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AMD Radeon R9700 performance doubled for Qwen3.8 27b model

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A Reddit user has optimized performance for the Qwen3.8 27b NVFP4 model when run on a single AMD Radeon R9700 graphics card. The optimizations have reportedly doubled the model's performance across various metrics, including decode tokens per second and concurrency requests. These improvements are detailed in a benchmark tool called BetterBench and are intended to benefit users with this specific hardware configuration. AI

IMPACT Improves performance for users with specific, potentially lower-end, hardware, making local LLM deployment more accessible.

RANK_REASON User-driven optimization of an existing model on specific hardware.

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AMD Radeon R9700 performance doubled for Qwen3.8 27b model

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/whodoneit1 ·

    153 tok/s on 1x AMD Radeon R9700 running Qwen3.8 27b NVFP4, 470 tok/s @ 8 conc requests, Prefill @ 3,619 tok/s

    <table> <tr><td> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1wiws8e/153_toks_on_1x_amd_radeon_r9700_running_qwen38/"> <img alt="153 tok/s on 1x AMD Radeon R9700 running Qwen3.8 27b NVFP4, 470 tok/s @ 8 conc requests, Prefill @ 3,619 tok/s" src="https://preview.redd.it/…

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