Best Local LLMs for the Intel Arc B570

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 12, 2026

Best all-round pick: Qwen 3 8B

The Intel Arc B570 has 10 GB of VRAM, of which about 10 GB is available to a model. The largest model it can hold is Qwen 3 14B (15B, 9.7 GB at Q4_K_M).

Best models overall on the Intel Arc B570

ModelScoreMemory at Q4_K_MContextLicence
Qwen 3 8B95.85.8 GB125KApache 2.0
Qwen 3.5 14B94.49.3 GB125KApache 2.0
Gemma 3 12B Instruct93.68 GB128KGemma
Qwen 3.5 14B93.59.3 GB125KApache 2.0
GLM-6 9B93.36.2 GB125KMIT
GLM-4.7 9B93.16.2 GB125KApache-2.0

Best model by what you are doing

WorkloadRecommended on this GPU
CodingQwen3-Coder 8B (95.9)
Qwen 3 14B (95.9)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B (94.2)
General assistantQwen 3 8B (95.8)
Qwen 3.5 14B (94.4)
Gemma 3 12B Instruct (93.6)
ReasoningQwen 3 14B (96)
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B (94.5)
Qwen 3.5 14B (94)
RAGQwen 3 14B (84.4)
Qwen 2.5 14B Instruct (81.8)
Qwen 3.5 14B (81.5)
AgentsGLM-6 9B (86.8)
GLM-5 9B (85.4)
Qwen 3.5 14B (84.6)
VisionQwen 3.5 14B (95.7)
Gemma 4 12B (92.3)
Gemma 4 12B (Unified) (92)

What the Intel Arc B570 cannot run

These models are strong picks generally but exceed the 10 GB this card makes available.

ModelNeeds at Q4_K_MShort by
Gemma 4 27B ⭐17.2 GB~7.2 GB
Mistral Small 3.1 24B15.1 GB~5.1 GB
Qwen 3.7 35B-A3B22 GB~12 GB
Gemma 4 31B19.6 GB~9.6 GB

How these numbers are calculated

FAQ

What is the best LLM for the Intel Arc B570?

Qwen 3 8B is the strongest all-round pick that fits its 10 GB.

What is the largest model the Intel Arc B570 can run?

Qwen 3 14B — 15B parameters, needing 9.7 GB at Q4_K_M.

How much of the Intel Arc B570's memory can a model actually use?

About 10 GB of its 10 GB, before the desktop and runtime overhead are accounted for.

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