Can AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB run Llama, Qwen & DeepSeek? 276 models that fit

276 of the 396 models in the Spanvero catalog fit AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB's 20 GB VRAM (at a sensible quant, 16k context). For each: run it locally ($0 compute + electricity), rent an equivalent GPU ($0 markup, as of 2026-07-02), or pay per-token via your own API key (as of 2026-07-06).

Three honest ways to run each model on AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB

• Run it locally: $0 in compute — you pay only electricity (~315 W under load on this card). Local is real money, never a fake "$0".
• Rent an equivalent GPU: from a $0-markup vendor rate (as of 2026-07-02) — you rent on your own account and pay the vendor directly; we never resell compute.
• Skip the box: run the same model through your own API key, paying per million tokens (prices as of 2026-07-06).

What fits AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB (20 GB VRAM)

• 276 of the 396 notable models in the Spanvero catalog fit AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB at a sensible quant (context capped at 16k for the estimate). Most capable first:
• Trinity Mini (arcee-ai, 26.1B) — needs ~19 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.6844/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.10/1M via your own API key.
• LFM2 24B A2B (LiquidAI, 23.8B) — needs ~18 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.6357/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.29/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Mistral Small 3 (24B, 2501) (Mistral AI, 23.6B) — needs ~20 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.6314/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.07/1M via your own API key.
• EuroLLM 22B Instruct 2512 (utter-project, 22.6B) — needs ~19 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.6099/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.28/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• gpt oss safeguard 20b (openai, 21.5B) — needs ~16 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.5861/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.19/1M via your own API key.
• gpt-oss-20b (OpenAI, 21B) — needs ~15 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.5751/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.08/1M via your own API key.
• gpt oss 20b BF16 (unsloth, 20.9B) — needs ~15 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.5729/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.27/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• gpt neox 20b (EleutherAI, 20.7B) — needs ~17 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.5686/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.27/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• GLM 4.7 Flash NVFP4 (GadflyII, 18.4B) — needs ~19 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.5174/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.25/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B NVFP4 (nvidia, 18.2B) — needs ~13 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.5129/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.25/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Qwen3 30B A3B NVFP4 (RedHatAI, 17.5B) — needs ~13 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.4971/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.24/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Qwen3 32B NVFP4 (nvidia, 17.2B) — needs ~15 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.4902/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.24/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Qwen3.6 27B NVFP4 (ocicek, 17.1B) — needs ~20 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.488/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.24/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Qwen3.6 27B Text NVFP4 MTP (sakamakismile, 16.7B) — needs ~20 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.4788/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.23/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• deepseek moe 16b base (deepseek-ai, 16.4B) — needs ~12 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.4719/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.23/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• deepseek moe 16b chat (deepseek-ai, 16.4B) — needs ~12 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.4719/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.23/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• LLaDA2.0 mini (inclusionAI, 16.3B) — needs ~12 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.4696/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.23/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• starcoder (bigcode, 15.8B) — needs ~19 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.4581/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.23/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Lite Instruct (DeepSeek, 15.7B) — needs ~11 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.4557/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.23/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• DeepSeek V2 Lite Chat (deepseek-ai, 15.7B) — needs ~15 GB at Q4_K_M: run it locally for $0 compute + ~$0.4557/1M in electricity, rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr ($0 markup), or ~$0.23/1M via your own API key (size estimate).

• Trinity Mini — full cost breakdown
• LFM2 24B A2B — full cost breakdown
• Mistral Small 3 (24B, 2501) — full cost breakdown
• EuroLLM 22B Instruct 2512 — full cost breakdown
• gpt oss safeguard 20b — full cost breakdown
• gpt-oss-20b — full cost breakdown
• gpt oss 20b BF16 — full cost breakdown
• gpt neox 20b — full cost breakdown
• GLM 4.7 Flash NVFP4 — full cost breakdown
• NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B NVFP4 — full cost breakdown
• Qwen3 30B A3B NVFP4 — full cost breakdown
• Qwen3 32B NVFP4 — full cost breakdown
• Qwen3.6 27B NVFP4 — full cost breakdown
• Qwen3.6 27B Text NVFP4 MTP — full cost breakdown
• deepseek moe 16b base — full cost breakdown
• deepseek moe 16b chat — full cost breakdown
• LLaDA2.0 mini — full cost breakdown
• starcoder — full cost breakdown
• DeepSeek-Coder-V2-Lite Instruct — full cost breakdown
• DeepSeek V2 Lite Chat — full cost breakdown

The honest cost of owning AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB

• Street price $953.00 (as of 2026-07-04; Amazon lowest new listing via BestValueGPU tracker, Jul 2026 ($953; launch MSRP $899)) — amortized over 3 years that's ~$0.8703/day whether or not you're generating.
• Electricity: ~315 W under sustained inference at $0.1883/kWh (EIA Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A — U.S. residential average, Apr 2026, as of 2026-07-02) — the per-1M-token figures above already include this at each model's speed.
• Straight talk: for the small models a 20 GB VRAM box runs, hosted APIs are often cheaper per token. Own local for privacy, offline use, and unlimited runs — not to save money on tokens.

Too big for AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 20GB — rent or use an API instead

• These need more than the 20 GB VRAM on this card. Closest first — you can still run them on a rented GPU ($0 markup) or via your own API key:
• Qwen3.6 27B NVFP4 (nvidia, 18.2B) — needs ~21 GB; rent 2× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.12/hr, or ~$0.25/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• sarvam 30b (sarvamai, 32.2B) — needs ~22 GB; rent 3× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.18/hr, or ~$0.36/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B BF16 (nvidia, 31.6B) — needs ~22 GB; rent 3× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.18/hr, or ~$0.35/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Nemotron Cascade 2 30B A3B (nvidia, 31.6B) — needs ~22 GB; rent 3× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.18/hr, or ~$0.35/1M via your own API key (size estimate).
• Qwen3 30B A3B (Qwen, 30.5B) — needs ~22 GB; rent 3× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.18/hr, or ~$0.31/1M via your own API key.
• Qwen3 Coder 30B A3B Instruct (Qwen, 30.5B) — needs ~22 GB; rent 3× NVIDIA RTX 3060 12GB from $0.18/hr, or ~$0.17/1M via your own API key.

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