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Can the Intel Arc Pro B50 run Pythia-1.4b?

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

Pythia-1.4b on the Intel Arc Pro B50

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 yes 159k 46.4-57.6 t/s ~8.3-10.3 (slow)
Q8 yes 180k 92.8-115.2 t/s ~16.6-20.6 (slow)
Q4 yes 190k 165.7-205.7 t/s ~29.6-36.7 (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 Pro B50 run Pythia-1.4b?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~165.7-205.7 tok/s and fits up to 190k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~29.6-36.7 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 190k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.