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Can the Arc B580 run Qwen3 14B?

Yes. Qwen3 14B needs about 11 GB and the Arc B580 has 12 GB of VRAM. Expect about 27 tok/s, about reading speed.

ollama run qwen3:14b

First time? Install Ollama, then paste that into a terminal.

Qwen3 14B needsAbout 11 GB
Arc B580 has12 GB VRAM
Bandwidth456 GB/s
Estimated speed~27 tok/s
Want it faster?

Speed comes from memory bandwidth: the card reads all 9.3 GB of active weights for every token. On the Arc B580, Qwen3 8B runs at about 48 tok/s if you can trade some quality for speed. Cards that run Qwen3 14B faster:

How we estimate

Speed is roughly memory bandwidth divided by the weights read per token, calibrated on our own rack. Sizes are Ollama's default 4-bit downloads plus about 1.2 GB for context. Real results are usually within about a third. Measured it yourself? Send us the number.

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