Can the Radeon 890M run Qwen3 30B-A3B?
Yes, with 64 GB or more. Qwen3 30B-A3B needs about 21 GB and the Radeon 890M with 64 GB of system memory leaves about 38 GB for models. Expect about 21 tok/s, about reading speed. The 16 and 32 GB versions don't have room.
ollama run qwen3:30bFirst time? Install Ollama, then paste that into a terminal.
Qwen3 30B-A3B needsAbout 21 GB
Radeon 890M has16 or 32 or 64 GB system memory
Bandwidth120 GB/s
Estimated speed~21 tok/s
By memory size
Each Radeon 890M version
- 16 GB (about 10 GB usable)Too big
- 32 GB (about 19 GB usable)Too big
- 64 GB (about 38 GB usable)Usable ~21 tok/s
Want it faster?
Speed comes from memory bandwidth: the card reads all 2 GB of active weights for every token. Cards that run Qwen3 30B-A3B faster:
How we estimate
Speed is roughly memory bandwidth divided by the weights read per token, calibrated on our own rack. Sizes are Ollama's default 4-bit downloads plus about 1.2 GB for context. Real results are usually within about a third. Measured it yourself? Send us the number.
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