The cheapest cataloged machine that runs Yi-Coder 9B on the GPU is a AMD Radeon RX 7600 · 8GB VRAM. Here are the most affordable rigs that fit it, smallest memory first.
| machine | best fit | verdict | speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Radeon RX 7600 · 8GB VRAM | 9B Q4_K_M | ✅ Runs (tight) | 18–30 tok/s |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 · 8GB VRAM | 9B Q4_K_M | ✅ Runs (tight) | 30–50 tok/s |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 · 8GB VRAM | 9B Q4_K_M | ✅ Runs (tight) | 18–30 tok/s |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 · 10GB VRAM | 9B Q6_K | ✅ Runs (tight) | 40–65 tok/s |
| AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT · 12GB VRAM | 9B Q8_0 | ✅ Runs (tight) | 15–25 tok/s |
| AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT · 12GB VRAM | 9B Q8_0 | ✅ Runs (tight) | 17–30 tok/s |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 · 12GB VRAM | 9B Q8_0 | ✅ Runs (tight) | 15–25 tok/s |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 · 12GB VRAM | 9B Q8_0 | ✅ Runs (tight) | 20–35 tok/s |
| AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT · 16GB VRAM | 9B Q8_0 | ✅ Runs comfortably | 20–35 tok/s |
| AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT · 16GB VRAM | 9B Q8_0 | ✅ Runs comfortably | 25–40 tok/s |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT · 16GB VRAM | 9B Q8_0 | ✅ Runs comfortably | 25–40 tok/s |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 · 16GB VRAM | 9B Q8_0 | ✅ Runs comfortably | 30–50 tok/s |
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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.