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Can I run North Mini Code 1.0 on AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (16GB)?

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No, not enough memory would not load

No. North Mini Code 1.0 needs ~21.1 GB even at Q4_K_M, but AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (16GB) only has ~15 GB usable.

Needs ~21.1 GB Device usable ~15 GB

Needs ~21.1 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 6.1 GB: North Mini Code 1.0 needs roughly 21.1 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 North Mini Code 1.0 is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB) at 24 GB. See North Mini Code 1.0 on Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB).

Q4_K_M needed
~21.1 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
~14.9 GB
Q3_K_M
~17 GB
Q4_K_M
~21.1 GB
Q5_K_M
~23.8 GB
Q6_K
~27.1 GB
Q8_0
~34.1 GB
FP16
~63.1 GB
The line marks AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (16GB)'s ~15 GB budget; rungs past it are too large.
Model North
Parameters
30.5B (MoE, 3B active)
Q4_K_M size
19 GB
Q8_0 size
32 GB
Context
500k
Ollama tag
north-mini-code-1.0
Full North Mini Code 1.0 requirements →
Device Windows
Memory
16 GB vram
Usable for weights
~15 GB
Power draw
~304 W
Best runtime
llama.cpp (Vulkan/ROCm) / Ollama (ROCm)
Best models for AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (16GB) →

What you can run instead

Run North Mini Code 1.0 on other hardware

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB)Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 (24GB)AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (24GB)Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB)32GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only)Apple M4 Pro (48GB)

FAQ

Can AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (16GB) run North Mini Code 1.0?

No. North Mini Code 1.0 needs ~21.1 GB even at Q4_K_M, but AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (16GB) only has ~15 GB usable.

How much memory does North Mini Code 1.0 need?

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (16GB) does not have enough memory. At Q4_K_M the weights are ~19 GB; with KV cache and runtime overhead, budget ~21.1 GB at a 4k context. It is a Mixture-of-Experts model (30.5B total / 3B active), so all experts must stay in memory; memory tracks total params, not active params.

What is the best tool to run North Mini Code 1.0 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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Sources

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.