How fast will Qwen 3.6/3.8 27B feel on the Intel Arc Pro B70 32GB?

Qwen 3.6/3.8 27B on the Intel Arc Pro B70 32GB

Qwen 3.6/3.8 27B is a 27.78B-parameter model. At Q4_K_M it needs about 17.6 GB of memory. The Intel Arc Pro B70 32GB has 30 GB usable, so it fits entirely in memory. Expect about 7.5 tokens/sec (4.6–10), with the first token after 0.6 s for a short prompt. This estimate is interpolated from benchmarks of similar setups.

Speed by quantization

QuantizationFile sizeMemoryGenerationFirst tokenSource
Q4_K_M16.8 GBFits7.5 tok/s0.6 sDerived
Q8_028.6 GBFits4.4 tok/s0.6 sDerived
FP1653.8 GBPartial offload1.7 tok/s1.9 sProjected

Qwen 3.6/3.8 27B on other hardware

Other models on the Intel Arc Pro B70 32GB

All models on the Intel Arc Pro B70 32GB · Qwen 3.6/3.8 27B on all hardware

Estimates for a short prompt on a single device. Measured numbers come from community benchmarks (r/LocalLLaMA, localscore.ai and more); others are derived from similar setups or projected from specs. Open source on GitHub.