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Can the Intel Arc B580 run Gemma 2 9B?

Intel Arc B580 × Gemma 2 9B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q6_K10.3 GB of 12 GB
Weights 7.6 GBKV cache 2.1 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ6_KExcellent
Speed~36tokens per second
Max context8Kthe model's full window
  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 Gemma 2 9B fully in VRAM at Q6_K (excellent), using about 10.3 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 Gemma 2 9B:

ollama run gemma2:9b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 8.3 GB here). You have room for Q6_K, which is excellent: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

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

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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 quality21.2 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless12.5 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent10.3 GBFits~36 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good9.3 GBFits~42 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular8.3 GBFits~49 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded7.2 GBFits~61 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded6.2 GBFits~79 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 2 9B 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 2 9B 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 -- gemma2:9b

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="gemma2:9b"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run Gemma 2 9B comfortably

Models that run well on the Intel Arc B580

Frequently asked questions

Can Intel Arc B580 run Gemma 2 9B?

Yes. The Intel Arc B580 can run Gemma 2 9B fully in VRAM at Q6_K (excellent), using about 10.3 GB of the 12 GB available, at roughly 36 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Gemma 2 9B need?

About 8.3 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 21.2 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Gemma 2 9B on the Intel Arc B580?

Roughly 36 tokens per second at Q6_K, estimated from the Intel Arc B580's 456 GB/s memory bandwidth.