
60Good quality (B) · 60 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Juggernaut XL v9RunDiffusion FP8 5.6 GB 8.7 s Runs great
60Good quality (B) · 60 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. RealVisXL V5.0SG161222 FP8 5.6 GB 8.7 s Runs great

Best Video models for the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB

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 72/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. LTX-Video 2BLightricks FP8 6.1 GB 51 s Runs greatencoder in RAM
44Fair quality (C) · 44 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 69/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. CogVideoX 2BZhipu AI FP8 6.2 GB 2.0 min Runs greatencoder in RAM
35Basic quality (D) · 35 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 69/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AnimateDiff v3 (SD 1.5)Shanghai AI Lab FP16 4.7 GB 43 s Runs great
53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 66/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3BAlibaba FP8 7.1 GB 8.1 min Runs welltight fit · encoder in RAM
53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 60/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. CogVideoX 5BZhipu AI FP8 5.9 GB 7.5 min Runs wellCPU offload

Best Decision models for the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB

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 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3 Reranker 4BAlibaba Q8_0 5.6 GB 92 ms Runs great
88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 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. zerank-2ZeroEntropy Q8_0 5.6 GB 92 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 2.4 GB 21 ms Runs great
86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 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. Shieldstral 1.0 3BMistral AI Q8_0 5.3 GB 88 ms Runs great
84Great quality (A) · 84 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. Intern-Decision 4BShanghai AI Lab Q8_0 5.9 GB 67 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 2.4 GB 21 ms Runs great
82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. d1 3BLiquid AI Q8_0 4.3 GB 47 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 4.1 GB 48 ms Runs great

Best LLMs by task on this hardware Open in Model Finder

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.

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