Intel Arc A770 16GB vs Intel Arc B580
For running models locally, priced in India. At 8k context the first runs 14 models fully in memory, the second 13.
In short
The Intel Arc A770 16GB has more memory for models: 16 GB against 12 GB. At 8k context the Intel Arc A770 16GB runs 14 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc B580 13; only the Intel Arc A770 16GB holds gpt-oss 20B. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc A770 16GB is about 1.2× as fast as the Intel Arc B580 (estimated, median across models).
Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.
Specifications
| Spec | Intel Arc A770 16GB | Intel Arc B580 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Arc A770 16GB | Arc B580 |
| Memory | 16 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 560 GB/s | 456 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 131 TFLOPS | 116.5 TFLOPS |
| Software | SYCL / oneAPI | SYCL / oneAPI |
| Board power | 225 W | 190 W |
| PCIe generation | Gen 4 | Gen 4 |
| PCIe lanes | x16 | x8 |
What each runs
Estimated decode speed with the most precise quant that fits each one est.
| Model | Intel Arc A770 16GB | Intel Arc B580 |
|---|---|---|
| gpt-oss 20B | 59tok/sMXFP4 | offload |
| Gemma 4 12B | 21tok/sQ8_0 | 22tok/sQ6_K |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | 28tok/sQ8_0 | 23tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 14B | 23tok/sQ6_K | 21tok/sQ5_K_M |
| Qwen3 14B | 21tok/sQ6_K | 22tok/sQ4_K_M |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B | 28tok/sQ8_0 | 23tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 8B | 28tok/sQ8_0 | 23tok/sQ8_0 |
| Phi-4 14B | 20tok/sQ6_K | 22tok/sQ4_K_M |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | 58tok/sQ8_0 | 48tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 8B | 28tok/sQ8_0 | 22tok/sQ8_0 |
| Granite 4.2 8B | 26tok/sQ8_0 | 21tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 33tok/sQ8_0 | 27tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | 105tok/sQ8_0 | 86tok/sQ8_0 |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 37tok/sQ6_K | 30tok/sQ6_K |
| Qwen 3.8 27B | offload | offload |
| Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | offload | offload |
| Gemma 4 31B | offload | offload |
| Mistral Small 4 119B | offload | won't run |
| 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 |
| Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B | offload | offload |
| Kimi Linear 48B-A3B | offload | offload |
| Qwen3 32B | offload | offload |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | offload | offload |
| Gemma 3 27B | offload | offload |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | 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 A770 16GB or the Intel Arc B580?
- Choose the Intel Arc A770 16GB to run bigger models. Choose the Intel Arc A770 16GB for speed.
- Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the Intel Arc B580?
- At 8k context the Intel Arc A770 16GB runs 14 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc B580 13; only the Intel Arc A770 16GB holds gpt-oss 20B.
- Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the Intel Arc B580?
- On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc A770 16GB is about 1.2× as fast as the Intel Arc B580 (estimated, median across models).
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