Can Strix Halo (Radeon 8060S) run Qwen3.6 27B?
Yes. Measured 11.4 tok/s generation (Ollama 0.34.0, 4-bit; source).
Every measured result for Qwen3.6 27B on Strix Halo (Radeon 8060S)
| Build | Quant / setup | Engine | tok/s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP ZBook Ultra G1a (Strix Halo laptop, 128 GB): Qwen3.6 35B-A3B at 59.4 tok/s, gpt-oss 120B at 44.7 | 4-bit | Ollama 0.34.0 | 11.4 | source |
Memory: Strix Halo (Radeon 8060S) has 128 GB. Qwen3.6 27B weights are about 16.7 GB at Q4_K_M (27.32B params × 4.89 bits ÷ 8, before context/KV cache). Arithmetic, not a measurement; long contexts need more. Check other quants in the VRAM calculator.
Speeds are decode (generation) tokens/sec as reported by each source; quant, engine and context differ, so small gaps are noise.
All measured speeds for Qwen3.6 27B: best home rig for Qwen3.6 27B.
Qwen3.6 27B on other hardware: DGX Spark (GB10) · RTX 3090 · RTX 4090 · RTX 5090 · Radeon AI Pro R9700
Other models measured on Strix Halo (Radeon 8060S): Gemma 4 26B-A4B · Gemma 4 31B · Kolibri-1 · Qwen3.6 35B-A3B · Qwen3.8 27B · gpt-oss 120B
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