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Can the Intel Arc Pro B50 run Pythia-Chat-Base-7B-v0.16?

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

Pythia-Chat-Base-7B-v0.16 on the Intel Arc Pro B50

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 yes 47k 18.6-23 t/s ~3.3-4.1 (slow)
Q4 yes 71k 33.1-41.1 t/s ~5.9-7.3 (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-Chat-Base-7B-v0.16?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~33.1-41.1 tok/s and fits up to 71k context; beyond that it spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and slows to ~5.9-7.3 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 71k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to system RAM offload (depends on your system RAM) and throughput collapses.