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Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB and RX 480 8GB Vulkan benchmarks llama.cpp

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My XFX Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB Vram GPU struggles with models over 20B size. I added my Radeon RX 480 8GB Vram GPU to the system and ran a few benchmarks using llama.cpp Ubuntu Vulkan build 10453. https://preview.redd.it/xx5op8tvx4oh1.jpg?width=771&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0504b2218030f60a238bfa628b…

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  1. 2026-09-07 17:53 · r/LocalLLM
    Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB and RX 480 8GB Vulkan benchmarks llama.cpp
  2. 2026-09-07 17:52 · r/LocalLLaMA
    Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16GB and RX 480 8GB Vulkan benchmarks llama.cpp

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