Intel Arc B580 vs AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
For running models locally, priced in the UK. At 32k context the first runs 10 models fully in memory, the second 13.
In short
The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT has more memory for models: 16 GB against 12 GB. At 32k context the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT runs 13 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc B580 10; only the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT holds gpt-oss 20B. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc B580 is about 1.6× as fast as the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT (estimated, median across models). In the UK the Intel Arc B580 costs £323 at eBay and the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT £348 at eBay (used): the Intel Arc B580 is £26 cheaper.
Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.
Specifications
| Spec | Intel Arc B580 | AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Arc B580 | Radeon RX 7600 XT |
| Memory | 12 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 192-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 456 GB/s | 288 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 116.5 TFLOPS | 45 TFLOPS |
| Software | SYCL / oneAPI | ROCm |
| Board power | 190 W | 190 W |
| PCIe generation | Gen 4 | Gen 4 |
| PCIe lanes | x8 | x8 |
What each runs
Estimated decode speed with the most precise quant that fits each one est.
| Model | Intel Arc B580 | AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT |
|---|---|---|
| gpt-oss 20B | offload | 29tok/sMXFP4 |
| Gemma 4 12B | 21tok/sQ6_K | 12tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | 21tok/sQ8_0 | 15tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 14B | offload | 11tok/sQ5_K_M |
| Qwen3 14B | offload | 11tok/sQ4_K_M |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B | 21tok/sQ5_K_M | 12tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 8B | 21tok/sQ5_K_M | 12tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | 41tok/sQ8_0 | 28tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 8B | 22tok/sQ5_K_M | 12tok/sQ8_0 |
| Granite 4.2 8B | 21tok/sQ4_K_M | 11tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 25tok/sQ8_0 | 17tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | 47tok/sQ8_0 | 36tok/sQ8_0 |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 21tok/sQ6_K | 15tok/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 AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT?
- Choose the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT to run bigger models. Choose the Intel Arc B580 for speed. Choose the Intel Arc B580 to spend less.
- Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc B580 or the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT?
- At 32k context the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT runs 13 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc B580 10; only the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT holds gpt-oss 20B.
- Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc B580 or the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT?
- On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc B580 is about 1.6× as fast as the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT (estimated, median across models).
- What is the price difference between the Intel Arc B580 and the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT?
- In the UK the Intel Arc B580 costs £323 at eBay and the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT £348 at eBay (used): the Intel Arc B580 is £26 cheaper.
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