Can I Run Codestral on Intel Arc B570?

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Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 12, 2026

No — Codestral doesn't fit the Intel Arc B570's 10 GB. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB).

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Intel Arc B570 Specs

VRAM10 GB
Memory Bandwidth380 GB/s

Codestral 22B on the Intel Arc B570: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 10 GB?Max context
F1646.1 GB✗ No
Q8_025.3 GB✗ No
Q6_K19.9 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M17.5 GB✗ No
Q4_K_M15.1 GB✗ No
Q3_K_M11.2 GB✗ No
Q2_K9 GB✓ Yes8K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 10 GB. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Why It Does Not Fit

Every Codestral variant requires more VRAM than the Intel Arc B570 provides (10 GB).

Nearest GPU That Fits

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB VRAM).

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Codestral needs ~13 GB but this GPU has 10 GB. Rent a RTX 4090 (24 GB)-class GPU by the hour instead of buying one:

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FAQ

Will Codestral run on the Intel Arc B570?

No — Codestral doesn't fit the Intel Arc B570's 10 GB. The cheapest card that runs it is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB).

What GPU should I get instead to run Codestral?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (16 GB VRAM) is the cheapest upgrade that fits it.

Codestral on Other GPUs

Popular Models on the Intel Arc B570

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