Best LLMs for 16 GB VRAM

作者: Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新: 2026年7月15日

These are the strongest local models that fit entirely in 16 GB of VRAM, ranked by capability, with the quantization level and estimated tokens/sec needed to fit.

GPUs at This Tier

Ranked Models

Qwen 2.5 Family — Qwen 2.5 14B InstructQ4_K_M · 8.4525 GB · ~22 tok/s on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Qwen 3 — Qwen 3 14BQ4_K_M · 8.935500000000001 GB · ~22 tok/s on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Codestral — Codestral 22BQ4_K_M · 13.40325 GB · ~15 tok/s on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
DeepSeek R1 — DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14BQ4_K_M · 8.4525 GB · ~23 tok/s on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Phi-4 Family — Phi-4 (14B)Q4_K_M · 8.4525 GB · ~22 tok/s on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Mistral Small 3.1 — Mistral Small 3.1 24BQ4_K_M · 14.248500000000002 GB · ~14 tok/s on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
InternLM 3 — InternLM 3 20B InstructQ4_K_M · 12.075 GB · ~16 tok/s on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Mistral Family — Mistral Small 3 (24B)Q4_K_M · 14.49 GB
Granite 3.0 — Granite 3.0 8B InstructQ4_K_M · 4.83 GB · ~36 tok/s on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Qwen 3.5 (Legacy Listing — Unverified) — Qwen 3.5 14BQ4_K_M · 8.4525 GB · ~23 tok/s on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Bonsai 27B — Ternary Bonsai 27BTernary (1.58-bit, ~1.71 bpw) · 5.77125 GB · ~30 tok/s on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Qwen 2.5 Family — Qwen 2.5 7B InstructQ4_K_M · 4.5885 GB · ~40 tok/s on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Qwen 3 — Qwen 3 8BQ4_K_M · 4.950749999999999 GB · ~35 tok/s on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
DeepSeek R1 — DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8BQ4_K_M · 4.83 GB · ~36 tok/s on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Qwen3-Coder — Qwen3-Coder 8BQ4_K_M · 4.83 GB · ~36 tok/s on AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
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FAQ

What LLMs run well with 16 GB VRAM?

Qwen 2.5 Family, Qwen 3, Codestral, DeepSeek R1, Phi-4 Family all fit in 16 GB VRAM.

Which GPUs have 16 GB VRAM?

AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB, AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT.

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