Qwen 2.5 14B needs ~14.0 GB VRAM. RX 9070 XT 16GB has 16.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~52 tok/s.
Operating mode
Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.
Current mode
Balanced
Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.
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Fit status
Tight fit
Decode
51.8 tok/s
TTFT
3737 ms
Safe context
27K
Memory
14.0 GB / 16.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
No major red flags
This recommendation has enough memory headroom and acceptable estimated speed for the selected workload.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | S | Runs well | 51.8 tok/s | 2039 ms | 27K |
| Coding | A | Tight fit | 51.8 tok/s | 3737 ms | 27K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs with offload (needs ~0.5 GB host RAM) | 35.4 tok/s | 7948 ms | 27K |
| Reasoning | A | Tight fit | 51.8 tok/s | 4417 ms | 27K |
| RAG | A | Runs with offload (needs ~0.5 GB host RAM) | 35.4 tok/s | 9935 ms | 27K |
How Qwen 2.5 14B (14B params) fits at each quantization level on RX 9070 XT 16GB (16.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 5.5 GB | Low | A80 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 6.9 GB | Low | A82 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 7.8 GB | Medium | A82 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 8.5 GB | Medium | A82 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 10.1 GB | High | A82 |
Q6_KBest for your GPU | 6 | 11.5 GB | High | A82 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 15.0 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 28.7 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Copy-paste commands to run Qwen 2.5 14B on your machine.
Run
ollama run qwen2.5Your hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Phi-4-reasoning-plus 14B | 14.7B | S | 49.1 tok/s | |
 GPT-OSS 20B | 21B | A | 48.6 tok/s | |
 Codestral 2 25.08 | 22B | A | 17.8 tok/s | |
 CogVLM2 19B | 19B | A | 27.2 tok/s |
Yes, RX 9070 XT 16GB can run Qwen 2.5 14B with a A grade (Tight fit). Expected decode speed: 51.8 tok/s.
Qwen 2.5 14B (14B parameters) requires approximately 14.0 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Qwen 2.5 14B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On RX 9070 XT 16GB, Qwen 2.5 14B achieves approximately 51.8 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 3737ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Qwen 2.5 14B on RX 9070 XT 16GB receives a A grade with 51.8 tok/s and 27K context.
On RX 9070 XT 16GB, Qwen 2.5 14B can safely use up to 27K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 131K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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