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Can the Intel Arc B580 run Gemma 3 27B?

Intel Arc B580 × Gemma 3 27B8K context
Yes, with heavy quantizationFits only at a low-quality quant
Memory at Q2_K12 GB of 12 GB
Weights 10.3 GBKV cache 1.1 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ2_KHeavily degraded
Speed~27tokens per second
Max context7Ktokens that fit at Q2_K
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Only just. Gemma 3 27B fits on the Intel Arc B580 at Q2_K, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 27 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.

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Run it with Ollama

Ollama's default gemma3:27b download is Q4_K_M, which needs about 18.3 GB, more than the 12 GB available. Download the Q2_K GGUF instead (LM Studio lists quants per model), or try a smaller context length.

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 12 GB the Intel Arc B580 can use.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality56.5 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless30.8 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent24.2 GBToo big—
Q5_K_MVery good21.2 GBToo big—
Q4_K_MGood, most popular18.3 GBToo big—
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded15.1 GBToo big—
Q2_KHeavily degraded12 GBFits~27 tok/s

Measured speed from real Intel Arc B580 owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own Intel Arc B580, next to our estimate.

No one has measured Gemma 3 27B on the Intel Arc B580 yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an Intel Arc B580? Add your real speed

One command times Gemma 3 27B in your own Ollama, shows you exactly what it would send, and asks before sending anything. No sign-up, no personal data.

macOS and Linux

curl -fsSL https://gpufit.dev/bench.sh | sh -s -- gemma3:27b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="gemma3:27b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

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Frequently asked questions

Can Intel Arc B580 run Gemma 3 27B?

Only just. Gemma 3 27B fits on the Intel Arc B580 at Q2_K, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 27 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.

How much VRAM does Gemma 3 27B need?

About 18.3 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 56.5 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Gemma 3 27B on the Intel Arc B580?

Roughly 27 tokens per second at Q2_K, estimated from the Intel Arc B580's 456 GB/s memory bandwidth.