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Can the Intel Arc Pro B60 run Qwen1.5 32B Chat?

36Basic quality (D) · 36 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 66/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

Yes, it runs well

Runs well. At Q3_K_M it needs about 19.9 GB of 24.0 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 17.0 tok/s.

Best quant
Q3_K_M
Generation speed
17.0 tok/s
Prompt processing
416 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
2.5 s
Largest safe context
23K

Best app to run it on the Intel Arc Pro B60

On Windows

llama.cpp

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp

  • Supports Intel Arc through SYCL and Vulkan.
  • Usually the first to support new model architectures.
llama-server -hf Qwen/Qwen1.5-32B-Chat-GGUF:Q3_K_M
  • LM Studio Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.
  • Ollama Intel GPU support here is experimental (Vulkan).

On Linux

llama.cpp

Command line + local API · runs on llama.cpp

  • Supports Intel Arc through SYCL and Vulkan.
  • Usually the first to support new model architectures.
llama-server -hf Qwen/Qwen1.5-32B-Chat-GGUF:Q3_K_M
  • LM Studio Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.
  • Ollama Intel GPU support here is experimental (Vulkan).

How we choose: the files published for this model, your operating system and GPU, whether it fits fully in memory, and published speed tests (MLX vs llama.cpp on Apple silicon, vLLM vs llama.cpp vs Ollama on NVIDIA). Details.

Download Qwen1.5 32B Chat

Recommended for the Intel Arc Pro B60: Q3_K_M. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

Quickest · Ollama

One command downloads a ready-to-run version and starts a chat.

Get Ollama at ollama.com/download (opens in a new tab) · model page (opens in a new tab)

ollama run qwen:32b-chat-v1.5-q3_K_M

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in LM Studio, llama.cpp, Jan and Ollama. No sign-in needed.

Download the Q3_K_M file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen1.5-32B-Chat-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/Qwen/Qwen1.5-32B-Chat-GGUF:Q3_K_M

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from Alibaba, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen1.5-32B-Chat (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

How it’s rated

Quality 36Basic quality (D) · 36 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 66/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
How capable the model itself is at Q3_K_M, from its editorial quality tier scaled by the quantization or precision. It’s the same on any hardware that runs this variant. Scale: A+ 85+ · A 70+ · B 55+ · C 40+ · D under 40.
Runs Runs well
How well it runs on the Intel Arc Pro B60: speed, capped by how well it fits in memory. Runs great: 30+ tokens/s (or near the image, video or decision speed target) · Runs well: 10+ tokens/s · Slow: 3+ tokens/s · Very slow: under 3 · Won’t run: doesn’t fit even with offload. A tight fit or RAM offload caps it at Runs well; heavy offload caps it at Slow.

Match score

To order lists, each result also gets a match score out of 100 from four parts. It favors the most capable model that still runs well.

Model qualityEditorial quality tier of the model, scaled by the quantization or precision used.16.6 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when everything sits in GPU memory; fewer when part spills to system RAM.25.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.9.8 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.15.0 / 15
Match score66.4 / 100

The match score orders results; it is not shown as a grade. Quality and Runs are the two ratings in the tables.

Every quantization on the Intel Arc Pro B60

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Runs Quality Download
Q2_K 17.0 GB 24.0 GB 21.6 tok/s Runs well 30Basic quality (D) · 30 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 64/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M 19.9 GB 24.0 GB 17.0 tok/s Runs well 36Basic quality (D) · 36 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 66/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q4_K_M 23.8 GB 24.0 GB 13.2 tok/s Runs welltight fit 41Fair quality (C) · 41 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 66/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 27.0 GB 24.0 GB 7.0 tok/s Slowoffloads to RAM 42Fair quality (C) · 42 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 50/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q6_K 30.6 GB 24.0 GB 4.5 tok/s Slowoffloads to RAM 43Fair quality (C) · 43 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 49/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q8_0 38.4 GB 24.0 GB 2.4 tok/s Very slowheavy RAM offload 44Fair quality (C) · 44 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 42/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
F16 69.0 GB 24.0 GB — Won't run 44Fair quality (C) · 44 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 5/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Memory figures assume 8K of context. Longer conversations or documents grow the KV cache.

Other hardware that runs it

Quick answers

How much memory does Qwen1.5 32B Chat need on the Arc Pro B60 24GB?

At Q3_K_M it needs about 19.9 GB. The Arc Pro B60 24GB has 24.0 GB usable.

How fast is Qwen1.5 32B Chat on the Arc Pro B60 24GB?

About 17.0 tok/s at Q3_K_M, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of Qwen1.5 32B Chat should I use on the Arc Pro B60 24GB?

Q3_K_M. Of the versions that fit, it is the one that runs best; when two run equally well, the check prefers the higher-rated one.

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.

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