What hardware runs Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B?

The smallest-memory cataloged machine that runs Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B on the GPU is a AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX · 24GB VRAM. Here are the rigs that fit it, smallest memory first.

machinebest fitverdictspeed
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX · 24GB VRAM 30B-A3B (MoE) Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 180–300 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 · 24GB VRAM 30B-A3B (MoE) Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 190–310 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 · 24GB VRAM 30B-A3B (MoE) Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 200–330 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 · 32GB VRAM 30B-A3B (MoE) Q6_K ✅ Runs (tight) 270–440 tok/s
Apple M3 Max · 36GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 85–140 tok/s
Apple M3 Pro · 36GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 40–65 tok/s
Apple M4 Max · 36GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 90–150 tok/s
AMD Radeon Pro W7900 · 48GB VRAM 30B-A3B (MoE) Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 100–170 tok/s
Apple M3 Max · 48GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q8_0 ✅ Runs (tight) 50–85 tok/s
Apple M4 Max · 48GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q8_0 ✅ Runs (tight) 65–100 tok/s
Apple M4 Pro · 48GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q8_0 ✅ Runs (tight) 40–65 tok/s
Apple M1 Max · 64GB 30B-A3B (MoE) Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 55–90 tok/s

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$npx runlocal-sh can-i-run qwen3-coder --hardware <your-rig>

Verdicts use the same GQA-aware fit math as the CLI — a AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX verdict here matches what runlocal tells you on the machine.