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Intel Arc A770 16GB vs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

For running models locally, priced in Canada. At 64k context the first runs 10 models fully in memory, the second 10.

In short

Both have 16 GB of memory for models; the Intel Arc A770 16GB has 560 GB/s of bandwidth and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 640 GB/s. At 64k context both run the same 10 models we track fully in memory. On the models both run fully in memory, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is about 1.3× as fast as the Intel Arc A770 16GB (estimated, median across models). In Canada the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs $655 at Amazon and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT $1,200 at Amazon: the Intel Arc A770 16GB is $545 cheaper.

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

Intel Arc A770 16GB

$655

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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

$1,200

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Specifications

SpecIntel Arc A770 16GBAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPUArc A770 16GBRadeon RX 9070 XT
Memory16 GB GDDR616 GB GDDR6
Memory bus256-bit256-bit
Memory bandwidth560 GB/s640 GB/s
FP16 compute131 TFLOPS195 TFLOPS
SoftwareSYCL / oneAPIROCm
Board power225 W304 W
PCIe generationGen 4Gen 5
PCIe lanesx16x16

What each runs

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

ModelIntel Arc A770 16GBAMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
gpt-oss 20B38tok/sMXFP452tok/sMXFP4
Gemma 4 12B20tok/sQ8_025tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B24tok/sQ8_030tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B19tok/sQ4_K_M24tok/sQ4_K_M
Qwen3 8B19tok/sQ4_K_M24tok/sQ4_K_M
Qwen 3.5 4B42tok/sQ8_053tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B20tok/sQ4_K_M25tok/sQ4_K_M
Gemma 4 E4B28tok/sQ8_035tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B36tok/sQ8_049tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B20tok/sQ5_K_M25tok/sQ5_K_M
Qwen 3.8 27Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.6 27Boffloadoffload
Gemma 4 31Boffloadoffload
Mistral Small 4 119Boffloadoffload
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
Kimi Linear 48B-A3Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 32Boffloadoffload
Gemma 3 27Boffloadoffload
Mistral Small 3.2 24Boffloadoffload
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32Boffloadoffload
Ministral 3 14Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 14Boffloadoffload
Phi-4 14Boffloadoffload
Granite 4.2 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
GLM 4.5 Airwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3Bwon'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 AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT?
Choose the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT for speed. Choose the Intel Arc A770 16GB to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT?
At 64k context both run the same 10 models we track fully in memory.
Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT?
On the models both run fully in memory, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is about 1.3× as fast as the Intel Arc A770 16GB (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the Intel Arc A770 16GB and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT?
In Canada the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs $655 at Amazon and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT $1,200 at Amazon: the Intel Arc A770 16GB is $545 cheaper.

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