Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct needs ~28.6 GB VRAM. AMD Instinct MI210 64GB has 64.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~132 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
132.4 tok/s
TTFT
1462 ms
Safe context
256K
Memory
28.6 GB / 64.0 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 | 132.4 tok/s | 798 ms | 256K |
| Coding | S | Runs well | 132.4 tok/s | 1462 ms | 256K |
| Agentic Coding | S | Runs well | 132.4 tok/s | 2127 ms | 256K |
| Reasoning | S | Runs well | 132.4 tok/s | 1728 ms | 256K |
| RAG | S | Runs well | 132.4 tok/s | 2659 ms | 256K |
Inference speed
Estimated decode speed (tokens/sec) for Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct at Q4_K_M across popular GPUs and Apple Silicon, using the fastest local runtime per device. Fastest is RTX 5090 32GB at ~143 tok/s. Speed is memory-bandwidth bound, so cards that fit the whole model in VRAM run far faster than ones that offload to system RAM.
| GPU / Mac | Memory | Quant | Speed (tok/s) | Fits? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 RTX 5090 32GB | 32 GB | Q4_K_M | 142.7 | Fits |
| RTX 4090 24GB | 24 GB | Q4_K_M | 119.8 | Offloads |
RX 7900 XTX 24GB | 24 GB | Q4_K_M | 108.1 | Offloads |
| RTX 3090 24GB | 24 GB | Q4_K_M | 102.5 | Offloads |
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GB | 256 GB | Q4_K_M | 87.1 | Fits |
Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB | 128 GB | Q4_K_M | 72.6 | Fits |
Mac Studio M1 Ultra 128GB | 128 GB | Q4_K_M | 68.8 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB | 128 GB | Q4_K_M | 53.8 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M4 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q4_K_M | 53.8 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M3 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q4_K_M | 37.5 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M1 Max 64GB | 64 GB | Q4_K_M | 34.4 | Fits |
MacBook Pro M4 Pro 48GB | 48 GB | Q4_K_M | 32.9 | Fits |
| RTX 4080 Super 16GB | 16 GB | Q4_K_M | 23.7 | Too big |
| RTX 4070 12GB | 12 GB | Q4_K_M | 8.3 | Too big |
| RTX 3060 12GB | 12 GB | Q4_K_M | 5.2 | Too big |
| RTX 4060 8GB | 8 GB | Q4_K_M | 3.5 | Too big |
Estimates for single-stream decoding at Q4_K_M; real tokens/sec varies with prompt length, context, batch size, and runtime build. Prompt processing (prefill) is faster than the decode figures shown here.
How Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct (30B params) fits at each quantization level on AMD Instinct MI210 64GB (64.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 11.7 GB | Low | A84 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 14.7 GB | Low | A85 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 16.8 GB | Medium | A85 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 18.3 GB | Medium | S85 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 21.6 GB | High | S86 |
Q6_K | 6 | 24.6 GB | High | S87 |
Q8_0Best for your GPU | 8 | 32.1 GB | Very High | S89 |
F16 | 16 | 61.5 GB | Maximum | F0 |
Copy-paste commands to run Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct on your machine.
Run
lms load Qwen3-VL-30B-A3B-Instruct && lms server startYour hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct | 30.5B | S | 128 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.6 35B A3B | 35B | S | 107.6 tok/s |
Yes, AMD Instinct MI210 64GB can run Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct with a S grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 132.4 tok/s.
Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct (30B parameters) requires approximately 28.6 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On AMD Instinct MI210 64GB, Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct achieves approximately 132.4 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 1462ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct on AMD Instinct MI210 64GB receives a S grade with 132.4 tok/s and 256K context.
On AMD Instinct MI210 64GB, Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct can safely use up to 256K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 256K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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