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Intel Arc B580 vs AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

For running models locally, priced in the UK. At 8k context the first runs 13 models fully in memory, the second 14.

In short

The AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT has more memory for models: 16 GB against 12 GB. At 8k context the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT runs 14 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc B580 13; 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 1.4× 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.

Intel Arc B580

£323

eBay

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AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT

£348

eBay, used (asking)

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Specifications

SpecIntel Arc B580AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
GPUArc B580Radeon RX 7600 XT
Memory12 GB GDDR616 GB GDDR6
Memory bus192-bit128-bit
Memory bandwidth456 GB/s288 GB/s
FP16 compute116.5 TFLOPS45 TFLOPS
SoftwareSYCL / oneAPIROCm
Board power190 W190 W
PCIe generationGen 4Gen 4
PCIe lanesx8x8

What each runs

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

ModelIntel Arc B580AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT
gpt-oss 20Boffload36tok/sMXFP4
Gemma 4 12B22tok/sQ6_K12tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B23tok/sQ8_016tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 14B22tok/sQ4_K_M12tok/sQ6_K
Ministral 3 14B21tok/sQ5_K_M13tok/sQ6_K
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B23tok/sQ8_016tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 8B23tok/sQ8_016tok/sQ8_0
Phi-4 14B22tok/sQ4_K_M12tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.5 4B48tok/sQ8_033tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B22tok/sQ8_016tok/sQ8_0
Granite 4.2 8B21tok/sQ8_015tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B27tok/sQ8_019tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B86tok/sQ8_065tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B30tok/sQ6_K21tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.8 27Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Bwon't runoffload
Qwen 3.6 27Boffloadoffload
Gemma 4 31Boffloadoffload
Mistral Small 4 119Bwon't runoffload
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
Mistral Small 3.2 24Boffloadoffload
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 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 8k context the AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT runs 14 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc B580 13; 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 1.4× 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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