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Framework Desktop (AMD Strix Halo) mainboard

GPU(s)AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Radeon 8060S iGPU; Ollama runs CPU only, llama.cpp runs on iGPU via Vulkan)
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VRAM / unified memory (GB)
CPUAMD Ryzen AI Max (Strix Halo)
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MotherboardFramework Desktop mainboard
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RAM
PSU
OtherOllama benchmark
Reported total cost
Power~141 W during Ollama CPU runs; ~133 W during llama.cpp Vulkan iGPU runs (Llama 3.2 3B, Llama 3.1 70B)

Measured speed (generation tokens/sec)

📏 How measured: reported by the original source; RigBase re-checked the numbers at that source

ModelQuantEnginetok/sDetails
DeepSeek R1 Distill 8BOllama defaultOllama (CPU only, iGPU not used)19.49
DeepSeek R1 Distill 70BOllama defaultOllama (CPU only, iGPU not used)2.43
Llama 3.1 70BQ4_K_Mllama.cpp Vulkan (iGPU, llama-bench tg128)4.97
Llama 3.2 3BQ4_K_Mllama.cpp Vulkan (iGPU, llama-bench tg128)88.14

Source: https://github.com/geerlingguy/ai-benchmarks/issues/21
https://github.com/geerlingguy/ai-benchmarks/issues/21#issuecomment-3164568218
https://github.com/geerlingguy/ai-benchmarks

Blank fields = not stated in the source. We never estimate build data; GPU street prices above are separately sourced and dated.

Rent before you buy: try this model on a cloud GPU for a few dollars first: Runpod (referral link; sign up with Google to get the new-user bonus)
Compare: DGX Spark vs Mac Studio vs Strix Halo: measured tok/s and tok/s per watt