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Can the RX 6600 XT run Qwen3 8B?

Yes. Qwen3 8B needs about 7 GB and the RX 6600 XT has 8 GB of VRAM. Expect about 27 tok/s, about reading speed.

ollama run qwen3:8b

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

Qwen3 8B needsAbout 7 GB
RX 6600 XT has8 GB VRAM
Bandwidth256 GB/s
Estimated speed~27 tok/s
Want it faster?

Speed comes from memory bandwidth: the card reads all 5.2 GB of active weights for every token. On the RX 6600 XT, Qwen3 4B runs at about 56 tok/s if you can trade some quality for speed. Cards that run Qwen3 8B 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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