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Intel Arc Pro B60 vs AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

For running models locally, priced in Canada. At 128k context the first runs 14 models fully in memory, the second 11.

In short

The Intel Arc Pro B60 has more memory for models: 24 GB against 16 GB. At 128k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 14 of the models we track fully in memory and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 11; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Gemma 4 26B-A4B. On the models both run fully in memory, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is about 1.5× as fast as the Intel Arc Pro B60 (estimated, median across models). In Canada the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs $1,060 at Amazon and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT $1,050 at Amazon: the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is $10 cheaper.

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

Intel Arc Pro B60

$1,060

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AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT

$1,050

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Specifications

SpecIntel Arc Pro B60AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPUArc Pro B60Radeon RX 9070 XT
Memory24 GB GDDR616 GB GDDR6
Memory bus192-bit256-bit
Memory bandwidth456 GB/s640 GB/s
FP16 compute98.5 TFLOPS195 TFLOPS
SoftwareSYCL / oneAPIROCm
Board power200 W304 W
PCIe generationGen 5Gen 5
PCIe lanesx8x16

What each runs

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

ModelIntel Arc Pro B60AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Gemma 4 26B-A4B21tok/sQ5_K_Moffload
gpt-oss 20B22tok/sMXFP4offload
Gemma 4 12B15tok/sQ8_029tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.5 9B16tok/sQ8_025tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B26tok/sQ8_040tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B19tok/sQ8_029tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B17tok/sQ8_029tok/sUD-Q6_K
Llama 3.1 8B10tok/sQ5_K_Moffload
Qwen3.5 0.8B93tok/sQ8_0144tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 2B79tok/sQ4_K_M121tok/sQ4_K_M
LFM2.5 2.6B21tok/sQ8_032tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 VL 3B21tok/sQ8_032tok/sQ8_0
granite 4.2 3b16tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.6V Flash15tok/sQ8_031tok/sQ4_K_M
Qwen 3.8 27Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Boffloadwon't run
Qwen 3.6 27Boffloadoffload
Gemma 4 31Boffloadoffload
Mistral Small 4 119Boffloadwon't run
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.5 27Boffloadoffload
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
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
LFM2.5 24B A2Boffloadoffload
Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512offloadoffload
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
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
Qwen3 32Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32Bwon't runwon't run
Llama 3.3 70Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Expwon't runwon't run
Devstral 2 123B Instruct 2512won't runwon't run
GLM 4.5Vwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.6Vwon't runwon't run
GLM 5.3won't runwon't run
granite 4.2 30bwon't runwon't run

Questions

Which is better for local AI, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT?
Choose the Intel Arc Pro B60 to run bigger models. Choose the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT for speed. Choose the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT?
At 128k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 14 of the models we track fully in memory and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT 11; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Gemma 4 26B-A4B.
Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT?
On the models both run fully in memory, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is about 1.5× as fast as the Intel Arc Pro B60 (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the Intel Arc Pro B60 and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT?
In Canada the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs $1,060 at Amazon and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT $1,050 at Amazon: the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is $10 cheaper.

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