Intel's 32GB Arc Pro B70 finally got a proper Qwen3.8-27B Local AI workout.
So this is why the 32GB VRAM is important, even from an Intel GPU.
Here is Gigazine's setup. Windows 11 using Unsloth Desktop + llama.cpp ...
🧠 Qwen3.8-27B Q4_K_XL
💾 30.0GB VRAM + ~1GB shared RAM
🚀 23.4 tps
Then they tried Q8:
🧠 Qwen3.8-27B Q8_K_XL
💾 30.2GB VRAM + ~1.5GB shared RAM
⚡ 15.9 tps
That's a full 27B-class model running at very usable speeds on an Intel GPU.
And also tested text-to-image models.
🎨 Z-Image-Turbo
1024×1024 / 8 steps
➡️ ~5.3 sec/image after warmup
🎥 MiniMax H3 video also ran
…but these are much slower, demonstrating where Nvidia's more mature AI software stack still matters.
The hardware setup...
🎮 Arc Pro B70
💾 32GB GDDR6
⚡ 608 GB/s bandwidth
🔌 230W
And here's the interesting value angle.
In Japan, the tested ASRock B70 was selling for:
💰 ¥298,054
while many RTX 5090s were selling above:
💰 ¥900,000
⚠️ That's Japan-specific street pricing, NOT a universal B70-vs-5090 price comparison.
But THIS is why the B70 interests me for Local AI.
It won't beat a 5090 but it's giving you 32GB of VRAM at a much lower entry point.
23.4 tok/s on Qwen3.8-27B Q4 good enough for you?
🔗 GIGAZINE review in ALT