Can AMD Radeon RX 9070 run Codestral 22B?
22B parameter Code model on 16GB GDDR6
VRAM Requirements
Codestral 22B is a 22B parameter model. At full precision (FP16), it requires 44GB of VRAM. Your AMD Radeon RX 9070 has 16GB, so you'll need to quantize it to 4-bit (Q4) to fit.
Maximum quality, no quantization
Near-lossless, ~50% size reduction
Good quality, ~75% size reduction
Recommended system RAM: 32GB DDR5 (2x GPU VRAM minimum for model overflow)
What This Means in Practice
Codestral 22B at Q4 on AMD Radeon RX 9070 works for code completion but complex multi-file operations may show quality drops. Still very usable for day-to-day coding assistance. Consider a larger VRAM GPU for professional code generation workflows.
How to Set It Up
Step 1: Install Ollama
curl -fsSL https://ollama.com/install.sh | shOllama is the easiest way to run local LLMs. Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Step 2: Download and run Codestral 22B
ollama run codestral:22b:q4_K_MThis downloads the Q4_K_M quantized version (~13GB). First run takes a few minutes to download.
Step 3: Verify GPU is being used
rocm-smiCheck that VRAM usage increases when the model loads. You should see ~13GB used.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 Specs
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About Codestral 22B
Top code completion model. Q4 fits on 16GB GPUs.