Intel Arc A770 16GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB
For running models locally, priced in the US. At 64k context the first runs 26 models fully in memory, the second 16.
In short
The Intel Arc A770 16GB has more memory for models: 16 GB against 10 GB. At 64k context the Intel Arc A770 16GB runs 26 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB 16; only the Intel Arc A770 16GB holds gpt-oss 20B. On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB is about 1.8× as fast as the Intel Arc A770 16GB (estimated, median across models). In the US the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs $400 at Amazon and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB $469 at Amazon: the Intel Arc A770 16GB is $69 cheaper.
Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.
Specifications
| Spec | Intel Arc A770 16GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Arc A770 16GB | GeForce RTX 3080 10GB |
| Memory | 16 GB GDDR6 | 10 GB GDDR6X |
| Memory bus | 256-bit | 320-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 560 GB/s | 760 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 131 TFLOPS | 59.5 TFLOPS |
| Software | SYCL / oneAPI | CUDA |
| Board power | 225 W | 320 W |
| PCIe generation | Gen 4 | Gen 4 |
| PCIe lanes | x16 | x16 |
What each runs
Estimated decode speed with the most precise quant that fits each one est.
| Model | Intel Arc A770 16GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB |
|---|---|---|
| gpt-oss 20B | 38tok/sMXFP4 | offload |
| Gemma 4 12B | 20tok/sQ8_0 | 55tok/sQ4_K_M |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | 24tok/sQ8_0 | 54tok/sQ5_K_M |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B | 19tok/sQ4_K_M | offload |
| Qwen3 8B | 19tok/sQ4_K_M | offload |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | 42tok/sQ8_0 | 71tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 8B | 20tok/sQ4_K_M | offload |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 28tok/sQ8_0 | 64tok/sQ5_K_M |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | 36tok/sQ8_0 | 73tok/sUD-Q4_K_M |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 20tok/sQ5_K_M | offload |
| Qwen2.5 0.5B | 210tok/sQ8_0 | 353tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3.5 0.8B | 171tok/sQ8_0 | 288tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3.5 2B | 124tok/sQ5_K_M | 209tok/sQ5_K_M |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B | 74tok/sQ8_0 | 125tok/sQ8_0 |
| MiniCPM5 2B | 51tok/sQ8_0 | 86tok/sQ8_0 |
| Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking | 42tok/sQ8_0 | offload |
| LFM2.5 2.6B | 41tok/sQ8_0 | 68tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 VL 3B | 41tok/sQ8_0 | 68tok/sQ8_0 |
| Kimi VL A3B | 37tok/smlx-5bit | offload |
| granite vision 4.1 4b | 31tok/sQ8_0 | 60tok/sQ5_K_M |
| granite 4.2 3b | 30tok/sQ8_0 | 56tok/sQ6_K |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B | 24tok/sQ8_0 | 56tok/sQ4_K_M |
| GLM 4.6V Flash | 22tok/sQ8_0 | 53tok/sQ4_K_M |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B | 20tok/sQ5_K_M | offload |
| Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512 | 20tok/sQ4_K_M | offload |
| GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking | 19tok/smlx-8bit | offload |
| Qwen 3.8 27B | offload | offload |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | offload | offload |
| Gemma 4 31B | offload | offload |
| Mistral Small 4 119B | offload | won't run |
| 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 | won't run |
| Gemma 3 27B | offload | offload |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | offload | offload |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | offload | won't run |
| Ministral 3 14B | offload | offload |
| Qwen3 14B | offload | offload |
| Phi-4 14B | offload | offload |
| Granite 4.2 8B | offload | offload |
| LFM2.5 24B A2B | offload | offload |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B | offload | offload |
| Devstral Small 2507 | offload | offload |
| Magistral Small 2506 | offload | offload |
| Magistral Small 2507 | offload | offload |
| Magistral Small 2509 | offload | offload |
| granite 4.2 30b | 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 |
| Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B | 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 |
| DeepSeek R1 | won't run | won't run |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 | won't run | won't run |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B | won't run | won't run |
| DeepSeek V3 0324 | won't run | won't run |
| DeepSeek V3.1 | won't run | won't run |
| DeepSeek V3.2 | won't run | won't run |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731 | won't run | won't run |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp | won't run | won't run |
| Devstral 2 123B Instruct 2512 | won't run | won't run |
| GLM 4.5V | won't run | won't run |
| GLM 4.6V | won't run | won't run |
| GLM 4.7 | won't run | won't run |
| GLM 5.1 | won't run | won't run |
| GLM 5.2 | won't run | won't run |
| GLM 5.3 | won't run | won't run |
| Kimi K2 | won't run | won't run |
| Kimi K2 Instruct 0905 | won't run | won't run |
| Kimi K2 Thinking | won't run | won't run |
| Kimi K2.5 | won't run | won't run |
| MiniMax M2 | won't run | won't run |
| MiniMax M2.1 | won't run | won't run |
| MiniMax M2.5 | won't run | won't run |
| MiniMax M3 | won't run | won't run |
| Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | won't run | won't run |
Questions
- Which is better for local AI, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB?
- Choose the Intel Arc A770 16GB to run bigger models. Choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB for speed. Choose the Intel Arc A770 16GB to spend less.
- Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB?
- At 64k context the Intel Arc A770 16GB runs 26 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB 16; 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 3080 10GB?
- On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB is about 1.8× as fast as the Intel Arc A770 16GB (estimated, median across models).
- What is the price difference between the Intel Arc A770 16GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB?
- In the US the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs $400 at Amazon and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB $469 at Amazon: the Intel Arc A770 16GB is $69 cheaper.
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