Intel Arc Pro B60 vs NVIDIA Tesla P40

For running models locally, priced in the UK. At 128k context the first runs 8 models fully in memory, the second 9.

In short

Both have 24 GB of memory for models; the Intel Arc Pro B60 has 456 GB/s of bandwidth and the NVIDIA Tesla P40 346 GB/s. At 128k context the NVIDIA Tesla P40 runs 9 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc Pro B60 8; only the NVIDIA Tesla P40 holds Ministral 3 8B. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc Pro B60 is about 1.1× as fast as the NVIDIA Tesla P40 (estimated, median across models). In the UK the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs £742 at eBay and the NVIDIA Tesla P40 £1,856 at Amazon: the Intel Arc Pro B60 is £1,114 cheaper.

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

Specifications

SpecIntel Arc Pro B60NVIDIA Tesla P40
GPUArc Pro B60Tesla P40
Memory24 GB GDDR624 GB GDDR5
Memory bus192-bit384-bit
Memory bandwidth456 GB/s346 GB/s
FP16 compute98.5 TFLOPS11.8 TFLOPS
SoftwareSYCL / oneAPICUDA
Board power200 W250 W
PCIe generationGen 5Gen 3
PCIe lanesx8x16

What each runs

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

ModelIntel Arc Pro B60NVIDIA Tesla P40
Gemma 4 26B-A4B23tok/sUD-Q4_K_M23tok/sUD-Q4_K_M
gpt-oss 20B22tok/sMXFP423tok/sMXFP4
Gemma 4 12B15tok/sQ8_014tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B16tok/sQ8_016tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B26tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8Boffload9tok/sQ4_K_M
Gemma 4 E4B19tok/sQ8_018tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B17tok/sQ8_017tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B10tok/sQ5_K_M9tok/sQ5_K_M
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
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
Gemma 3 27Boffloadoffload
Mistral Small 3.2 24Boffloadoffload
Ministral 3 14Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 14Boffloadoffload
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8Boffloadoffload
Qwen3 8Boffloadoffload
Phi-4 14Boffloadoffload
Granite 4.2 8Boffloadoffload
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
Qwen3 32Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32Bwon'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 NVIDIA Tesla P40?
Choose the NVIDIA Tesla P40 to run bigger models. Choose the Intel Arc Pro B60 for speed. Choose the Intel Arc Pro B60 to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the NVIDIA Tesla P40?
At 128k context the NVIDIA Tesla P40 runs 9 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc Pro B60 8; only the NVIDIA Tesla P40 holds Ministral 3 8B.
Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the NVIDIA Tesla P40?
On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc Pro B60 is about 1.1× as fast as the NVIDIA Tesla P40 (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the Intel Arc Pro B60 and the NVIDIA Tesla P40?
In the UK the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs £742 at eBay and the NVIDIA Tesla P40 £1,856 at Amazon: the Intel Arc Pro B60 is £1,114 cheaper.

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