Intel Arc B580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
For running models locally, priced in Canada. At 32k context the first runs 10 models fully in memory, the second 13.
In short
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB has more memory for models: 16 GB against 12 GB. At 32k context the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB runs 13 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc B580 10; only the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB holds gpt-oss 20B. On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is about 1.1× as fast as the Intel Arc B580 (estimated, median across models). In Canada the Intel Arc B580 costs $560 at Amazon and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB $1,120 at Amazon: the Intel Arc B580 is $560 cheaper.
Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.
Specifications
| Spec | Intel Arc B580 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Arc B580 | GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB |
| Memory | 12 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR7 |
| Memory bus | 192-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 456 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 116.5 TFLOPS | 47 TFLOPS |
| Software | SYCL / oneAPI | CUDA |
| Board power | 190 W | 180 W |
| PCIe generation | Gen 4 | Gen 5 |
| PCIe lanes | x8 | x8 |
What each runs
Estimated decode speed with the most precise quant that fits each one est.
| Model | Intel Arc B580 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| gpt-oss 20B | offload | 52tok/sMXFP4 |
| Gemma 4 12B | 21tok/sQ6_K | 21tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | 21tok/sQ8_0 | 26tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 14B | offload | 19tok/sQ5_K_M |
| Qwen3 14B | offload | 19tok/sQ4_K_M |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B | 21tok/sQ5_K_M | 21tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 8B | 21tok/sQ5_K_M | 21tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | 41tok/sQ8_0 | 50tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 8B | 22tok/sQ5_K_M | 20tok/sQ8_0 |
| Granite 4.2 8B | 21tok/sQ4_K_M | 19tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 25tok/sQ8_0 | 30tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | 47tok/sQ8_0 | 62tok/sQ8_0 |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 21tok/sQ6_K | 26tok/sQ6_K |
| Qwen 3.8 27B | offload | offload |
| Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B | won't run | offload |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | offload | offload |
| Gemma 4 31B | offload | offload |
| Mistral Small 4 119B | won't run | offload |
| Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B | offload | offload |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | offload | offload |
| Gemma 4 26B-A4B | offload | offload |
| Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B | offload | offload |
| GLM 4.7 Flash | offload | offload |
| Devstral Small 2 24B | offload | offload |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B | offload | offload |
| Kimi Linear 48B-A3B | offload | offload |
| Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B | offload | offload |
| Qwen3 32B | offload | offload |
| Gemma 3 27B | offload | offload |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | offload | offload |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | offload | offload |
| Phi-4 14B | offload | offload |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | won't run | won't run |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | won't run | won't run |
| Qwen 3.8 Flash Next | won't run | won't run |
| MiniMax M2.7 | won't run | won't run |
| Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B | won't run | won't run |
| Qwen3 Coder Next | won't run | won't run |
| gpt-oss 120B | won't run | won't run |
| GLM 4.5 Air | won't run | won't run |
| Qwen3 Next 80B-A3B | won't run | won't run |
| Llama 3.3 70B | won't run | won't run |
Questions
- Which is better for local AI, the Intel Arc B580 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
- Choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB to run bigger models. Choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB for speed. Choose the Intel Arc B580 to spend less.
- Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc B580 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
- At 32k context the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB runs 13 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc B580 10; only the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB holds gpt-oss 20B.
- Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc B580 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
- On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is about 1.1× as fast as the Intel Arc B580 (estimated, median across models).
- What is the price difference between the Intel Arc B580 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
- In Canada the Intel Arc B580 costs $560 at Amazon and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB $1,120 at Amazon: the Intel Arc B580 is $560 cheaper.
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