What can Intel Arc A770 16GB run for long context?
Build: Intel Arc A770 16GB + — + 32 GB RAM (windows)
Runs comfortably80 models
Ranked by fit for long context use case + predicted speed. Click a row for VRAM breakdown.
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 4.5 GBHeadroom: 11.5 GB99tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 7.2 GBHeadroom: 8.8 GBollama run phi3.5:3.8b45tok/sEstimated
ollama run phi3.5:3.8bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 8.9 GBHeadroom: 7.1 GB43tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 8.9 GBHeadroom: 7.1 GB43tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 7.6 GBHeadroom: 8.4 GBollama run gemma4:e4b42tok/sEstimated
ollama run gemma4:e4bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 12.0 GBHeadroom: 4.0 GB124tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 10.0 GBHeadroom: 6.0 GBollama run qwen3:8b37tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen3:8bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 9.6 GBHeadroom: 6.4 GB37tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 10.3 GBHeadroom: 5.7 GB37tok/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: 2,048VRAM: 11.6 GBHeadroom: 4.4 GBollama run qwen3:14b21tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen3:14bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 11.0 GBHeadroom: 5.0 GBollama run llama3.1:8b21tok/sEstimated
ollama run llama3.1:8bRuns 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 nemotron3:nano10tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~54% of layers run on CPU
ollama run nemotron3:nanoQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 14.9 GBHeadroom: 1.1 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 1.1 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run mistral-nemo:12b25tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 1.1 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run mistral-nemo:12bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 12.1 GBHeadroom: 3.9 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.9 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen2.5:14b21tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.9 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen2.5:14bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 29.0 GBHeadroom: 6.2 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~45% of layers run on CPU
11tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~45% of layers run on CPU
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 31.3 GBHeadroom: 3.9 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~49% of layers run on CPU
ollama run gemma3:27b11tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~49% of layers run on CPU
ollama run gemma3:27bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 31.8 GBHeadroom: 3.4 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~50% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen3.8:27b11tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~50% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen3.8:27bQuant: 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: 2,048VRAM: 13.0 GBHeadroom: 3.0 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.0 GB headroom left for context growth
124tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.0 GB headroom left for context growth
What 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: 28 new comfortable, 69 new tradeoff
- • Qwen 3 0.6B
- • Qwen 3 1.7B
- • Gemma 3 270M
- • SmolLM2 135M Instruct
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: 73 new comfortable
- • Qwen 3 0.6B
- • Qwen 3 30B-A3B
- • Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
- • Qwen 3 32B
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Won't runtop 5 popular models
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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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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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