What can Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB run for long context?
Build: Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB + — + 32 GB RAM (windows)
Runs comfortably143 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: 19.5 GB113tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 7.2 GBHeadroom: 16.8 GBollama run phi3.5:3.8b51tok/sEstimated
ollama run phi3.5:3.8bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 8.9 GBHeadroom: 15.1 GB49tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 8.9 GBHeadroom: 15.1 GB49tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 7.6 GBHeadroom: 16.4 GBollama run gemma4:e4b48tok/sEstimated
ollama run gemma4:e4bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 9.6 GBHeadroom: 14.4 GB42tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 10.3 GBHeadroom: 13.7 GB42tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 17.9 GBHeadroom: 6.1 GB142tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 10.0 GBHeadroom: 14.0 GBollama run qwen2.5:7b28tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen2.5:7bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 16.8 GBHeadroom: 7.2 GBollama run qwen3:14b24tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen3:14bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 13.6 GBHeadroom: 10.4 GBollama run qwen3:8b24tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen3:8bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 9.1 GBHeadroom: 14.9 GB49tok/sEstimated
Runs with tradeoffs56 models
Tight VRAM, partial CPU offload, or context-limited.
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 23.7 GBHeadroom: 0.3 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 0.3 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run nemotron3:nano11tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 0.3 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run nemotron3:nanoQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 39.0 GBHeadroom: 4.2 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~38% of layers run on CPU
28tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~38% of layers run on CPU
Quant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 20.7 GBHeadroom: 3.3 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.3 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run mistral-nemo:12b16tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.3 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run mistral-nemo:12bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 21.2 GBHeadroom: 2.8 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 2.8 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run gemma3:27b13tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 2.8 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run gemma3:27bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 23.7 GBHeadroom: 0.3 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 0.3 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen3:30b11tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 0.3 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen3:30bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 23.8 GBHeadroom: 0.2 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 0.2 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run gemma4:31b11tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 0.2 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run gemma4:31bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 37.0 GBHeadroom: 6.2 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~35% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen2.5:32b11tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~35% of layers run on CPU
ollama run qwen2.5:32bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 40.6 GBHeadroom: 2.6 GB- • Partial CPU offload: ~41% of layers run on CPU
ollama run command-r:35b10tok/sEstimated
- • Partial CPU offload: ~41% of layers run on CPU
ollama run command-r:35bWhat if you upgraded?
Hypothetical scenarios. We re-ran the compatibility engine for each.
+32 GB system RAM
~$80–150
Doubles your CPU-offload working set. Helps when models don't quite fit in VRAM.
Unlocks: 41 new comfortable, 73 new tradeoff
- • Qwen 3 0.6B
- • Qwen 3 1.7B
- • Gemma 3 270M
- • SmolLM2 135M Instruct
Upgrade to Intel Gaudi 2
see current pricing
96 GB VRAM (vs your 24 GB) plus a bandwidth jump from ~456 GB/s to ~2450 GB/s.
Unlocks: 122 new comfortable
- • Qwen 3 0.6B
- • Llama 4 Scout
- • Qwen 3 30B-A3B
- • Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
Add a second Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB
see current pricing
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: 94 new comfortable
- • Qwen 3 0.6B
- • Qwen 3 30B-A3B
- • Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct
- • Qwen3.6 27B
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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 (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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Even with CPU offload, needs more memory than your VRAM (24 GB) + 60% of system RAM (19 GB) combined.
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