AMD · CDNA 3
Best AI Models for AMD Instinct MI325X (256 GB)
Runs everything up to 120B MoE well.
Datacenter accelerator — cloud/server only; ROCm software stack is less mature than CUDA. Listed for comparison.
| # | Model | Speed | llmrun Score | Quant · VRAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q4_K_M · 186.5 GB · 82.6 t/s | 82.6 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 186.5 GB | |
| 2 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek Q4_K_M · 183.0 GB · 75.9 t/s | 75.9 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 183.0 GB | |
| 3 | GLM 5.3 FlashZ.ai Q4_K_M · 205.2 GB · 82.8 t/s | 82.8 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 205.2 GB | |
| 4 | Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 207 t/s | 207 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB | |
| 5 | Hy3Tencent Q4_K_M · 182.3 GB · 51.3 t/s | 51.3 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 182.3 GB |
| # | Model | Speed | Coding Score | Quant · VRAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q4_K_M · 186.5 GB · 82.6 t/s | 82.6 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 186.5 GB | |
| 2 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek Q4_K_M · 183.0 GB · 75.9 t/s | 75.9 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 183.0 GB | |
| 3 | Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 207 t/s | 207 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB | |
| 4 | GLM 5.3 FlashZ.ai Q4_K_M · 205.2 GB · 82.8 t/s | 82.8 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 205.2 GB | |
| 5 | Hy3Tencent Q4_K_M · 182.3 GB · 51.3 t/s | 51.3 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 182.3 GB |
| # | Model | Speed | Reasoning Score | Quant · VRAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q4_K_M · 183.0 GB · 75.9 t/s | 75.9 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 183.0 GB | |
| 2 | GLM 5.3 FlashZ.ai Q4_K_M · 205.2 GB · 82.8 t/s | 82.8 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 205.2 GB | |
| 3 | Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 207 t/s | 207 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB | |
| 4 | Inkling SmallThinking Machines Q4_K_M · 162.7 GB · 115 t/s | 115 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 162.7 GB | |
| 5 | Hy3Tencent Q4_K_M · 182.3 GB · 51.3 t/s | 51.3 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 182.3 GB |
| # | Model | Speed | Long context Score | Quant · VRAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q4_K_M · 186.5 GB · 82.6 t/s | 82.6 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 186.5 GB | |
| 2 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek Q4_K_M · 183.0 GB · 75.9 t/s | 75.9 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 183.0 GB | |
| 3 | Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 207 t/s | 207 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB | |
| 4 | DeepSeek V4 FlashDeepSeek Q4_K_M · 175.1 GB · 91.3 t/s | 91.3 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 175.1 GB | |
| 5 | Hy3Tencent Q4_K_M · 182.3 GB · 51.3 t/s | 51.3 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 182.3 GB |
| # | Model | Speed ↓ | llmrun Score | Quant · VRAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qwen3.5 4BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 1104 t/s | 1104 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB | |
| 2 | Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 566 t/s | 566 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB | |
| 3 | GPT OSS 20BOpenAI Q4_K_M · 13.1 GB · 181 t/s | 181 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 13.1 GB | |
| 4 | Gemma 4 31B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 21.7 GB · 177 t/s | 177 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 21.7 GB | |
| 5 | Hy3Tencent Q4_K_M · 182.3 GB · 51.3 t/s | 51.3 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 182.3 GB |
| # | Model | Speed | Vision Score | Quant · VRAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q4_K_M · 205.2 GB · 82.8 t/s | 82.8 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 205.2 GB | |
| 2 | Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 207 t/s | 207 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB | |
| 3 | Inkling SmallThinking Machines Q4_K_M · 162.7 GB · 115 t/s | 115 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 162.7 GB | |
| 4 | Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 207 t/s | 207 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB | |
| 5 | JEV 27B VLautotrust Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB · 207 t/s | 207 tok/s | Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB |
The Instinct MI325X runs everything up to 120B MoE well. CDNA 3 generation, released 2024.
Instinct MI325X strengths and weaknesses
Strengths
- Runs 120B MoE models: GPT OSS 120B at 123 tok/s in 70.8 GB
- Room for long context: Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at Q4 uses 51.3 GB, leaving 204.7 GB free
- Reads long prompts fast: A 4K-token prompt on MiMo V2.6 Flash RL starts answering in 427 ms
Weaknesses
- 1000 W under load: Plan a 2,000 W PSU; ≈$219 a year at 4 h a day
Output speed depends on memory bandwidth (6000 GB/s).
- 9BQwen3.5 9B · Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB566tok/s
- 14BQwen3 14B · Q4_K_M · 11.9 GB379tok/s
- 27–31BQwen3.8 27B · Q4_K_M · 17.9 GB207tok/s
- 35B MoEQwen3.6 35B A3B · Q4_K_M · 22.0 GB114tok/s
- 70BLlama 3.3 70B Instruct · Q4_K_M · 51.3 GB77.3tok/s
- 120B MoEGPT OSS 120B · Q4_K_M · 70.8 GB123tok/s
Estimated speeds: Q4_K_M, 4K context, one user. How we estimate
All 1329 models on the Instinct MI325X
Featured onlyBest quant that fits, ordered by llmrun Score. Fit grades how well it runs here, S best. How ranking works
| Model | Quant | VRAM | Speed | Context | Score | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14BChatReasoningFunctions | Q4_K_M | 12.4 GB | 376.6 t/s | 131K | S100, Runs great | |
PicoMistral 23MChat | Q4_K_M | 0.3 GB | 11250.0 t/s | 1K | S100, Runs great | |
Ouro Hybrid 1.4BChat | BF16 | 6.5 GB | 965.1 t/s | 66K | S100, Runs great | |
Qwen3 4BChatFunctions | Q4_K_M | 4.2 GB | 1241.4 t/s | 41K | S100, Runs great | |
Supra Mini V6 1MChat | Q4_K_M | 0.3 GB | 12000.0 t/s | 1K | S100, Runs great | |
Qwen3.5 4B MiniFantasy MTPChatRoleplay | FP16 | 10.0 GB | 367.7 t/s | 262K | S100, Runs great | |
Qwen3.5 35B A3B Claude 4.6 Opus Reasoning DistilledChatReasoning | BF16 | 72.4 GB | 93.9 t/s | 262K | S90, Runs great | |
| Q4_K_M | 55.8 GB | 64.7 t/s | 1049K | A84, Runs well | ||
| Q4_K_M | 50.7 GB | 117.0 t/s | 33K | S94, Runs great | ||
GPT S 1.4MChat | BF16 | 0.3 GB | 11612.9 t/s | 0K | S100, Runs great | |
Ethereal Stardust 12BChatRoleplay | Q4_K_M | 11.0 GB | 446.1 t/s | 131K | S100, Runs great | |
OvisOCR2VisionFunctions | Q4_K_M | 0.9 GB | 4186.0 t/s | 262K | S100, Runs great | |
Devstral Small 2 24B Instruct 2512ChatFunctions | Q4_K_M | 18.1 GB | 237.9 t/s | 393K | S100, Runs great | |
| Q4_K_M | 4.2 GB | 1241.4 t/s | 262K | S100, Runs great | ||
| BF16 | 2.1 GB | 1747.6 t/s | 262K | S100, Runs great |
Specs
- Architecture
- CDNA 3
- VRAM
- 256 GB HBM3e
- Memory bandwidth
- 6000.0 GB/s
- FP16 (dense)
- 1307.40 TFLOPS
- Stream processors
- 19,456
- TDP
- 1000 W
- Released
- 2024-10-10
Instinct MI325X FAQ
What is the largest model the Instinct MI325X can run?
Beam 1.0 501B A23B (501.3B) is the largest at 4-bit or better: at Q4_0 it uses 253.8 GB of 256 GB, and runs at about 73.2 tok/s.
Can the Instinct MI325X run MiMo V2.6 Flash RL?
Yes. MiMo V2.6 Flash RL fits at Q4_K_M, using 186.5 GB of 256 GB, and it is the best model that runs well on this card.
How many tokens per second does the Instinct MI325X give?
About 82.6 tok/s on MiMo V2.6 Flash RL at Q4_K_M, with the first token after 0.4 s on a 4K-token prompt.
What power supply does the Instinct MI325X need?
Plan a 2000 W PSU (2× the 1000 W TDP).
Is 256 GB enough for coding and agents?
Yes for coding: MiMo V2.6 Flash RL, the best of the 24 coding models that fit, runs at about 83 tok/s.