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Intel Arc A770 16GB vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

For running models locally, priced in the UK. At 32k context the first runs 29 models fully in memory, the second 29.

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 9060 XT 16GB 320 GB/s. At 32k context both run the same 29 models we track fully in memory. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc A770 16GB is about 1.6× as fast as the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB (estimated, median across models). In the UK the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs £587 at Amazon and the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB £493 at Amazon: the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is £94 cheaper.

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

Intel Arc A770 16GB

£587

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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB

£493

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Specifications

SpecIntel Arc A770 16GBAMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
GPUArc A770 16GBRadeon RX 9060 XT 16GB
Memory16 GB GDDR616 GB GDDR6
Memory bus256-bit128-bit
Memory bandwidth560 GB/s320 GB/s
FP16 compute131 TFLOPS103 TFLOPS
SoftwareSYCL / oneAPIROCm
Board power225 W160 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 9060 XT 16GB
gpt-oss 20B48tok/sMXFP433tok/sMXFP4
Gemma 4 12B21tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B26tok/sQ8_017tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 14B20tok/sQ4_K_M12tok/sQ4_K_M
Ministral 3 14B19tok/sQ5_K_M12tok/sQ5_K_M
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B21tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 8B21tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B50tok/sQ8_031tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B21tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ8_0
Granite 4.2 8B19tok/sQ8_012tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B31tok/sQ8_019tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B58tok/sQ8_040tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B26tok/sQ6_K16tok/sQ6_K
Qwen2.5 0.5B300tok/sQ8_0189tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 0.8B227tok/sQ8_0143tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 2B151tok/sQ5_K_M95tok/sQ5_K_M
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B99tok/sQ8_062tok/sQ8_0
MiniCPM5 2B69tok/sQ8_043tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 2.6B57tok/sQ8_036tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 VL 3B57tok/sQ8_036tok/sQ8_0
Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking49tok/sQ8_033tok/sQ8_0
granite vision 4.1 4b44tok/sQ8_028tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B43tok/smlx-6bit30tok/smlx-6bit
granite 4.2 3b43tok/sQ8_027tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B28tok/sQ8_018tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.6V Flash25tok/sQ8_016tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B22tok/sQ8_014tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking21tok/smlx-8bit13tok/smlx-8bit
Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 251221tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ8_0
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
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
Phi-4 14Boffloadoffload
LFM2.5 24B A2Boffloadoffload
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14Boffloadoffload
Devstral Small 2507offloadoffload
Magistral Small 2506offloadoffload
Magistral Small 2507offloadoffload
Magistral Small 2509offloadoffload
granite 4.2 30boffloadoffload
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
DeepSeek R1won't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 0528won't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3 0324won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3.1won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3.2won'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 4.7won't runwon't run
GLM 5.1won't runwon't run
GLM 5.2won't runwon't run
GLM 5.3won't runwon't run
Kimi K2won't runwon't run
Kimi K2 Instruct 0905won't runwon't run
Kimi K2 Thinkingwon't runwon't run
Kimi K2.5won't runwon't run
MiniMax M2won't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.1won't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.5won't runwon't run
MiniMax M3won't runwon't run
Mistral Medium 3.5 128Bwon't runwon't run

Questions

Which is better for local AI, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB?
Choose the Intel Arc A770 16GB for speed. Choose the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB?
At 32k context both run the same 29 models we track fully in memory.
Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB?
On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc A770 16GB is about 1.6× as fast as the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the Intel Arc A770 16GB and the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB?
In the UK the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs £587 at Amazon and the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB £493 at Amazon: the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB is £94 cheaper.

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