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Intel Arc A770 16GB vs NVIDIA Tesla P40

For running models locally, priced in the US. At 128k context the first runs 5 models fully in memory, the second 9.

In short

The NVIDIA Tesla P40 has more memory for models: 24 GB against 16 GB. At 128k context the NVIDIA Tesla P40 runs 9 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc A770 16GB 5; only the NVIDIA Tesla P40 holds Gemma 4 26B-A4B. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc A770 16GB is about 1.3× as fast as the NVIDIA Tesla P40 (estimated, median across models). In the US the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs $400 at Amazon and the NVIDIA Tesla P40 $405 at eBay: the Intel Arc A770 16GB is $5 cheaper.

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

Intel Arc A770 16GB

$400

Amazon

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NVIDIA Tesla P40

$405

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Specifications

SpecIntel Arc A770 16GBNVIDIA Tesla P40
GPUArc A770 16GBTesla P40
Memory16 GB GDDR624 GB GDDR5
Memory bus256-bit384-bit
Memory bandwidth560 GB/s346 GB/s
FP16 compute131 TFLOPS11.8 TFLOPS
SoftwareSYCL / oneAPICUDA
Board power225 W250 W
PCIe generationGen 4Gen 3
PCIe lanesx16x16

What each runs

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

ModelIntel Arc A770 16GBNVIDIA Tesla P40
Gemma 4 26B-A4Boffload23tok/sUD-Q4_K_M
gpt-oss 20Boffload23tok/sMXFP4
Gemma 4 12B23tok/sQ6_K14tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B20tok/sQ8_016tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B32tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8Boffload9tok/sQ4_K_M
Gemma 4 E4B23tok/sQ8_018tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B21tok/sUD-Q6_K17tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8Boffload9tok/sQ5_K_M
Qwen 3.8 27Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Bwon't runoffload
Qwen 3.6 27Boffloadoffload
Gemma 4 31Boffloadoffload
Mistral Small 4 119Bwon't runoffload
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 A770 16GB or the NVIDIA Tesla P40?
Choose the NVIDIA Tesla P40 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 Tesla P40?
At 128k context the NVIDIA Tesla P40 runs 9 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc A770 16GB 5; only the NVIDIA Tesla P40 holds Gemma 4 26B-A4B.
Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc A770 16GB or the NVIDIA Tesla P40?
On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc A770 16GB is about 1.3× as fast as the NVIDIA Tesla P40 (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the Intel Arc A770 16GB and the NVIDIA Tesla P40?
In the US the Intel Arc A770 16GB costs $400 at Amazon and the NVIDIA Tesla P40 $405 at eBay: the Intel Arc A770 16GB is $5 cheaper.

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