Intel Arc A770 16GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
For running models locally, priced in the US. At 128k context the first runs 22 models fully in memory, the second 5.
In short
The Intel Arc A770 16GB has more memory for models: 16 GB against 8 GB. At 128k context the Intel Arc A770 16GB runs 22 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB 5; only the Intel Arc A770 16GB holds Gemma 4 12B. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc A770 16GB is about 1.6× as fast as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB (estimated, median across models). In the US the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs $425 at eBay and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB $440 at eBay: the Intel Arc A770 16GB is $15 cheaper.
Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.
Specifications
| Spec | Intel Arc A770 16GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Arc A770 16GB | GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB |
| Memory | 16 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 560 GB/s | 288 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 131 TFLOPS | 22.065 TFLOPS |
| Software | SYCL / oneAPI | CUDA |
| Board power | 225 W | 160 W |
| PCIe generation | Gen 4 | Gen 4 |
| PCIe lanes | x16 | x8 |
What each runs
Estimated decode speed with the most precise quant that fits each one est.
| Model | Intel Arc A770 16GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB |
|---|---|---|
| Gemma 4 12B | 23tok/sQ6_K | offload |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | 20tok/sQ8_0 | offload |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | 32tok/sQ8_0 | offload |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 23tok/sQ8_0 | offload |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | 21tok/sUD-Q6_K | offload |
| Qwen2.5 0.5B | 131tok/sQ8_0 | 83tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3.5 0.8B | 115tok/sQ8_0 | 73tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3.5 2B | 91tok/sQ5_K_M | 58tok/sQ5_K_M |
| LFM3 1.7B | 81tok/sQ8_0 | 52tok/sQ8_0 |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B | 50tok/sQ8_0 | 32tok/sQ8_0 |
| Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking | 36tok/sQ6_K | offload |
| Spark X2.5 4B | 35tok/smlx-4bit | offload |
| MiniCPM5 2B | 34tok/sQ8_0 | offload |
| FrogNano 4B 2609 | 31tok/sQ8_0 | offload |
| Kimi VL A3B Thinking 2506 | 26tok/sQ4_K_M | offload |
| LFM2.5 2.6B | 26tok/sQ8_0 | offload |
| LFM2.5 VL 3B | 26tok/sQ8_0 | offload |
| GLM 4.6V Flash | 24tok/sQ4_K_M | offload |
| GLM 4 9B 0414 | 21tok/smlx-5bit | offload |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B | 20tok/sQ6_K | offload |
| granite vision 4.1 4b | 20tok/sQ8_0 | offload |
| granite 4.2 3b | 19tok/sQ8_0 | offload |
| Qwen 3.8 27B | offload | offload |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | offload | offload |
| Gemma 4 31B | offload | offload |
| 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 | won't run |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B | offload | offload |
| gpt-oss 20B | offload | offload |
| Kimi Linear 48B-A3B | offload | offload |
| Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B | offload | offload |
| Gemma 3 27B | offload | offload |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | offload | won't run |
| Ministral 3 14B | offload | offload |
| Qwen3 14B | offload | offload |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B | offload | offload |
| Qwen3 8B | offload | offload |
| Phi-4 14B | offload | won't run |
| Ministral 3 8B | offload | offload |
| Granite 4.2 8B | offload | offload |
| Llama 3.1 8B | offload | offload |
| Kimi VL A3B | offload | offload |
| Ministral 3 3B Instruct 2512 | offload | offload |
| GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking | offload | offload |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | offload | offload |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B | offload | offload |
| Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512 | offload | offload |
| LFM2.5 24B A2B | offload | offload |
| Qwen3.8 27B OBLITERATED | offload | offload |
| Ministral 3 14B Reasoning 2512 | offload | offload |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B | offload | won't run |
| Devstral Small 2507 | offload | won't run |
| Magistral Small 2506 | offload | won't run |
| Magistral Small 2507 | offload | won't run |
| Magistral Small 2509 | offload | won't run |
| 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 |
| Mistral Small 4 119B | 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 |
| Qwen3 32B | won't run | won't run |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | 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 R1 Zero | won't run | won't run |
| DeepSeek V3 | 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 V3.1 Terminus | 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 4.5 | won't run | won't run |
| GLM 4.5V | won't run | won't run |
| GLM 4.6 | 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 | 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 Dev 72B | 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 |
| granite 4.2 30b | won't run | won't run |
Questions
- Which is better for local AI, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB?
- Choose the Intel Arc A770 16GB to run bigger models. Choose the Intel Arc A770 16GB 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 4060 Ti 8GB?
- At 128k context the Intel Arc A770 16GB runs 22 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB 5; only the Intel Arc A770 16GB holds Gemma 4 12B.
- Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB?
- On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc A770 16GB is about 1.6× as fast as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB (estimated, median across models).
- What is the price difference between the Intel Arc A770 16GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB?
- In the US the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs $425 at eBay and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB $440 at eBay: the Intel Arc A770 16GB is $15 cheaper.
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