What can Intel Arc A770 16GB run?
Build: Intel Arc A770 16GB + — + 32 GB RAM (windows)
Runs comfortably108 models
Full-VRAM resident, with room for context. No compromises.
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 1.6 GBHeadroom: 14.4 GB497tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 11.0 GBHeadroom: 5.0 GBollama run llama3.1:8b21tok/sEstimated
ollama run llama3.1:8bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 10.0 GBHeadroom: 6.0 GBollama run qwen3:8b37tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen3:8bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 2.8 GBHeadroom: 13.2 GB175tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 11.6 GBHeadroom: 4.4 GBollama run qwen3:14b21tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen3:14bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 6.1 GBHeadroom: 9.9 GBollama run llama3.2:3b56tok/sEstimated
ollama run llama3.2:3bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 1.3 GBHeadroom: 14.7 GB1104tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 10.0 GBHeadroom: 6.0 GBollama run qwen2.5:7b24tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen2.5:7bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 9.4 GBHeadroom: 6.6 GBollama run deepseek-r1:7b43tok/sEstimated
ollama run deepseek-r1:7bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 11.6 GBHeadroom: 4.4 GBollama run phi4:14b21tok/sEstimated
ollama run phi4:14bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 10.2 GBHeadroom: 5.8 GBollama run hermes3:8b37tok/sEstimated
ollama run hermes3:8bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 11.6 GBHeadroom: 4.4 GBollama run phi4-reasoning:14b21tok/sEstimated
ollama run phi4-reasoning:14bRuns with tradeoffs51 models
Tight VRAM, partial CPU offload, or context-limited.
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 34.9 GBHeadroom: 0.3 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~54% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen3:30b10tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~54% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen3:30bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 23.1 GBHeadroom: 12.1 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~31% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:32b9tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~31% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:32bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 25.0 GBHeadroom: 10.2 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~36% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen3:32b9tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~36% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen3:32bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 23.8 GBHeadroom: 11.4 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~33% of layers run on CPU
ollama run gemma4:31b10tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~33% of layers run on CPU
ollama run gemma4:31bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 25.0 GBHeadroom: 10.2 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~36% of layers run on CPU
ollama run deepseek-r1:32b9tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~36% of layers run on CPU
ollama run deepseek-r1:32bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 30.8 GBHeadroom: 4.4 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~48% of layers run on CPU
ollama run gemma4:26b-moe11tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~48% of layers run on CPU
ollama run gemma4:26b-moeQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 34.9 GBHeadroom: 0.3 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~54% of layers run on CPU
ollama run nemotron3:nano10tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~54% of layers run on CPU
ollama run nemotron3:nanoQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 27.7 GBHeadroom: 7.5 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~42% of layers run on CPU
ollama run mistral-small:24b12tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~42% of layers run on CPU
ollama run mistral-small:24bWhat if you upgraded?
Hypothetical scenarios. We re-ran the compatibility engine for each.
+32 GB system RAM
Check the current price
Adds 32 GB to your CPU-offload working set. Helps when models don't quite fit in VRAM.
Unlocks: 69 new tradeoff
- • Qwen 3 30B-A3B
- • Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
- • Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
- • Qwen 3 32B
Add a second Intel Arc A770 16GB
Launch MSRP $349 (2022). Check the current price.
Tensor parallelism splits the model across both cards, effectively doubling VRAM. Bandwidth doesn't double — runs ~1.5× the single-card speed in practice.
Unlocks: 45 new comfortable
- • Qwen 3 30B-A3B
- • Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
- • Qwen 3 32B
- • Gemma 4 31B Dense
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Won't runtop 5 popular models
Need more memory than you have. Shown for orientation.
Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (16 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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