Qwen 3 30B A3B needs ~24.2 GB VRAM. Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB has 32.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~57 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
Runs well
Decode
57.1 tok/s
TTFT
3391 ms
Safe context
102K
Memory
24.2 GB / 32.0 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 | 57.1 tok/s | 1849 ms | 102K |
| Coding | S | Runs well | 57.1 tok/s | 3391 ms | 102K |
| Agentic Coding | S | Runs well | 57.1 tok/s | 4932 ms | 102K |
| Reasoning | S | Runs well | 57.1 tok/s | 4007 ms | 102K |
| RAG | S | Runs well | 57.1 tok/s | 6165 ms | 102K |
How Qwen 3 30B A3B (30.5B params) fits at each quantization level on Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB (32.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 11.9 GB | Low | S88 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 14.9 GB | Low | S89 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 17.1 GB | Medium | S90 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 18.6 GB | Medium | S90 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 22.0 GB | High | S89 |
Q6_KBest for your GPU | 6 | 25.0 GB | High | S89 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 32.6 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 62.5 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Copy-paste commands to run Qwen 3 30B A3B on your machine.
Run
ollama run qwen3:30b-a3bYour hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qwen 3.6 35B A3B | 35B | S | 48 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 35B A3B | 35B | S | 52.2 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3 32B | 32B | S | 21 tok/s |
Yes, Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB can run Qwen 3 30B A3B with a S grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 57.1 tok/s.
Qwen 3 30B A3B (30.5B parameters) requires approximately 24.2 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Qwen 3 30B A3B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB, Qwen 3 30B A3B achieves approximately 57.1 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 3391ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Qwen 3 30B A3B on Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB receives a S grade with 57.1 tok/s and 102K context.
On Radeon AI PRO R9700 32GB, Qwen 3 30B A3B can safely use up to 102K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 131K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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