diff --git a/ggml-cuda.cu b/ggml-cuda.cu
index 09585b07d..71a64ca09 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda.cu
@@ -123,24 +123,6 @@
 
 #define GGML_CUDA_MAX_NODES 8192
 
-// define this if you want to always fallback to MMQ kernels and not use cuBLAS for matrix multiplication
-// on modern hardware, using cuBLAS is recommended as it utilizes F16 tensor cores which are very performant
-// for large computational tasks. the drawback is that this requires some extra amount of VRAM:
-// -  7B quantum model: +100-200 MB
-// - 13B quantum model: +200-400 MB
-//
-//#define GGML_CUDA_FORCE_MMQ
-
-// TODO: improve this to be correct for more hardware
-//       for example, currently fails for GeForce GTX 1660 which is TURING arch (> VOLTA) but does not have tensor cores
-//       probably other such cases, and not sure what happens on AMD hardware
-#if !defined(GGML_CUDA_FORCE_MMQ)
-#define CUDA_USE_TENSOR_CORES
-#endif
-
-// max batch size to use MMQ kernels when tensor cores are available
-#define MMQ_MAX_BATCH_SIZE 32
-
 #if defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS)
 #define __CUDA_ARCH__ 1300
 
@@ -207,6 +189,23 @@ static __device__ __forceinline__ int __dp4a(const int a, const int b, int c) {
 }
 #endif // defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS)
 
+// define this if you want to always fallback to MMQ kernels and not use cuBLAS for matrix multiplication
+// on modern hardware, using cuBLAS is recommended as it utilizes F16 tensor cores which are very performant
+// for large computational tasks. the drawback is that this requires some extra amount of VRAM:
+// -  7B quantum model: +100-200 MB
+// - 13B quantum model: +200-400 MB
+//
+//#define GGML_CUDA_FORCE_MMQ
+
+// TODO: improve this to be correct for more hardware
+//       for example, currently fails for GeForce GTX 1660 which is TURING arch (> VOLTA) but does not have tensor cores
+#if !defined(GGML_CUDA_FORCE_MMQ) && (!defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) || defined(RDNA3))
+#define CUDA_USE_TENSOR_CORES
+#endif
+
+// max batch size to use MMQ kernels when tensor cores are available
+#define MMQ_MAX_BATCH_SIZE 32
+
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
 #pragma warning(disable: 4244 4267) // possible loss of data
 #endif
@@ -8661,11 +8660,26 @@ static void ggml_cuda_mul_mat(const ggml_tensor * src0, const ggml_tensor * src1
         }
     }
 
-#ifdef CUDA_USE_TENSOR_CORES
-    const bool use_tensor_cores = true;
+#if defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__)
+    const bool fp16_performance_good = true;
+
+#ifdef RDNA3
+    const bool use_mul_mat_q = false;
 #else
-    const bool use_tensor_cores = false;
-#endif
+    const bool use_mul_mat_q = true;
+#endif // RDNA3
+
+#else
+
+    const bool fp16_performance_good = min_compute_capability >= CC_VOLTA;
+    bool               use_mul_mat_q = min_compute_capability >= MIN_CC_DP4A && ggml_is_quantized(src0->type);
+#ifdef CUDA_USE_TENSOR_CORES
+    // when tensor cores are available, use them for large batch size
+    // ref: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/3776
+    use_mul_mat_q = use_mul_mat_q && !(fp16_performance_good && src1->ne[1] > MMQ_MAX_BATCH_SIZE);
+#endif // CUDA_USE_TENSOR_CORES
+
+#endif // defined(GGML_USE_HIPBLAS) && defined(__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__)
 
     // debug helpers
     //printf("src0: %8d %8d %8d %8d\n", src0->ne[0], src0->ne[1], src0->ne[2], src0->ne[3]);
@@ -8675,13 +8689,13 @@ static void ggml_cuda_mul_mat(const ggml_tensor * src0, const ggml_tensor * src1
     //printf("src0 is contiguous %d, transposed %d, type = %s, name = %s\n", ggml_is_contiguous(src0), ggml_is_transposed(src0), ggml_type_name(src0->type), src0->name);
     //printf("src1 is contiguous %d, transposed %d, type = %s, name = %s\n", ggml_is_contiguous(src1), ggml_is_transposed(src1), ggml_type_name(src1->type), src1->name);
 
-    if (!split && all_on_device && !use_tensor_cores && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && ggml_is_permuted(src0) && ggml_is_permuted(src1) && src1->ne[1] == 1) {
+    if (!split && all_on_device && !fp16_performance_good && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && ggml_is_permuted(src0) && ggml_is_permuted(src1) && src1->ne[1] == 1) {
         // KQ single-batch
         ggml_cuda_mul_mat_vec_p021(src0, src1, dst);
-    } else if (!split && all_on_device && !use_tensor_cores && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && !ggml_is_contiguous(src0) && !ggml_is_transposed(src1) && src1->ne[1] == 1) {
+    } else if (!split && all_on_device && !fp16_performance_good && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && !ggml_is_contiguous(src0) && !ggml_is_transposed(src1) && src1->ne[1] == 1) {
         // KQV single-batch
         ggml_cuda_mul_mat_vec_nc(src0, src1, dst);
-    } else if (!split && all_on_device && use_tensor_cores && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && !ggml_is_transposed(src0) && !ggml_is_transposed(src1)) {
+    } else if (!split && all_on_device && fp16_performance_good && src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F16 && !ggml_is_transposed(src0) && !ggml_is_transposed(src1)) {
         // KQ + KQV multi-batch
         ggml_cuda_mul_mat_mat_batched_cublas(src0, src1, dst);
     } else if (src0->type == GGML_TYPE_F32) {
@@ -8701,14 +8715,6 @@ static void ggml_cuda_mul_mat(const ggml_tensor * src0, const ggml_tensor * src1
                 ggml_cuda_op_mul_mat(src0, src1, dst, ggml_cuda_op_dequantize_mul_mat_vec, false);
             }
         } else {
-            bool use_mul_mat_q = min_compute_capability >= MIN_CC_DP4A && ggml_is_quantized(src0->type);
-
-            // when tensor cores are available, use them for large batch size
-            // ref: https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/3776
-            if (use_tensor_cores && min_compute_capability >= CC_VOLTA && src1->ne[1] > MMQ_MAX_BATCH_SIZE) {
-                use_mul_mat_q = false;
-            }
-
             if (use_mul_mat_q) {
                 ggml_cuda_op_mul_mat(src0, src1, dst, ggml_cuda_op_mul_mat_q, true);
             } else {