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Intel Arc A770 16GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

For running models locally, priced in Canada. At 128k context the first runs 5 models fully in memory, the second 5.

In short

Both have 16 GB of memory for models; the Intel Arc A770 16GB has 560 GB/s of bandwidth and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB 448 GB/s. At 128k context both run the same 5 models we track fully in memory. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc A770 16GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB are about as fast as each other (estimated). In Canada the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs $655 at Amazon and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB $1,120 at Amazon: the Intel Arc A770 16GB is $465 cheaper.

Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.

Intel Arc A770 16GB

$655

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

$1,120

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Specifications

SpecIntel Arc A770 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
GPUArc A770 16GBGeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
Memory16 GB GDDR616 GB GDDR7
Memory bus256-bit128-bit
Memory bandwidth560 GB/s448 GB/s
FP16 compute131 TFLOPS47 TFLOPS
SoftwareSYCL / oneAPICUDA
Board power225 W180 W
PCIe generationGen 4Gen 5
PCIe lanesx16x8

What each runs

Estimated decode speed with the most precise quant that fits each one est.

ModelIntel Arc A770 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
Gemma 4 12B23tok/sQ6_K23tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.5 9B20tok/sQ8_020tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B32tok/sQ8_032tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B23tok/sQ8_023tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B21tok/sUD-Q6_K23tok/sUD-Q6_K
Qwen 3.8 27Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.6 27Boffloadoffload
Gemma 4 31Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.5 27Boffloadoffload
Gemma 4 26B-A4Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3Boffloadoffload
GLM 4.7 Flashoffloadoffload
Devstral Small 2 24Boffloadoffload
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3Boffloadoffload
gpt-oss 20Boffloadoffload
Kimi Linear 48B-A3Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3Boffloadoffload
Gemma 3 27Boffloadoffload
Mistral Small 3.2 24Boffloadoffload
Ministral 3 14Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 14Boffloadoffload
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 8Boffloadoffload
Phi-4 14Boffloadoffload
Ministral 3 8Boffloadoffload
Granite 4.2 8Boffloadoffload
Llama 3.1 8Boffloadoffload
DeepSeek V4 Flashwon't runwon't run
GLM 5.3 Flashwon't runwon't run
Qwen 3.8 Flash Nextwon't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.7won't runwon't run
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Bwon't runwon't run
Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12Bwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 Coder Nextwon't runwon't run
gpt-oss 120Bwon't runwon't run
Mistral Small 4 119Bwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.5 Airwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3Bwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 32Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32Bwon't runwon't run
Llama 3.3 70Bwon't runwon't run

Questions

Which is better for local AI, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
Choose the Intel Arc A770 16GB to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
At 128k context both run the same 5 models we track fully in memory.
Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc A770 16GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB are about as fast as each other (estimated).
What is the price difference between the Intel Arc A770 16GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
In Canada the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs $655 at Amazon and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB $1,120 at Amazon: the Intel Arc A770 16GB is $465 cheaper.

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