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Can the Radeon 890M run Qwen3 32B?

Yes, with 64 GB or more. Qwen3 32B needs about 22 GB and the Radeon 890M with 64 GB of system memory leaves about 38 GB for models. Expect about 3 tok/s, slow, but it works. The 16 and 32 GB versions don't have room.

ollama run qwen3:32b

First time? Install Ollama, then paste that into a terminal.

Qwen3 32B needsAbout 22 GB
Radeon 890M has16 or 32 or 64 GB system memory
Bandwidth120 GB/s
Estimated speed~3 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)Slow ~3 tok/s
Want it faster?

Speed comes from memory bandwidth: the card reads all 20 GB of active weights for every token. On the Radeon 890M, Qwen3 30B-A3B runs at about 21 tok/s if you can trade some quality for speed. Cards that run Qwen3 32B 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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