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

For running models locally, priced in Germany. At 8k context the first runs 14 models fully in memory, the second 16.

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 8k context the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB runs 16 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc A770 16GB 14; only the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB holds Devstral Small 2 24B. 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 Germany the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs 646 € at eBay and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB 739 € at Amazon: the Intel Arc A770 16GB is 93 € cheaper.

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

Intel Arc A770 16GB

646 €

eBay

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

739 €

Amazon

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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
Devstral Small 2 24Boffload18tok/sQ4_K_M
gpt-oss 20B59tok/sMXFP463tok/sMXFP4
Gemma 4 12B21tok/sQ8_021tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B28tok/sQ8_028tok/sQ8_0
Mistral Small 3.2 24Boffload18tok/sQ4_K_M
Ministral 3 14B23tok/sQ6_K18tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 14B21tok/sQ6_K21tok/sQ6_K
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B28tok/sQ8_028tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 8B28tok/sQ8_028tok/sQ8_0
Phi-4 14B20tok/sQ6_K20tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.5 4B58tok/sQ8_058tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B28tok/sQ8_027tok/sQ8_0
Granite 4.2 8B26tok/sQ8_026tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B33tok/sQ8_033tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B105tok/sQ8_0114tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B37tok/sQ6_K36tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.8 27Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Boffloadoffload
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
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3Boffloadoffload
Kimi Linear 48B-A3Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 32Boffloadoffload
Gemma 3 27Boffloadoffload
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32Boffloadoffload
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
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB to run bigger models. 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 8k context the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB runs 16 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc A770 16GB 14; only the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB holds Devstral Small 2 24B.
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 Germany the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs 646 € at eBay and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB 739 € at Amazon: the Intel Arc A770 16GB is 93 € cheaper.

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