Best local AI models for AMD RX 560
4 GB GDDR5. At a 4k context, 81 of the 233 models in our catalog with verified parameter counts fit fully, up to Lumina-Next / Lumina-Image 2.0 at 5B parameters.
Check your own machine against every model →The largest models that fit fully
The 30 largest of the 81 models that fit; every smaller model in the catalog fits too. Best quant means the highest quality compression whose weights and 4k context both sit inside the memory.
| Model | Parameters | Best quant that fits | Memory used at 4k |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumina-Next / Lumina-Image 2.0 | 5B | Q4_K_M | 3.7 GB |
| CogVideoX 2B / 5B | 5B | Q4_K_M | 3.7 GB |
| DeepSeek-VL2 | 4.5B | Q5_K_M | 3.8 GB |
| DeepFloyd IF | 4.3B | Q5_K_M | 3.7 GB |
| Phi-3.5-vision | 4.2B | Q5_K_M | 3.6 GB |
| Qwen3 4B | 4B | Q6_K | 3.9 GB |
| Gemma 3 4B | 4B | Q6_K | 3.9 GB |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 4B | Q6_K | 3.9 GB |
| MiniCPM 3 4B | 4B | Q6_K | 3.9 GB |
| Danube 3 4B | 4B | Q6_K | 3.9 GB |
| Fish Speech 1.5 / OpenAudio S1 | 4B | Q6_K | 3.9 GB |
| Phi-4-mini-instruct | 3.8B | Q6_K | 3.7 GB |
| Phi-3.5 Mini | 3.8B | Q6_K | 3.7 GB |
| OmniGen / OmniGen2 | 3.8B | Q6_K | 3.7 GB |
| SD Cascade (Würstchen v3) | 3.6B | Q6_K | 3.5 GB |
| SDXL Turbo | 3.5B | Q6_K | 3.4 GB |
| SDXL Lightning | 3.5B | Q6_K | 3.4 GB |
| ACE-Step | 3.5B | Q6_K | 3.4 GB |
| MusicGen small/medium/large | 3.3B | Q6_K | 3.2 GB |
| SmolLM3 3B | 3B | Q8_0 | 3.8 GB |
| Replit Code v1.5 3B | 3B | Q8_0 | 3.8 GB |
| Kandinsky 3.1 | 3B | Q8_0 | 3.8 GB |
| Voxtral Mini / Small | 3B | Q8_0 | 3.8 GB |
| Orpheus TTS | 3B | Q8_0 | 3.8 GB |
| Higgs Audio v2 | 3B | Q8_0 | 3.8 GB |
| Allegro | 2.8B | Q8_0 | 3.6 GB |
| Open-Sora Plan | 2.7B | Q8_0 | 3.4 GB |
| LFM2 1.2B / 2.6B | 2.6B | Q8_0 | 3.3 GB |
| Playground v2.5 | 2.6B | Q8_0 | 3.3 GB |
| Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium | 2.5B | Q8_0 | 3.2 GB |
Close, but only with CPU offload
These need more than the card holds at their smallest practical quant, so part of the model runs from system memory (figures assume 32 GB of it). They work, several times slower.
| Model | Parameters | Memory at FP8 / optimized | System RAM at 4k |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stable Diffusion XL | 3.417B | 4.1 GB needed | 6.1 GB |
| Phi-3 Mini | 3.8B | 4.4 GB needed | 6.4 GB |
| Phi-4-multimodal | 5.6B | 4.1 GB needed | 6.1 GB |
| Magicoder-S-DS 6.7B | 6.7B | 4.9 GB needed | 6.9 GB |
| Mistral 7B | 7B | 5.7 GB needed | 7.7 GB |
| Qwen2.5 0.5B / 1.5B / 3B / 7B | 7B | 5.1 GB needed | 7.1 GB |
| OLMo 2 1B / 7B | 7B | 5.1 GB needed | 7.1 GB |
| Falcon 3 1B / 3B / 7B | 7B | 5.1 GB needed | 7.1 GB |
| Command R7B | 7B | 5.1 GB needed | 7.1 GB |
| OpenHermes 2.5 | 7B | 5.1 GB needed | 7.1 GB |
How to read this
The AMD Radeon RX 560 is an entry level graphics card equipped with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory. When running artificial intelligence models locally, this hardware memory limit is the most critical factor. The model weights must reside in this memory for the graphics processor to compute them quickly. If a model exceeds this capacity, it cannot run entirely on the hardware processor.
To fit larger models into the 4 GB limit, developers use quantization. The quant column shows the compression level applied to each model. For example, the Q4_K_M quant uses four bit compression to fit the Lumina-Next 5B model at 3.7 GB of memory. Higher quants like Q6_K and Q8_0 offer better precision but require more space. A Q8_0 quant allows the 3B parameter SmolLM3 to fit at 3.8 GB of memory.
You can run models that exceed the onboard memory by offloading layers to your system RAM. This setup assumes you have 32 GB of system RAM available. For instance, running Mistral 7B at Q4_K_M requires 5.7 GB of total memory, which uses 7.7 GB of system RAM. Offloading allows you to run larger models like Command R7B or Falcon 3 7B, but it costs processing speed because system RAM is much slower than GDDR5.
When selecting a model, you must also consider the context window. Running a model at its maximum context length of 4k tokens or higher increases memory consumption during generation. If you use the maximum context, the active memory may exceed the limits of your card. For the tightest fits like DeepSeek-VL2 at 3.8 GB, you should keep your context short to avoid running out of memory.
The RX 560 can run diverse tasks within its 4 GB boundary. You can run image generation with SDXL Turbo at Q6_K using 3.4 GB of memory. For vision tasks, Phi-3.5-vision fits at Q5_K_M using 3.6 GB of memory. Audio generation is also possible with Orpheus TTS at Q8_0 using 3.8 GB of memory. Selecting the correct quant ensures these models run entirely on your graphics hardware.