Intel · Alchemist · 8 GB VRAM tier

Best AI Models for Intel Arc A750 (8 GB)

Runs 7–9B models well; 14B doesn't fit in 8 GB.

8 GB GDDR6512 GB/s115 TFLOPS FP16225 WAlchemist 2022

What LLMs can the Arc A750 run?

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 9BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 40.3 t/s	40.3 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
2	Qwen3.5 4BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 78.5 t/s	78.5 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
3	Gemma 2 9B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB · 42.0 t/s	42.0 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB
4	Gemma 3 4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB · 90.1 t/s	90.1 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB
5	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 118 t/s	118 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB

#	Model	Speed	Reasoning Score	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 9BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 40.3 t/s	40.3 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
2	Gemma 3 4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB · 90.1 t/s	90.1 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB
3	Qwen2.5 7B InstructAlibaba Q4_K_M · 5.8 GB · 51.3 t/s	51.3 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 5.8 GB
4	Gemma 2 9B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB · 42.0 t/s	42.0 tok/s	overall	Q4_K_M · 7.3 GB
5	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 118 t/s	118 tok/s		Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 4BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 78.5 t/s	78.5 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
2	Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 40.3 t/s	40.3 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
3	Gemma 4 E4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB · 48.1 t/s	48.1 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB
4	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 118 t/s	118 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB
5	MiniCPM5 2BOpenBMB Q4_K_M · 2.5 GB · 135 t/s	135 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 2.5 GB

#	Model	Speed ↓	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 4BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 78.5 t/s	78.5 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
2	Ling 3.0 TinyInclusion AI Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB · 118 t/s	118 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.5 GB
3	Gemma 4 E4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB · 48.1 t/s	48.1 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.6 GB
4	MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9BXiaomi Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB · 41.2 t/s	41.2 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB
5	Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 40.3 t/s	40.3 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB

#	Model	Speed	Quant · VRAM
1	Qwen3.5 9BAlibabaHow to run → Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB · 40.3 t/s	40.3 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
2	Qwen3.5 4BAlibaba Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB · 78.5 t/s	78.5 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 3.4 GB
3	Gemma 3 4B ITGoogle Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB · 90.1 t/s	90.1 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 5.0 GB
4	MiMo V2.6 Distill Qwen 9BXiaomi Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB · 41.2 t/s	41.2 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 6.5 GB
5	MiniCPM V 4.7 1BOpenBMB Q4_K_M · 1.6 GB · 200 t/s	200 tok/s	Q4_K_M · 1.6 GB

See all 216 models on the Arc A750 →Best quant that fits · speeds estimated on this card

About the Arc A750

The Arc A750 is a solid mid-range card in the 8 GB class: it runs 7–9B models well. It is power-hungry for its speed, and at its $289 MSRP it gave the best speed per dollar of the cards compared. Alchemist generation, released 2022.

Speed in 8 GB#6512 GB/s

Per watt#90.18 tok/s per W on Qwen3.5 9B (9B params)

Per dollar#113.9 tok/s per $100 on Qwen3.5 9B (9B params)

GenerationAlchemistreleased 2022

Arc A750 strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

Runs 7–9B models: Qwen3.5 9B at 40.3 tok/s in 6.6 GB

Weaknesses

14B models don't fit: Qwen3 14B needs 11.9 GB at Q4 vs 8 GB here
Little room for context: Qwen3.5 9B uses 6.6 of 8 GB, 1.4 GB left
oneAPI, not CUDA: No FP8 or NVFP4 weights and no vLLM AWQ or GPTQ; use GGUF builds

Speed per dollar and per watt

NewUsed

On Qwen3.5 9B (9B params) at Q4_K_M. New prices are compared with new, used with used. The last two columns are the speed you get per $100 of price and per 100 W of board power; higher is better. The Arc A750 has no current price, so it is shown at its MSRP.

Card	New price	tok/s	tok/s per $100	tok/s per 100 W
Arc A7508 GB	about $289	40.3	13.9	17.9
RTX 50608 GBBest new value	about $460	45.8	10.0	31.6
RTX 507012 GB	about $840	68.7	8.2	27.5
RTX 40608 GB	about $520	27.8	5.3	24.2

Card	Used price	tok/s	tok/s per $100	tok/s per 100 W
RTX 50608 GBBest used value	about $388	45.8	11.8	31.6
RTX 3060 12GB12 GB	about $329	36.8	11.2	21.6
RTX 507012 GB	about $736	68.7	9.3	27.5
RTX 407012 GB	about $575	51.5	9.0	25.8
RTX 40608 GB	about $335	27.8	8.3	24.2
RTX 4060 Ti 8GB8 GB	about $362	29.4	8.1	18.4
RTX 4070 SUPER12 GB	about $675	51.5	7.6	23.4
RTX 4070 Ti12 GB	about $722	51.5	7.1	18.1

Cost per token: the Arc A750 against 8–12 GB cards

On Qwen3.5 9B (9B params, Q4_K_M, 4K context). Speed, cost per token and power per token depend on the model.

8 GB12 GBthis cardat MSRP

Cost per 1M output tokenson Qwen3.5 9B · card over 3 years + power

$0.69

Card, MSRP: $0.45
Power: $0.23

3-year cost of ownership$437

Or rent an RTX 3090 in the cloud$0.19/hr

Renting costs as much as buying after ≈1,500 hours (≈1.0 years at 4 h a day).

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Similar GPUs

Cards people weigh against the Arc A750, each with the one reason it is worth a look. Speeds on Qwen3.5 9B.

14% faster, same 8 GBRTX 5060NVIDIA · 8 GB · Blackwell

▲ 14% speedsame 8 GB$460

4 GB more and 71% fasterRTX 5070NVIDIA · 12 GB · Blackwell

▲ 71% speed▲ 4 GB$840rent $0.15/hr

4 GB more, but slowerRTX 3060 12GBNVIDIA · 12 GB · Ampere

▼ 9% speed▲ 4 GB$329rent $0.06/hr

31% slower, same 8 GBRTX 4060NVIDIA · 8 GB · Ada Lovelace

▼ 31% speedsame 8 GB$520rent $0.09/hr

8 GB more and 70% fasterRTX 4070 Ti SUPERNVIDIA · 16 GB · Ada Lovelace

▲ 70% speed▲ 8 GB$799rent $0.15/hr

8 GB more and 82% fasterRTX 4080NVIDIA · 16 GB · Ada Lovelace

▲ 82% speed▲ 8 GB$1,199rent $0.24/hr

Arc A750 tokens per second by model size

Output speed depends on memory bandwidth (512 GB/s). Grey rows need more than 8 GB.

9BQwen3.5 9B · Q4_K_M · 6.6 GB
40.3tok/s
14BQwen3 14B · not at 4-bit
needs 11.9 GB
27–31BQwen3.8 27B · not at 4-bit
needs 17.9 GB
35B MoEQwen3.6 35B A3B · not at 4-bit
needs 22.0 GB
70BLlama 3.3 70B Instruct · not at 4-bit
needs 51.3 GB
120B MoEGPT OSS 120B · not at 4-bit
needs 70.8 GB

Estimated speeds: Q4_K_M, 4K context, one user. How we estimate

All 822 models on the Arc A750

Featured only

Best quant that fits, ordered by llmrun Score. Fit grades how well it runs here, S best. How ranking works

LLM models compatible with Intel Arc A750 — ranked by Score, recency and Fit
Model	Quant	VRAM	Speed	Context	Fit
Yi 9B8.8BChat Q4_K_M·44.1 t/s	Q4_K_M	6 GB75%	44.1 t/s	4K	A77, Runs well
CodeQwen1.5 7B7.3BChatCode Q4_K_M·53.6 t/s	Q4_K_M	5.7 GB72%	53.6 t/s	66K	A81, Runs well
GPT OSS 20B RichardErkhov Heresy20.9BChatFunctions IQ2_M·94.2 t/s	IQ2_M	7.6 GB96%	94.2 t/s	131K	B62, Decent
Xgen 7B 8k Base7BChat Q4_K_M·55.4 t/s	Q4_K_M	5.7 GB71%	55.4 t/s	8K	A82, Runs well
Baichuan2 7B Base7BChat Q4_K_M·55.4 t/s	Q4_K_M	5.0 GB62%	55.4 t/s	4K	A82, Runs well
GLM 4.7 Flash REAP 23B A3B23.0BChat IQ2_XXS·69.9 t/s	IQ2_XXS	7.5 GB94%	69.9 t/s	203K	B62, Decent
Qwen2.5 1.5B1.5BChatFunctions Q4_K_M·200.0 t/s	Q4_K_M	1.7 GB21%	200.0 t/s	131K	S100, Runs great
Shieldgemma 2B2.6BChat Q4_K_M·148.0 t/s	Q4_K_M	3.6 GB45%	148.0 t/s	—	S97, Runs great
SmolLM 360M362MChat Q4_K_M·426.7 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.6 GB8%	426.7 t/s	2K	S100, Runs great
Gemma 1.1 2B IT2.5BChat Q4_K_M·155.2 t/s	Q4_K_M	3.5 GB44%	155.2 t/s	—	S97, Runs great
SmolLM 360M Instruct362MChat Q4_K_M·426.7 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.6 GB8%	426.7 t/s	2K	S100, Runs great
Baichuan 7B7BChat Q4_K_M·55.4 t/s	Q4_K_M	5.0 GB62%	55.4 t/s	4K	A82, Runs well
Vllm Translategemma 12B IT13.2BChatTranslation Q2_K·38.4 t/s	Q2_K	7.5 GB93%	38.4 t/s	131K	B55, Decent
Text2cypher Gemma 2 9B IT Finetuned 2024v19BChat Q3_K_M·53.0 t/s	Q3_K_M	7.5 GB94%	53.0 t/s	—	B60, Decent
SmolLM2 360M362MChat Q4_K_M·426.7 t/s	Q4_K_M	0.8 GB11%	426.7 t/s	8K	S100, Runs great

Arc A750 specs, power and PSU

Specs

Architecture: Alchemist
VRAM: 8 GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth: 512.0 GB/s
FP16 (dense): 114.50 TFLOPS
TDP: 225 W
Released: 2022-10-12
MSRP: $289

Arc A750 FAQ

Is the Arc A750 still worth it in 2026?

At its MSRP of $289 you get 13.9 tok/s per $100 on Qwen3.5 9B, which ranks 1st of the 4 cards compared here; it is also the 6th fastest out of 12 cards with 8 GB. It runs 7–9B models well; 14B doesn't fit in 8 GB.

What is the largest model the Arc A750 can run?

Qwen3.5 9B (9.7B) is the largest at 4-bit or better: at Q4_K_M it uses 6.6 GB of 8 GB, and runs at about 40.3 tok/s.

Can the Arc A750 run 14B models?

No. Qwen3 14B needs 11.9 GB at Q4, more than the 8 GB on this card.

How many tokens per second does the Arc A750 give?

About 40.3 tok/s on Qwen3.5 9B at Q4_K_M, with the first token after 3.8 s on a 4K-token prompt.

What power supply does the Arc A750 need?

Plan a 450 W PSU (2× the 225 W TDP).

Is renting cheaper than buying an Arc A750?

An RTX 3090 (24 GB) rents from $0.19/hr. Renting costs as much as buying after ≈1,500 hours (≈1.0 years at 4 h a day).

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