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Intel Arc A770 16GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB

For running models locally, priced in the US. At 32k context the first runs 13 models fully in memory, the second 10.

In short

The Intel Arc A770 16GB has more memory for models: 16 GB against 12 GB. At 32k context the Intel Arc A770 16GB runs 13 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 10; only the Intel Arc A770 16GB holds gpt-oss 20B. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc A770 16GB is about 1.1× as fast as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB (estimated, median across models). In the US the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs $400 at Amazon and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB $360 at Amazon: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB is $40 cheaper.

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

Intel Arc A770 16GB

$400

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB

$360

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Specifications

SpecIntel Arc A770 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
GPUArc A770 16GBGeForce RTX 3060 12GB
Memory16 GB GDDR612 GB GDDR6
Memory bus256-bit192-bit
Memory bandwidth560 GB/s360 GB/s
FP16 compute131 TFLOPS25.6 TFLOPS
SoftwareSYCL / oneAPICUDA
Board power225 W170 W
PCIe generationGen 4Gen 4
PCIe lanesx16x16

What each runs

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

ModelIntel Arc A770 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
gpt-oss 20B48tok/sMXFP4offload
Gemma 4 12B21tok/sQ8_021tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.5 9B26tok/sQ8_021tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 14B20tok/sQ4_K_Moffload
Ministral 3 14B19tok/sQ5_K_Moffload
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B21tok/sQ8_021tok/sQ5_K_M
Qwen3 8B21tok/sQ8_021tok/sQ5_K_M
Qwen 3.5 4B50tok/sQ8_040tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B21tok/sQ8_021tok/sQ5_K_M
Granite 4.2 8B19tok/sQ8_021tok/sQ4_K_M
Gemma 4 E4B31tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B58tok/sQ8_050tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B26tok/sQ6_K21tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.8 27Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Boffloadwon't run
Qwen 3.6 27Boffloadoffload
Gemma 4 31Boffloadoffload
Mistral Small 4 119Boffloadwon't run
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
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 A770 16GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB?
Choose the Intel Arc A770 16GB to run bigger models. Choose the Intel Arc A770 16GB for speed. Choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB?
At 32k context the Intel Arc A770 16GB runs 13 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 10; only the Intel Arc A770 16GB holds gpt-oss 20B.
Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB?
On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc A770 16GB is about 1.1× as fast as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the Intel Arc A770 16GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB?
In the US the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs $400 at Amazon and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB $360 at Amazon: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB is $40 cheaper.

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