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Can the AMD Instinct MI455X run Pythia-12b?

Yes โ€” here's how fast and up to what context, with real measured numbers.

Pythia-12b on the AMD Instinct MI455X

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 2270k 514.5-628.8 t/s ~1.1-1.3 (slow)
Q8 yes 2343k 1029-1257.7 t/s ~2.1-2.6 (slow)
Q4 yes 2376k 1837.5-2245.8 t/s ~3.8-4.6 (slow)

Estimate (memory-bound). Beyond "max context" the KV cache spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and speed drops to the "beyond" figure.

FAQ

Can the AMD Instinct MI455X run Pythia-12b?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~1837.5-2245.8 tok/s and fits up to 2376k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~3.8-4.6 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 2376k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.