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Can I run Flint 40B-A2.5B on AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (16GB)?

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No, not enough memory would not load

No. Flint 40B-A2.5B needs ~25.9 GB even at Q4_K_M, but AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (16GB) only has ~15 GB usable.

Needs ~25.9 GB Device usable ~15 GB

Needs ~25.9 GB even at Q4_K_M, but only ~15 GB is usable.

That figure is at a 4k context and moves about ±15% as context length changes.

The gap is about 10.9 GB: Flint 40B-A2.5B needs roughly 25.9 GB at Q4_K_M and AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (16GB) leaves only about 15 GB usable for a model. The lightest tracked hardware that runs Flint 40B-A2.5B is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB) at 32 GB. See Flint 40B-A2.5B on Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB).

Q4_K_M needed
~25.9 GB
Usable on device
~15 GB
Device memory
16 GB
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Which quant fits

Quant ladder vs ~15 GB usable
Q2_K
~19 GB
Q3_K_M
~21.8 GB
Q4_K_M
~25.9 GB
Q5_K_M
~30.7 GB
Q6_K
~34.9 GB
Q8_0
~41.7 GB
FP16
~81.9 GB
The line marks AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (16GB)'s ~15 GB budget; rungs past it are too large.
Model Flint
Parameters
39.8B (MoE, 2.5B active)
Q4_K_M size
23.61 GB
Q8_0 size
39.44 GB
Context
256k
Ollama tag
flint:40b
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Device Windows
Memory
16 GB vram
Usable for weights
~15 GB
Power draw
~304 W
Best runtime
llama.cpp (Vulkan/ROCm) / Ollama (ROCm)
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FAQ

Can AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (16GB) run Flint 40B-A2.5B?

No. Flint 40B-A2.5B needs ~25.9 GB even at Q4_K_M, but AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (16GB) only has ~15 GB usable.

How much memory does Flint 40B-A2.5B need?

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (16GB) does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~23.61 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~25.9 GB at a 4k context. It is a Mixture-of-Experts model (39.8B total / 2.5B active), so all experts must stay in memory; memory tracks total params, not active params.

What is the best tool to run Flint 40B-A2.5B on Windows?

LM Studio for a simple setup; Ollama (CUDA) for the most speed. AMD GPUs run via Vulkan/ROCm at roughly half CUDA throughput. NVIDIA is the smooth path on Windows.

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Weights are measured from GGUF files; KV cache and overhead are computed, so totals can vary ~15% with context and runtime. Any tok/s is a bandwidth estimate. See methodology.