Which local LLMs can the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo) run?

Unified memory — by default the GPU can use about 70% of it

Assumes 8k context and an f16 KV cache. Verdicts are shown for each memory size.

Specs

Memory options
32 GB · 64 GB · 128 GB
Memory bandwidth
256.0 GB/s
FP16 compute
29.7 TFLOPS
Launch year
2025
Price
$1,999 launch MSRP

Verdicts at a glance

At Q4_K_M (or the closest available quant) with 8k context.

  • 32 GBRuns great12 modelsRuns well7 modelsRuns slowly5 modelsWon't run5 models1 more model runs at a lower quant.
  • 64 GBRuns great13 modelsRuns well7 modelsRuns slowly5 modelsWon't run4 models2 more models run at a lower quant.
  • 128 GBRuns great15 modelsRuns well8 modelsRuns slowly5 modelsWon't run1 model1 more model runs at a lower quant.

How to read the verdicts

Runs great
Fully on the GPU at 20 tok/s or more
Runs well
Fully on the GPU at 8–20 tok/s; MoE experts in system RAM at 20 tok/s or more; or at least 90% on the GPU at 8 tok/s or more
Runs slowly
2–8 tok/s; CPU-only; less than 90% on the GPU; or MoE experts in system RAM below 20 tok/s
Won't run
Does not fit, or under 2 tok/s

Every model on the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo)

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29 models sorted by verdict and speed, with 128 GB of memory
ModelVerdictSpeedQuantMemoryRuns asContextNotes
EXAONE 4.0 1.2B
Runs great
est. 126.7 tok/s101.4–152.0calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M1.9 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 64k—
HyperCLOVA X SEED 1.5B
Runs great
est. 91.7 tok/s73.3–110.0calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M2.4 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 16k—
Qwen3.5 35B-A3B
Runs great
est. 66.0 tok/s52.8–79.2calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M23.4 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 128k—
gpt-oss-20b
Runs great
est. 59.3 tok/s47.5–71.2calibrated estimate ±20%
MXFP412.9 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 64k
  • reasoning model
gpt-oss-120b
Runs great
50.2 tok/s8k estimate 44.2 tok/s (35.4–53.0, calibrated estimate ±20%)measured (1 run, 2k context)
MXFP464.3 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 32k
  • reasoning model
Qwen3 30B-A3B (2507)
Runs great
est. 48.2 tok/s38.6–57.9calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M19.9 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 32k—
Gemma 4 26B-A4B
Runs great
est. 46.9 tok/s37.6–56.3calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M17.9 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 64k—
Kanana 1.5 15.7B-A3B
Runs great
est. 44.2 tok/s35.4–53.1calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M12.1 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 32k—
Kanana 1.5 8B
Runs great
est. 27.8 tok/s22.2–33.3calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M6.6 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 16k—
Llama 3.1 8B
Runs great
est. 27.8 tok/s22.2–33.3calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M6.6 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 16k—
Qwen3.5 9B
Runs great
est. 27.1 tok/s21.7–32.5calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M6.7 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 64k—
Qwen3 8B
Runs great
est. 26.7 tok/s21.3–32.0calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M6.8 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 16k—
Gemma 4 12B
Runs great
est. 21.7 tok/s17.4–26.1calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M8.2 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 16k—
Gemma 3 12B
Runs great
est. 21.2 tok/s17.0–25.5calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M8.4 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 8k—
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
Runs great
est. 21.0 tok/s16.8–25.2calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M79.0 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 16k—
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B
Runs well
est. 27.8 tok/s22.2–33.3calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M6.6 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 64k
  • reasoning model
HyperCLOVA X SEED Think 14B
Runs well
est. 16.3 tok/s11.4–21.2theoretical estimate ±30%
Q4_K_M10.8 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 16k
  • reasoning model
Qwen3 14B
Runs well
est. 16.1 tok/s12.9–19.3calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M10.9 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 32k
  • Q2_K (heavy quality loss): Runs great
Phi-4
Runs well
est. 15.5 tok/s12.4–18.6calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M11.3 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 16k
  • reasoning model
Solar Open 100B
Runs well
est. 15.3 tok/s12.2–18.3calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M64.4 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 32k
  • Q2_K (heavy quality loss): Runs great
Mistral Small 3.2 24B
Runs well
est. 10.6 tok/s8.5–12.7calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M16.2 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 32k—
Gemma 3 27B
Runs well
est. 9.7 tok/s7.7–11.6calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M17.8 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 32k—
Qwen3.5 27B
Runs well
est. 9.4 tok/s7.5–11.3calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M18.2 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 32k—
EXAONE 4.0 32B
Runs slowly
est. 8.4 tok/s6.7–10.0calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M20.5 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 128k
  • reasoning model
EXAONE 4.5 33B
Runs slowly
est. 8.1 tok/s6.5–9.7calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M21.2 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 256k
  • reasoning model
Qwen3 32B
Runs slowly
est. 7.6 tok/s6.1–9.1calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M22.5 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 32k
  • Try IQ4_XS: Runs well
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B
Runs slowly
est. 7.6 tok/s6.1–9.1calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M22.6 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 128k
  • reasoning model
Llama 3.3 70B
Runs slowly
est. 3.7 tok/s2.9–4.4calibrated estimate ±20%
Q4_K_M45.8 / 89.6 GBUnified memoryup to 64k—
Solar Open 2 250B
Won't runTry Q2_K (heavy quality loss): Runs slowly
est. 18.0 tok/s12.6–23.4theoretical estimate ±30%
Q2_K95.8 GB RAMCPU onlyup to 256k
  • CPU inference — capped at Runs slowly

Reasoning models spend extra tokens thinking, so their speed thresholds are 1.5× stricter (30 / 12 / 3 tok/s).

Verdict by memory size

Q4_K_M verdict for each memory configuration — open the model page for speeds
Model32 GB64 GB128 GB
EXAONE 4.0 1.2BRuns greatRuns greatRuns great
HyperCLOVA X SEED 1.5BRuns greatRuns greatRuns great
Qwen3.5 35B-A3BRuns slowlyRuns greatRuns great
gpt-oss-20bRuns greatRuns greatRuns great
gpt-oss-120bWon't runWon't runRuns great
Qwen3 30B-A3B (2507)Runs greatRuns greatRuns great
Gemma 4 26B-A4BRuns greatRuns greatRuns great
Kanana 1.5 15.7B-A3BRuns greatRuns greatRuns great
Kanana 1.5 8BRuns greatRuns greatRuns great
Llama 3.1 8BRuns greatRuns greatRuns great
Qwen3.5 9BRuns greatRuns greatRuns great
Qwen3 8BRuns greatRuns greatRuns great
Gemma 4 12BRuns greatRuns greatRuns great
Gemma 3 12BRuns greatRuns greatRuns great
Qwen3.5 122B-A10BWon't runWon't runRuns great
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8BRuns wellRuns wellRuns well
HyperCLOVA X SEED Think 14BRuns wellRuns wellRuns well
Qwen3 14BRuns wellRuns wellRuns well
Phi-4Runs wellRuns wellRuns well
Solar Open 100BWon't runWon't runRuns well
Mistral Small 3.2 24BRuns wellRuns wellRuns well
Gemma 3 27BRuns wellRuns wellRuns well
Qwen3.5 27BRuns wellRuns wellRuns well
EXAONE 4.0 32BRuns slowlyRuns slowlyRuns slowly
EXAONE 4.5 33BRuns slowlyRuns slowlyRuns slowly
Qwen3 32BRuns slowlyRuns slowlyRuns slowly
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BRuns slowlyRuns slowlyRuns slowly
Llama 3.3 70BWon't runRuns slowlyRuns slowly
Solar Open 2 250BWon't runWon't runWon't run

Measured results on the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo)

Public benchmarks we calibrate against. Their conditions (context, backend, flags) can differ from the estimates above.

Measured results on the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo)
ModelQuantBackendContextPrompt (tok/s)Generation (tok/s)FlagsSourceMeasured
gpt-oss-120bMXFP4llama.cpp2k707.050.2ROCm7quozul.dev2025-10-27

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest model that runs entirely on the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo)?

Qwen3.5 122B-A10B at Q4_K_M (a 78.26 GB file) fits entirely in 128 GB of unified memory with 8k context, at est. 21.0 tok/s (16.8–25.2, calibrated estimate ±20%).

How many local LLMs run well on the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo)?

At Q4_K_M with 8k context, with 128 GB of memory, out of 29 tracked models: 15 run great, 8 run well, 5 run slowly and 1 won't run.

Can the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo) run a 70B model like Llama 3.3 70B?

Runs slowly — Unified memory, Q4_K_M: est. 3.7 tok/s (2.9–4.4, calibrated estimate ±20%).

Speeds are estimates from memory bandwidth, calibrated against public benchmarks, and each one comes with an error band and a confidence label. Real results vary with drivers, backend, context length and thermals.