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forum threadAquaHamster309 posted May 30, 2026 8:23 PM
ASRock B70 Intel Arc Pro B70 B70 CT 32GB 256-bit GDDR6 PCI Express 5.0 x16 2-slot Graphics Card $999
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But Intel has a long way to go in terms of software support for AI so you should verify your use cases before committing.
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For AI Intel's missing a ton of compatibility, and performance is generally just leagues behind with few exceptions. At $1299 you can get the Radeon AI Pro R9700 which also has 32GB and pretty-much spot-on double the performance for games as well as much better AI performance especially when you factor how good CUDA emulation has come along with ROCm. Still a fair bit behind Nvidia's best, but actually quite a bit closer to a fair price compared to the Arc Pro B70.
The prompt processing speed in online benchmarks for Qwen3.6-27b is like 240t/s. You'll be waiting for like a minute for it to start printing the first token when the context/chat is close to its 32GB capacity (which is around 120k depending on a quant). My 128gb Macbook has about the same prompt processing speed.
It's because this GPUs VRAM bandwidth is quite low.
Also, the software stack is not robust. You won't be able to just run anything new that comes out sometimes. You'll have to wait until the model is supported by Intel's stack.
Up until recently they didn't even allow turning the fans off in Linux (once they kicked in, they used to stay on). I believe they still don't allow setting the fan curves.
Also, I believe Intel did a rug-pull with SR-IOV support, which was the Arc Pro's redeeming quality and the reason many bought from this lineup.
Overall, it can work, but prepare to be disappointed a lot.
Yeah, I think Nvidia haven't even had any drops since then.
The last helicopter out of Saigon.
But Intel has a long way to go in terms of software support for AI so you should verify your use cases before committing.
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