Ranking updated on 09/10/2026
The Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB GDDR6, 384 GB/s) is AMD's mid-range RDNA 2 card. 12 GB used for ~€250 = accessible Qwen 3 14B Q4 via ROCm.
Radeon RX 6700 XT: purchasing alternative available for local AI — Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB:
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Dense 8B Apache 2.0, 12 languages including FR, 131k context, GQA 32Q/8KV. MMLU 73.84, HumanEval 85.37. Released April 29, 2026.
# HuggingFace : ibm-granite/granite-4.1-8b
Gemma 4 12B (Google): dense multimodal model (text, vision, audio), 256k context, ~7 GB Q4 VRAM. Apache 2.0, multilingual.
# HuggingFace : google/gemma-4-12B
Dense 14B with hybrid thinking. Equals Qwen 2.5 32B Based on STEM/code.
ollama run qwen3:14b
Granite 4.2 8B (IBM): dense Apache 2.0, 128k context, ~4.6 GB Q4 VRAM. Multilingual chat, coding, and reasoning for the enterprise.
ollama pull granite4.2
SFT “thinking” fine-tune of OLMo 3 7B: step-by-step reasoning, 16k context, ~4.2 GB VRAM in Q4. 100% open, Apache 2.0 license.
# HuggingFace : zimplex/olmo3-7b-think-sft-eosfix-16k-3ep-euc
GLM 5.3 (Zhipu): dense 7B specialized in code and reasoning, 128k context, ~4.1 GB VRAM in Q4. Lightweight, runs on a 6–8 GB GPU, MIT license.
ollama pull glm-5.3
MIT 14B reasoner. Beats R1-Distill-Llama-70B on AIME/GPQA with 50× fewer parameters.
ollama run phi4-reasoning:14b
| Rank | Model | Params | Q4 VRAM | Context | License | On Radeon RX 6700 XT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Granite 4.1 8B Instruct | 8B | 5 GB | 131 072 | Apache 2.0 | 12 tok/s · Q8 |
| #2 | Gemma 4 12B | 12B | 7 GB | 262 144 | Apache 2.0 | 18 tok/s · Q5_K_M |
| #3 | Qwen 3 14B | 14B | 9 GB | 131 072 | Apache 2.0 | 6 tok/s · Q5_K_M |
| #4 | Granite 4.2 8B | 8B | 4.6 GB | 128 000 | Apache 2.0 | 32 tok/s · Q8 |
| #5 | OLMo 3 7B Think (SFT) | 7B | 4.2 GB | 16 000 | Apache 2.0 | 32 tok/s · Q8 |
| #6 | GLM 5.3 7B | 7B | 4.1 GB | 128 000 | MIT | 32 tok/s · Q8 |
| #7 | Phi-4 Reasoning 14B | 14B | 9 GB | 32 768 | MIT | 6 tok/s · Q5_K_M |
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| Your VRAM | Typical GPUs / Macs | Recommended coding model | Command Ollama |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 GB | RTX 4060 / 3060 · M1-M2 16 GB | Qwen 3.5 9B (Q4, 6.6 GB — 256k context) | ollama run qwen3.5:9b |
| 12 GB | RTX 3060 12 GB / 4070 / 5070 | Qwen 3.5 9B (Q8, 11 GB) or Gemma 4 12B (7.6 GB) | ollama run qwen3.5:9b-q8_0 |
| 16 GB | RTX 5070 Ti / 4080 / 5080 · RX 9070 XT · M4 24 GB | Devstral 24B (Q4, 14 GB) — coding-agent specialist | ollama run devstral:24b |
| 24 GB | RTX 3090 / 4090 · RX 7900 XTX · M4 Pro 48 GB | Qwen 3.8 27B (Q4, 18 GB) — the “close to Copilot” option | ollama run qwen3.8:27b |
| 32 GB | RTX 5090 | Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B (Q4, 23 GB) — fast MoE | ollama run qwen3.6:35b |
| 48 GB+ | Mac M4 Max 64 GB · M2 Ultra 128 GB | Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B (Q8, 32 GB — 256k context) | ollama run qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q8_0 |
-base: ollama run qwen2.5-coder:7b-base — it’s still the reference for this specific use case. ⚠️ Qwen 3.8: its reasoning is set very high by default and it “overthinks” simple requests — lower it to low (or turn it off) on first launch. ⚠️ License trap: Codestral 22B = Mistral Non-Production License → prohibited for coding at work. Qwen 3.5/3.8, Gemma 4, and Devstral are Apache 2.0. 💡 Running out of memory? Keep ~1.5 GB of VRAM free for context, or drop down one quantization level.🔌 To connect it to VS Code: Cline (multi-file agent), Aider (CLI) or Tabby/Twinny (FIM autocomplete) — they all connect to Ollama locally. The kit Local Copilot — ready-to-paste configs + tested setup — is available: /copilote-local.
Filter: Q4_K_M ≤ 11 GB. Bonus: 7-14B. 384 GB/s + ROCm 6.
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The scoring is fully transparent: see our methodology for details on VRAM/tokens/sec calculations.
RX 6700 XT vs RTX 3060 12 GB?
6700 XT = 384 GB/s vs. 3060 = 360 GB/s. Nearly identical. NVIDIA CUDA vs. AMD ROCm: ecosystem difference. NVIDIA remains simpler. See RTX 3060 12GB.
LLM sweet spot for the 6700 XT?
Mistral 7B Q5 (~5.5 GB) at 28 tok/s, Qwen 3 14B Q4 (~8 GB) at 18 tok/s. Decent for chat/code.
ROCm on RDNA 2 in 2026?
Supported but lower priority than RDNA 3/4. Remains stable for Ollama/llama.cpp. See guide.
Would a new 7700 XT be better?
7700 XT = the same 12 GB + 432 GB/s + RDNA 3. More modern, ~€400 new. See RX 7700 XT.
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