Intel’s $949 GPU has 32GB of VRAM for local AI, but the software is why Nvidia keeps winning
Intel just launched the Arc Pro B70, and on paper, it looks like a local AI dream. You get 32GB of GDDR6 memory, 256 Xe Matrix Extensions engines, and PCIe 5.0 support, all for $949. That's the same VRAM capacity as an RTX 5090, albeit GDDR6 instead of GDDR7, at less than half the price. If you're someone who runs local LLMs and has been watching Nvidia's pricing climb year after year, that probably sounds almost too good to be true.
Intel just launched the Arc Pro B70, and on paper, it looks like a local AI dream. You get 32GB of GDDR6 memory, 256 Xe Matrix Extensions engines, and PCIe 5.0 support, all for $949. That’s the same VRAM capacity as an RTX 5090, albeit GDDR6 instead of GDDR7, at less than half the price. If you’re someone who runs local LLMs and has been watching Nvidia’s pricing climb year after year, that probably sounds almost too good to be true.
Nils Leclercq
Switzerland
Switzerland
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