Can I run Qwen2.5 72B on an RX 9060 XT 16GB?
Key facts
No: it needs about 51 GB and this card has 16 GB of graphics memory.
It needs about 50.9 GB at standard quality (estimate). Checked . Q4 file.
Updated · Qwen2.5 72B on every card
How much memory it needs
That is about 3.3 times what this card has free.
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What runs Qwen2.5 72B instead
The cheapest machine on our list that runs it at least as fast as you read:
Mac Studio M5 Ultra 96GB$6,152€6,649
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Price details
$6,152€6,649
How we priced this
Source: Belgian Apple Store, checked 16 Oct 2026.
The Apple Store price for this exact configuration.
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A cheaper machine runs it too, but slower than you read:
Mac Studio M4 Max 128GBabout $3,683€3,290
Slow~5.2 tok/sA bit slower than you read. Fine for short answers.Price details
$3,683€3,290
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Qwen2.5 72B on other graphics cards
Runs slowly2
Part of the model spills into normal memory, which is much slower.
Doesn't fit8
Not enough graphics memory: it needs about 50.9 GB.
- RTX 3060 12GBhas 12 GB
- RTX 4060 Ti 16GBhas 16 GB
- RTX 3090has 24 GB
- RTX 4090has 24 GB
- RTX 5080has 16 GB
- RX 9060 XT 16GBhas 16 GB
- RTX 5090has 32 GB
- RX 7900 XTXhas 24 GB
More about the model itself, what it is good at and its licence: Qwen2.5 72B.
The numbers behind this answer
A model comes in several sizes. Q4 is the standard one most people use; the bigger ones answer a little better but need more memory. Each row adds up the model file, the memory a conversation takes, and some working space, and compares the total with what is free on this card.
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| Quality | Conversation | Result | Speed | Model file | Conversation memory | Working space | Total needed | Free memory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 · standard (smallest that keeps quality) | ~12 pages8,192 tokens | Doesn't fit | — | 47.4 GBmeasured file | 2.7 GB | 0.8 GB | 50.9 GB | 15.4 GB |
| Q5 · a bit sharper, a bit bigger | ~12 pages8,192 tokens | Doesn't fit | — | 51.6 GB | 2.7 GB | 0.8 GB | 55.1 GB | 15.4 GB |
| Q8 · near full quality, almost twice Q4 | ~12 pages8,192 tokens | Doesn't fit | — | 77.8 GB | 2.7 GB | 0.8 GB | 81.3 GB | 15.4 GB |
| FP16 · full quality, over three times Q4 | ~12 pages8,192 tokens | Doesn't fit | — | 145.4 GB | 2.7 GB | 0.8 GB | 148.9 GB | 15.4 GB |
| Q4 · standard, longer conversation | ~49 pages32,768 tokens | Doesn't fit | — | 47.4 GBmeasured file | 10.7 GB | 0.8 GB | 59.0 GB | 15.4 GB |
Sources and method
Memory and speed on this page are our estimate, not a measured test. Checked . Q4 file.
Same class as Llama 70B. A bartowski Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct Q4_K_M file is 47.42 GB (47,415,715,488 bytes), larger than 72.7 × 0.60. IQ4_XS from the same repo is 39.71 GB. You need a large memory pool.
Questions
- Can I run Qwen2.5 72B on an RX 9060 XT 16GB?
- No: it needs about 51 GB and this card has 16 GB of graphics memory.
- How much memory does Qwen2.5 72B need?
- About 50.9 GB at the standard quality (Q4) for a conversation of up to about 12 pages of text (8,192 tokens), by our estimate: 47.4 GB for the model file (measured), 2.7 GB to hold the conversation and 0.8 GB of working space.
- How fast is Qwen2.5 72B on an RX 9060 XT 16GB?
- There is no speed to give: it doesn't fit on this card.
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