Best AI Models for AMD Radeon RX 7600 (8 GB)

Runs 7–9B models well; 14B doesn't fit in 8 GB.

8 GB GDDR6288 GB/s44 TFLOPS FP16165 WRDNA 3 2023

What LLMs can the RX 7600 run?

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 9BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 27.2 t/s	27.2 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
2	Qwen3.5 4BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 53.0 t/s	53.0 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
3	Gemma 2 9B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB · 28.3 t/s	28.3 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB
4	Gemma 3 4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB · 60.8 t/s	60.8 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB
5	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 97.9 t/s	97.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB

#	Model	Speed	Reasoning Score	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 9BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 27.2 t/s	27.2 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
2	Gemma 3 4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB · 60.8 t/s	60.8 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB
3	Qwen2.5 7B InstructAlibaba Q4_K_M · 5.8 GB · 34.6 t/s	34.6 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 5.8 GB
4	Gemma 2 9B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB · 28.3 t/s	28.3 tok/s	overall	Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB
5	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 97.9 t/s	97.9 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 4BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 53.0 t/s	53.0 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
2	Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 27.2 t/s	27.2 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
3	Gemma 4 E4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB · 32.5 t/s	32.5 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB
4	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 97.9 t/s	97.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB
5	MiniCPM5 2BOpenBMB Q4_K_M · 2.5 GB · 90.9 t/s	90.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 2.5 GB

#	Model	Speed ↓	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 4BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 53.0 t/s	53.0 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
2	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 97.9 t/s	97.9 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB
3	Gemma 4 E4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB · 32.5 t/s	32.5 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB
4	MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9BXiaomi Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB · 27.8 t/s	27.8 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB
5	Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 27.2 t/s	27.2 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 9BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 27.2 t/s	27.2 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
2	Qwen3.5 4BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 53.0 t/s	53.0 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
3	Gemma 3 4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB · 60.8 t/s	60.8 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB
4	MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9BXiaomi Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB · 27.8 t/s	27.8 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB
5	MiniCPM V 4.7 1BOpenBMB Q4_K_M · 1.6 GB · 135 t/s	135 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 1.6 GB

See all 216 models on the RX 7600 →Best quant that fits · speeds estimated on this card

About the RX 7600

The RX 7600 is an entry card in the 8 GB class: it runs 7–9B models well. It is power-hungry for its speed, and at its $269 MSRP it gave the best speed per dollar of the cards compared. RDNA 3 generation, released 2023.

Speed in 8 GB#9288 GB/s

Per watt#110.16 tok/s per W on Qwen3.5 9B (9B params)

Per dollar#110.1 tok/s per $100 on Qwen3.5 9B (9B params)

GenerationRDNA 3released 2023

RX 7600 strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

Runs 7–9B models: Qwen3.5 9B at 27.2 tok/s in 6.6 GB

Weaknesses

14B models don't fit: Qwen3 14B needs 11.9 GB at Q4 vs 8 GB here
Little room for context: Qwen3.5 9B uses 6.6 of 8 GB, 1.4 GB left
Slow prompt reading: A 4K-token prompt on Qwen3.5 9B waits 8.3 s for the first token
ROCm, not CUDA: No FP8 weights; MXFP4 only through llama.cpp, not vLLM

Speed per dollar and per watt

NewUsed

On Qwen3.5 9B (9B params) at Q4_K_M. New prices are compared with new, used with used. The last two columns are the speed you get per $100 of price and per 100 W of board power; higher is better. The RX 7600 has no current price, so it is shown at its MSRP.

Card	New price	tok/s	tok/s per $100	tok/s per 100 W
RX 76008 GB	about $269	27.2	10.1	16.5
RTX 50608 GBBest new value	about $460	45.8	10.0	31.6
RTX 507012 GB	about $840	68.7	8.2	27.5
RTX 40608 GB	about $520	27.8	5.3	24.2

Card	Used price	tok/s	tok/s per $100	tok/s per 100 W
RTX 50608 GBBest used value	about $388	45.8	11.8	31.6
RTX 3060 12GB12 GB	about $329	36.8	11.2	21.6
RTX 507012 GB	about $736	68.7	9.3	27.5
RTX 407012 GB	about $575	51.5	9.0	25.8
RTX 40608 GB	about $335	27.8	8.3	24.2
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB8 GB	about $362	29.4	8.1	18.4
RTX 4070 SUPER12 GB	about $675	51.5	7.6	23.4
RTX 4070 Ti12 GB	about $722	51.5	7.1	18.1

Cost per token: the RX 7600 against 8–12 GB cards

On Qwen3.5 9B (9B params, Q4_K_M, 4K context). Speed, cost per token and power per token depend on the model.

8 GB12 GBthis cardat MSRP

Cost per 1M output tokenson Qwen3.5 9B · card over 3 years + power

$0.88

Card, MSRP: $0.63
Power: $0.25

3-year cost of ownership$377

Or rent an RTX 5080 in the cloud$0.26/hr

Renting costs as much as buying after ≈1,100 hours (≈0.7 years at 4 h a day).

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Similar GPUs

Cards people weigh against the RX 7600, each with the one reason it is worth a look. Speeds on Qwen3.5 9B.

4 GB more and 35% fasterRTX 3060 12GBNVIDIA · 12 GB · Ampere

▲ 35% speed▲ 4 GB$329rent $0.06/hr

68% faster, same 8 GBRTX 5060NVIDIA · 8 GB · Blackwell

▲ 68% speedsame 8 GB$460

4 GB more and 50% fasterRX 9070 GREAMD · 12 GB · RDNA 4

▲ 50% speed▲ 4 GB$549

More efficient per wattB570Intel · 10 GB · Xe2 (Battlemage), BMG-G21

▲ 10% speed▲ 2 GB$219

8 GB more and 2.5× the speedRTX 4070 Ti SUPERNVIDIA · 16 GB · Ada Lovelace

▲ 153% speed▲ 8 GB$799rent $0.15/hr

Best value near the RX 7600RTX 5070NVIDIA · 12 GB · Blackwell

▲ 153% speed▲ 4 GB$840rent $0.17/hr

RX 7600 tokens per second by model size

Output speed depends on memory bandwidth (288 GB/s). Grey rows need more than 8 GB.

9BQwen3.5 9B · Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
27.2tok/s
14BQwen3 14B · not at 4-bit
needs 11.9 GB
27–31BQwen3.8 27B · not at 4-bit
needs 17.9 GB
35B MoEQwen3.6 35B A3B · not at 4-bit
needs 22.0 GB
70BLlama 3.3 70B Instruct · not at 4-bit
needs 51.3 GB
120B MoEGPT OSS 120B · not at 4-bit
needs 70.8 GB

Estimated speeds: Q4_K_M, 4K context, one user. How we estimate

All 822 models on the RX 7600

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Best quant that fits, ordered by llmrun Score. Fit grades how well it runs here, S best. How ranking works

LLM models compatible with AMD Radeon RX 7600 — ranked by Score, recency and Fit
Model	Quant	VRAM	Speed	Context	Fit
Malaysian TTS 0.6B V1629MChatFunctions Q4_K_M·216.0 t/s	Q4_K_M	1.6 GB20%	216.0 t/s	33K	S100, Runs great
PicoMistral 23M24MChat Q4_K_M·540.0 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.3 GB4%	540.0 t/s	1K	S100, Runs great
Supra Mini V6 1M1MChat Q4_K_M·576.0 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.3 GB4%	576.0 t/s	1K	S100, Runs great
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B8.2BChatReasoningFunctions Q4_K_M·31.3 t/s	Q4_K_M	7.6 GB95%	31.3 t/s	131K	B49, Decent
Nafie 473M473MChat BF16·166.2 t/s	BF16	1.0 GB13%	166.2 t/s	1K	S98, Runs great
GPT S 1.4M1MChat BF16·557.4 t/s	BF16	0.3 GB4%	557.4 t/s	0K	S100, Runs great
Surya Ocr 2.5689MVision Q4_K_M·227.4 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.8 GB10%	227.4 t/s	262K	S100, Runs great
Qwen3.5 2B Claude 4.6 Opus Reasoning Distilled2.3BChatReasoning Q4_K_M·97.6 t/s	Q4_K_M	1.9 GB23%	97.6 t/s	262K	S91, Runs great
Qwythos 9B Claude Mythos 5 1M9.4BChatReasoningFunctions Q4_K_M·27.8 t/s	Q4_K_M	6.5 GB81%	27.8 t/s	1049K	A67, Runs well
ALoDLM 8B8.2BChatCodeFunctions Q4_K_M·31.3 t/s	Q4_K_M	7.6 GB95%	31.3 t/s	41K	B49, Decent
Qwen3 4B Domino B16588MChat Q4_K_M·254.1 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.9 GB11%	254.1 t/s	41K	S100, Runs great
InternVL2 1B938MVision Q4_K_M·278.7 t/s	Q4_K_M	2.0 GB25%	278.7 t/s	—	S100, Runs great
OvisOCR3853MVisionFunctions Q4_K_M·200.9 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.9 GB11%	200.9 t/s	262K	S100, Runs great
Ministral 3 3B Reasoning 25123.8BReasoningFunctions Q4_K_M·62.4 t/s	Q4_K_M	3.9 GB49%	62.4 t/s	262K	A84, Runs well
Nanbeige4.1 3B Heretic3.9BChat Q4_K_M·61.9 t/s	Q4_K_M	3.7 GB47%	61.9 t/s	262K	A84, Runs well

RX 7600 specs, power and PSU

Specs

Architecture: RDNA 3
VRAM: 8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth: 288.0 GB/s
FP16 (dense): 43.50 TFLOPS
Stream processors: 2,048
TDP: 165 W
Released: 2023-05-25
MSRP: $269

RX 7600 FAQ

Is the RX 7600 still worth it in 2026?

At its MSRP of $269 you get 10.1 tok/s per $100 on Qwen3.5 9B, which ranks 1st of the 4 cards compared here; it is also the 9th fastest out of 12 cards with 8 GB. It runs 7–9B models well; 14B doesn't fit in 8 GB.

What is the largest model the RX 7600 can run?

Qwen3.5 9B (9.7B) is the largest at 4-bit or better: at Q4_K_M it uses 6.6 GB of 8 GB, and runs at about 27.2 tok/s.

Can the RX 7600 run 14B models?

No. Qwen3 14B needs 11.9 GB at Q4, more than the 8 GB on this card.

How many tokens per second does the RX 7600 give?

About 27.2 tok/s on Qwen3.5 9B at Q4_K_M, with the first token after 8.3 s on a 4K-token prompt.

What power supply does the RX 7600 need?

Plan a 350 W PSU (2× the 165 W TDP).

Is renting cheaper than buying an RX 7600?

An RTX 5080 (16 GB) rents from $0.26/hr. Renting costs as much as buying after ≈1,100 hours (≈0.7 years at 4 h a day).

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