Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 21, 2026
Ranked for reasoning and multi-step problem solving: Problems that need explicit multi-step thinking: planning, analysis, and chains of inference rather than recall.
Best overall: Intel Arc B580
12 GB VRAM at 456 GB/s. It runs 51 of the models that qualify for this workload; the strongest is Qwen 3 14B at an estimated 33 tokens/sec.
| GPU | VRAM | MSRP | Models that fit | Best model it runs | Est. speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best overall | Intel Arc B580 | 12 GB | $249 | 51 | Qwen 3 14B | ~33 tok/s |
| Best value | Intel Arc B570 | 10 GB | $219 | 50 | Qwen 3 14B | ~27.8 tok/s |
| Budget pick | Intel Arc B570 | 10 GB | $219 | 50 | Qwen 3 14B | ~27.8 tok/s |
| Most memory | NVIDIA DGX Spark | 128 GB | $4,699 | 88 | GLM-5.1 72B | ~4.5 tok/s |
| GPU | Score | VRAM | MSRP | Models fit | Est. speed | Tok/s per watt | Cost per model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Arc B580 | 77.8 | 12 GB | $249 | 51 | ~33 | 0.17 | $5 |
| Intel Arc B570 | 76.2 | 10 GB | $219 | 50 | ~27.8 | 0.19 | $4 |
| AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX | 76.1 | 24 GB | $999 | 75 | ~38.3 | 0.11 | $13 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | 75.5 | 24 GB | $1,599 | 75 | ~40.1 | 0.09 | $21 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | 74.5 | 32 GB | $1,999 | 75 | ~66.6 | 0.12 | $27 |
| AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT | 74.2 | 16 GB | $499 | 58 | ~43.9 | 0.17 | $9 |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 | 73.9 | 16 GB | $549 | 58 | ~44.9 | 0.2 | $9 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | 73.8 | 24 GB | $1,499 | 75 | ~37.4 | 0.11 | $20 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | 73.6 | 12 GB | $549 | 51 | ~46.9 | 0.19 | $11 |
| AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | 73.3 | 16 GB | $599 | 58 | ~49.7 | 0.23 | $10 |
| AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT | 71.6 | 20 GB | $899 | 64 | ~32.4 | 0.1 | $14 |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (10GB) | 71.1 | 10 GB | $699 | 50 | ~52.4 | 0.16 | $14 |
The Intel Arc B580 — 12 GB of VRAM runs 51 qualifying models, the strongest being Qwen 3.
The Intel Arc B570 at $219, which runs 50 qualifying models.
8 GB is the entry point at which a model for this workload will run at all. More memory buys a stronger model, not just a faster one.