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Can the Intel Arc B580 run Qwen3 4B?

Intel Arc B580 × Qwen3 4B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at FP169.8 GB of 12 GB
Weights 8 GBKV cache 1.2 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantFP16Full quality
Speed~34tokens per second
Max context21Ktokens 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 Qwen3 4B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 9.8 GB of the 12 GB available, at roughly 34 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Qwen3 4B:

ollama run qwen3:4b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 4.2 GB here). You have room for FP16, which is full quality: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

New to this? Step-by-step setup for the Intel Arc B580

Run it in the cloud

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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 quality9.8 GBFits~34 tok/s
Q8_0Near-lossless6.1 GBFits~64 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent5.1 GBFits~83 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good4.7 GBFits~96 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular4.2 GBFits~112 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded3.8 GBFits~139 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded3.3 GBFits~181 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 Qwen3 4B 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 Qwen3 4B 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 -- qwen3:4b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="qwen3:4b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Qwen3 4B comfortably

Models that run well on the Intel Arc B580

Frequently asked questions

Can Intel Arc B580 run Qwen3 4B?

Yes. The Intel Arc B580 can run Qwen3 4B fully in VRAM at FP16 (full quality), using about 9.8 GB of the 12 GB available, at roughly 34 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Qwen3 4B need?

About 4.2 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 9.8 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Qwen3 4B on the Intel Arc B580?

Roughly 34 tokens per second at FP16, estimated from the Intel Arc B580's 456 GB/s memory bandwidth.