Intel Arc Pro B60 vs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT

For running models locally, priced in the UK. At 64k context the first runs 22 models fully in memory, the second 13.

In short

The Intel Arc Pro B60 has more memory for models: 24 GB against 20 GB. At 64k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 22 of the models we track fully in memory and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 13; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Qwen 3.8 27B. On the models both run fully in memory, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is about 1.9× as fast as the Intel Arc Pro B60 (estimated, median across models). In the UK the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs £742 at eBay and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT £789 at Amazon: the Intel Arc Pro B60 is £47 cheaper.

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

Specifications

SpecIntel Arc Pro B60AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
GPUArc Pro B60Radeon RX 7900 XT
Memory24 GB GDDR620 GB GDDR6
Memory bus192-bit320-bit
Memory bandwidth456 GB/s800 GB/s
FP16 compute98.5 TFLOPS103 TFLOPS
SoftwareSYCL / oneAPIROCm
Board power200 W315 W
PCIe generationGen 5Gen 4
PCIe lanesx8x16

What each runs

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

ModelIntel Arc Pro B60AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
Qwen 3.8 27B11tok/sUD-Q4_K_Moffload
Qwen 3.6 27B11tok/sQ4_K_Moffload
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B39tok/sUD-Q4_K_Moffload
Qwen 3.5 27B11tok/sQ4_K_Moffload
Gemma 4 26B-A4B26tok/sUD-Q5_K_M63tok/sUD-Q4_K_M
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B39tok/sQ4_K_Moffload
GLM 4.7 Flash19tok/sQ4_K_Moffload
gpt-oss 20B31tok/sMXFP465tok/sMXFP4
Gemma 4 12B16tok/sQ8_031tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B19tok/sQ8_038tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 3 27B10tok/sQ4_K_Moffload
Ministral 3 14B10tok/sQ6_K23tok/sQ4_K_M
Qwen3 14B10tok/sQ6_Koffload
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B12tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 8B12tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ8_0
Phi-4 14B10tok/sQ4_K_Moffload
Qwen 3.5 4B34tok/sQ8_066tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B13tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ8_0
Granite 4.2 8B11tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ6_K
Gemma 4 E4B23tok/sQ8_044tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B29tok/sQ8_062tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B15tok/sQ6_K29tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 Coder Nextoffloadwon't run
Gemma 4 31Boffloadoffload
Mistral Small 4 119Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3Boffloadwon't run
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
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
gpt-oss 120Bwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.5 Airwon't runwon't run
Llama 3.3 70Bwon't runwon't run

Questions

Which is better for local AI, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT?
Choose the Intel Arc Pro B60 to run bigger models. Choose the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT for speed. Choose the Intel Arc Pro B60 to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT?
At 64k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 22 of the models we track fully in memory and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT 13; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Qwen 3.8 27B.
Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT?
On the models both run fully in memory, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT is about 1.9× as fast as the Intel Arc Pro B60 (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the Intel Arc Pro B60 and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT?
In the UK the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs £742 at eBay and the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT £789 at Amazon: the Intel Arc Pro B60 is £47 cheaper.

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