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Can the Intel Arc B580 run Phi-3.5 Mini 3.8B?

Intel Arc B580 × Phi-3.5 Mini 3.8B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at FP1611.5 GB of 12 GB
Weights 7.6 GBKV cache 3.2 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantFP16Full quality
Speed~36tokens per second
Max context8Ktokens that fit at FP16
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Yes. The Intel Arc B580 can run Phi-3.5 Mini 3.8B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 11.5 GB of the 12 GB available, at roughly 36 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Phi-3.5 Mini 3.8B:

ollama run phi3.5:3.8b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 6.1 GB here). You have room for FP16, which is full quality: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

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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 quality11.5 GBFits~36 tok/s
Q8_0Near-lossless7.9 GBFits~67 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent7 GBFits~87 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good6.5 GBFits~101 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular6.1 GBFits~118 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded5.7 GBFits~147 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded5.3 GBFits~191 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 Phi-3.5 Mini 3.8B 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 Phi-3.5 Mini 3.8B 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 -- phi3.5:3.8b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="phi3.5:3.8b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Phi-3.5 Mini 3.8B comfortably

Models that run well on the Intel Arc B580

Frequently asked questions

Can Intel Arc B580 run Phi-3.5 Mini 3.8B?

Yes. The Intel Arc B580 can run Phi-3.5 Mini 3.8B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 11.5 GB of the 12 GB available, at roughly 36 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Phi-3.5 Mini 3.8B need?

About 6.1 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 11.5 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Phi-3.5 Mini 3.8B on the Intel Arc B580?

Roughly 36 tokens per second at FP16, estimated from the Intel Arc B580's 456 GB/s memory bandwidth.