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Can the Intel Arc B580 12GB run Yi-1.5-9B?

Yes โ€” here's how fast and up to what context, with real measured numbers.

Yi-1.5-9B on the Intel Arc B580 12GB

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 yes 5k 30-37.2 t/s ~2.6-3.3 (slow)
Q4 yes 35k 53.5-66.4 t/s ~4.7-5.8 (slow)

Estimate (memory-bound). Beyond "max context" the KV cache spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and speed drops to the "beyond" figure.

FAQ

Can the Intel Arc B580 12GB run Yi-1.5-9B?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~53.5-66.4 tok/s and fits up to 35k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~4.7-5.8 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 35k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.