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Intel Arc B580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

For running models locally, priced in the US. At 128k context the first runs 4 models fully in memory, the second 5.

In short

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB has more memory for models: 16 GB against 12 GB. At 128k context the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB runs 5 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc B580 4; only the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB holds LFM2.5 8B-A1B. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc B580 is about 1.1× as fast as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (estimated, median across models). In the US the Intel Arc B580 costs $346 at eBay and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB $618 at eBay: the Intel Arc B580 is $272 cheaper.

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

Intel Arc B580

$346

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

$618

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Specifications

SpecIntel Arc B580NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
GPUArc B580GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
Memory12 GB GDDR616 GB GDDR7
Memory bus192-bit128-bit
Memory bandwidth456 GB/s448 GB/s
FP16 compute116.5 TFLOPS47 TFLOPS
SoftwareSYCL / oneAPICUDA
Board power190 W180 W
PCIe generationGen 4Gen 5
PCIe lanesx8x8

What each runs

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

ModelIntel Arc B580NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
Gemma 4 12B24tok/sQ4_K_M23tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.5 9B23tok/sQ4_K_M20tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B26tok/sQ8_032tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B25tok/sQ5_K_M23tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1Boffload23tok/sUD-Q6_K
Qwen 3.8 27Boffloadoffload
Qwen 3.6 27Boffloadoffload
Gemma 4 31Boffloadoffload
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
gpt-oss 20Boffloadoffload
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
Ministral 3 8Boffloadoffload
Granite 4.2 8Boffloadoffload
Llama 3.1 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
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Bwon'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
Mistral Small 4 119Bwon'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 B580 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
Choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB to run bigger models. Choose the Intel Arc B580 for speed. Choose the Intel Arc B580 to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc B580 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
At 128k context the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB runs 5 of the models we track fully in memory and the Intel Arc B580 4; only the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB holds LFM2.5 8B-A1B.
Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc B580 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc B580 is about 1.1× as fast as the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the Intel Arc B580 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB?
In the US the Intel Arc B580 costs $346 at eBay and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB $618 at eBay: the Intel Arc B580 is $272 cheaper.

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