What hardware runs mxbai-embed-large?

The cheapest cataloged machine that runs mxbai-embed-large on the GPU is a AMD Radeon RX 7600 · 8GB VRAM. Here are the most affordable rigs that fit it, smallest memory first.

machinebest fitverdictspeed
AMD Radeon RX 7600 · 8GB VRAM 335M F16 ✅ Runs comfortably 80–130 tok/s
Apple M1 · 8GB 335M F16 ✅ Runs comfortably 30–50 tok/s
Apple M2 · 8GB 335M F16 ✅ Runs comfortably 40–70 tok/s
Apple M3 · 8GB 335M F16 ✅ Runs comfortably 40–70 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 · 8GB VRAM 335M F16 ✅ Runs comfortably 130–220 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 · 8GB VRAM 335M F16 ✅ Runs comfortably 80–130 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 · 10GB VRAM 335M F16 ✅ Runs comfortably 220–370 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT · 12GB VRAM 335M F16 ✅ Runs comfortably 110–180 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT · 12GB VRAM 335M F16 ✅ Runs comfortably 120–200 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 · 12GB VRAM 335M F16 ✅ Runs comfortably 110–180 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 · 12GB VRAM 335M F16 ✅ Runs comfortably 150–250 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT · 16GB VRAM 335M F16 ✅ Runs comfortably 140–240 tok/s

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Planning a whole workflow? Rigs for a coding agent · local chat · reasoning · local RAG setup.

$npx runlocal-sh can-i-run mxbai-embed-large --hardware <your-rig>

Verdicts use the same GQA-aware fit math as the CLI — a AMD Radeon RX 7600 verdict here matches what runlocal tells you on the machine.