Builds / AMD Radeon AI Pro R9700 (1 of 2 cards in the rig used)
Radeon AI Pro R9700 (one card): Qwen3.6 35B-A3B from 4K to 256K context (AMDai lab rig)
Source: amdai.net ↗📏 How measured: reported by the original source; RigBase re-checked the numbers at that source
- GPU(s)
- AMD Radeon AI Pro R9700 (1 of 2 cards in the rig used)
Amazon · eBay (used) · Newegg - VRAM / unified memory (GB)
- 32
- CPU
- not stated
- Motherboard
- not stated
- RAM
- 256 GB DDR5
Amazon · eBay (used) · Newegg - PSU
- not stated
- Other
- Second R9700 not used for these single-card runs
- Reported total cost
- not stated
- Power
- not stated
Measured speed (generation tokens/sec)
| Model | Quant | Engine | tok/s | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | Unsloth UD-Q5_K_XL, short context, f16 KV | llama.cpp Vulkan | 102.39 | |
| Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | UD-Q5_K_XL, 32K context | llama.cpp Vulkan | 90.52 | |
| Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | UD-Q5_K_XL, 128K context | llama.cpp Vulkan | 66.43 | |
| Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | UD-Q5_K_XL, 256K context | llama.cpp Vulkan | 44.4 | |
| Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | Q5_K_M (24.68 GB VRAM) | llama.cpp Vulkan | 109.73 | |
| Qwen3.6 35B-A3B | Q4_K_M | llama.cpp Vulkan | 117.69 |
AMDai lab notes, 'measured on our rig, 2026-10' (gfx1201, llama.cpp Vulkan, 0% system-RAM offload). The site lists the overnight sweep as pending re-verification after a DDR5 fix. Same rig: two single-card copies served about 100 tok/s per request.
Current GPU street price (estimate, not the builder's cost)
New retail prices in Germany incl. VAT; used cards are often much cheaper. Prices change daily.
- 1× Radeon AI Pro R9700: ≈€1,848 each (≈$2,071), new, approx. price as of 2026-10-24, lowest listing on billiger.de (PowerColor Radeon AI PRO R9700 32 GB GDDR6)
New retail prices in Germany incl. VAT; used cards are often much cheaper. Prices change daily.
Source: https://amdai.net/
Blank fields = not stated in the source. We never estimate build data; GPU street prices above are separately sourced and dated.
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Quick answers: Can Radeon AI Pro R9700 run Qwen3.6 35B-A3B?