Got an Intel Arc Card? Here's Every Local AI Model It Fits (2026)
Intel sells six Arc desktop cards today, from the 10GB B570 to the 32GB Arc Pro B70. I matched each one against 12 popular local models with our…
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The short answer
Match the card to the biggest model you want. At 4-bit with 16K tokens of context, the 10GB B570 and 12GB B580 hold 8B to 12B models, with a 14B only tight on the B580. The 16GB Arc Pro B50 adds 14B…
Six cards on Intel's site today: B570 (10GB), B580 (12GB), Pro B50 (16GB), Pro B60 (24GB), Pro B65 and Pro B70 (32GB each). No newer consumer B-series card is listed
The cheapest 16GB Arc is a Pro card. Intel's suggested price for the Pro B50 was $299 in May 2025, $50 above the B580, but it has half the bandwidth
Start with Ollama or llama.cpp on Vulkan. Skip IPEX-LLM: its own README says it is archived, with no fixes coming
Our math, Intel's specs. We have not tested an Arc card. Every fit below is arithmetic on published model configs
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Got an Intel Arc Card? Here's Every Local AI Model It Fits (2026)