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Intel Arc A380: which models fit?

Intel · GPU

Intel Arc A380

Memory6 GB GDDR6Bandwidth186 GB/s vendor specPlanned for models6.0 GiB all VRAM usableFilesGGUF llama.cpp format
Context

Budget = file + KV cache + 1 GiB runtime + 0.5 GiB spare. Macs: 75% of memory. Details

12 models fit Arc A380 · 8K context

Ranked by Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, unranked models last. Arena is shown separately. How ranking works

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · top 9 models that fit Arc A380 · higher is better

  1. K2-Horizon-3.7B15.6
  2. Qwen3.5-4B13.1
  3. MiniCPM5-2B12.5
  4. G9v3-3B10.8
  5. Granite 4.2 3B9.1
  6. MiniCPM5-1B8.8
  7. Nanbeige4.1-3B8.4
  8. LFM2.5-2.6B8.4
  9. NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B4.8

AA estimate

Generation speed

Tokens per second on Arc A380, best file for each of the same models · higher is better

No generation value for these models on Arc A380: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.

WeightsKV cacheRuntimeFreeMeasuredlinks to its sourceEstimatedshown with ~Unknownnever zero
  1. 1

    K2-Horizon-3.7B

    IFM/K2-Horizon-3.7B

    2026-09-03size unknown

    AA index15.6rank #41
    Arena—
    Best file & memory
    Q4_K_M2.9 GiB fileFits
    5.1 of 6.0 GiB8K ctx · max ≈11K
    Prompt—Unknown
    Generate—Unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown

    Memory budget

    Weights file2.94 GiBIFM/K2-Horizon-3.7B-GGUF HF files
    KV cache · 8K1.13 GiBFP16 cache from config.json Estimated
    Runtime allowance1.00 GiBplanning assumption Estimated
    Accounted5.06 GiBof 6.0 GiB usable (100% of 6 GB) · 0.5 GiB spare margin required

    Max context in free memory: ≈11K tokens (native 512K).

    Other GGUF files

    • Q5_K_M 3.4 GiB · tight · files
    • Q8_0 5.0 GiB · too big · files
    • FP16 9.4 GiB · too big · files

    Where the speeds come from

    • Prompt unknown: no measured report, and no comparable vendor FP16 figure or device calibration.
    • Generate unknown: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.
    • First token unknown: needs a prefill value.

    Caveats

    • Text-only budget. A downloadable file does not prove your runtime supports this architecture.

    AA 15.6 K2 Horizon 3.7B · Arena unknown · Model page

  2. 2

    Qwen3.5-4B

    Qwen/Qwen3.5-4B

    2026-03-024B dense

    AA index13.1 AA estimaterank #48
    Arena—
    Best file & memory
    Q8_04.2 GiB fileFits · conditional
    5.4 of 6.0 GiB+8K ctx · max ≈10K
    Prompt—Unknown
    Generate—Unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown

    Memory budget

    Weights file4.17 GiBunsloth/Qwen3.5-4B-GGUF HF files
    KV cache · 8K0.25 GiBFP16 cache from config.json Estimated
    Runtime allowance1.00 GiBplanning assumption Estimated
    Recurrent state—Unknown
    Accounted5.42 GiBof 6.0 GiB usable (100% of 6 GB) · 0.5 GiB spare margin required

    Max context in free memory: ≈10K tokens (native 256K).

    Other GGUF files

    • Q4_K_M 2.6 GiB · fits · files
    • Q5_K_M 2.9 GiB · fits · files

    Where the speeds come from

    • Prompt unknown: no measured report, and no comparable vendor FP16 figure or device calibration.
    • Generate unknown: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.
    • First token unknown: needs a prefill value.

    Caveats

    • Fixed recurrent/convolution state is unknown and not included.
    • Text-only budget. A downloadable file does not prove your runtime supports this architecture.

    AA 13.1 AA estimate Qwen3.5 4B (Reasoning) · Arena unknown · Model page

  3. 3

    MiniCPM5-2B

    openbmb/MiniCPM5-2B

    2026-09-072.5B dense

    AA index12.5rank #51
    Arena—
    Best file & memory
    Q8_02.5 GiB fileFits
    3.8 of 6.0 GiB8K ctx · max ≈49K
    Prompt—Unknown
    Generate—Unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown

    Memory budget

    Weights file2.50 GiBopenbmb/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF HF files
    KV cache · 8K0.33 GiBFP16 cache from config.json Estimated
    Runtime allowance1.00 GiBplanning assumption Estimated
    Accounted3.82 GiBof 6.0 GiB usable (100% of 6 GB) · 0.5 GiB spare margin required

    Max context in free memory: ≈49K tokens (native 128K).

    Other GGUF files

    • Q4_K_M 1.5 GiB · fits · files
    • Q5_K_M 1.8 GiB · fits · files
    • FP16 4.7 GiB · too big · files

    Where the speeds come from

    • Prompt unknown: no measured report, and no comparable vendor FP16 figure or device calibration.
    • Generate unknown: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.
    • First token unknown: needs a prefill value.

    Caveats

    • Text-only budget. A downloadable file does not prove your runtime supports this architecture.

    AA 12.5 MiniCPM5-2B · Arena unknown · Model page

  4. 4

    G9v3-3B

    AI9Stars/G9v3-3B

    2026-07 (day unknown)3B dense

    AA index10.8 AA estimaterank #58
    Arena—
    Best file & memory
    Q8_03.0 GiB fileFits
    4.4 of 6.0 GiB8K ctx · max ≈30K
    Prompt—Unknown
    Generate—Unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown

    Memory budget

    Weights file2.96 GiBmradermacher/G9v3-3B-GGUF HF files
    KV cache · 8K0.41 GiBFP16 cache from config.json Estimated
    Runtime allowance1.00 GiBplanning assumption Estimated
    Accounted4.37 GiBof 6.0 GiB usable (100% of 6 GB) · 0.5 GiB spare margin required

    Max context in free memory: ≈30K tokens (native 128K).

    Other GGUF files

    • Q4_K_M 1.7 GiB · fits · files
    • Q5_K_M 2.0 GiB · fits · files
    • FP16 5.6 GiB · too big · files

    Where the speeds come from

    • Prompt unknown: no measured report, and no comparable vendor FP16 figure or device calibration.
    • Generate unknown: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.
    • First token unknown: needs a prefill value.

    Caveats

    • Text-only budget. A downloadable file does not prove your runtime supports this architecture.

    AA 10.8 AA estimate G9v3-3B · Arena unknown · Model page

  5. 5

    Granite 4.2 3B

    ibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b

    2026-08-253B dense

    AA index9.1rank #64
    Arena1,293
    Best file & memory
    Q8_03.6 GiB fileFits
    5.3 of 6.0 GiB8K ctx · max ≈11K
    Prompt—Unknown
    Generate—Unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown

    Memory budget

    Weights file3.63 GiBibm-granite/granite-4.2-3b-GGUF HF files
    KV cache · 8K0.63 GiBFP16 cache from config.json Estimated
    Runtime allowance1.00 GiBplanning assumption Estimated
    Accounted5.25 GiBof 6.0 GiB usable (100% of 6 GB) · 0.5 GiB spare margin required

    Max context in free memory: ≈11K tokens (native 128K).

    Other GGUF files

    • Q4_K_M 2.1 GiB · fits · files
    • Q5_K_M 2.4 GiB · fits · files
    • FP16 6.8 GiB · too big · files

    Where the speeds come from

    • Prompt unknown: no measured report, and no comparable vendor FP16 figure or device calibration.
    • Generate unknown: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.
    • First token unknown: needs a prefill value.

    Caveats

    • Text-only budget. A downloadable file does not prove your runtime supports this architecture.

    AA 9.1 Granite 4.2 3B · Arena 1,293 · Model page

  6. 6

    MiniCPM5-1B

    openbmb/MiniCPM5-1B

    2026-05-191.1B dense

    AA index8.8 AA estimaterank #67
    Arena—
    Best file & memory
    Q8_01.1 GiB fileFits
    2.3 of 6.0 GiB8K ctx · max ≈128K
    Prompt—Unknown
    Generate—Unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown

    Memory budget

    Weights file1.07 GiBopenbmb/MiniCPM5-1B-GGUF HF files
    KV cache · 8K0.19 GiBFP16 cache from config.json Estimated
    Runtime allowance1.00 GiBplanning assumption Estimated
    Accounted2.26 GiBof 6.0 GiB usable (100% of 6 GB) · 0.5 GiB spare margin required

    Max context in free memory: ≈128K tokens (native 128K).

    Other GGUF files

    • Q4_K_M 0.6 GiB · fits · files
    • Q5_K_M 0.7 GiB · fits · files
    • FP16 2.0 GiB · fits · files

    Where the speeds come from

    • Prompt unknown: no measured report, and no comparable vendor FP16 figure or device calibration.
    • Generate unknown: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.
    • First token unknown: needs a prefill value.

    Caveats

    • Text-only budget. A downloadable file does not prove your runtime supports this architecture.

    AA 8.8 AA estimate MiniCPM5-1B (Reasoning) · Arena unknown · Model page

  7. 7

    Nanbeige4.1-3B

    Nanbeige/Nanbeige4.1-3B

    2026-02 (day unknown)3B dense

    AA index8.4 AA estimaterank #69
    Arena—
    Best file & memory
    Q8_03.9 GiB fileFits
    5.4 of 6.0 GiB8K ctx · max ≈10K
    Prompt—Unknown
    Generate—Unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown

    Memory budget

    Weights file3.90 GiBmradermacher/Nanbeige4.1-3B-GGUF HF files
    KV cache · 8K0.50 GiBFP16 cache from config.json Estimated
    Runtime allowance1.00 GiBplanning assumption Estimated
    Accounted5.40 GiBof 6.0 GiB usable (100% of 6 GB) · 0.5 GiB spare margin required

    Max context in free memory: ≈10K tokens (native 256K).

    Other GGUF files

    • Q4_K_M 2.3 GiB · fits · files
    • Q5_K_M 2.6 GiB · fits · files
    • FP16 7.3 GiB · too big · files

    Where the speeds come from

    • Prompt unknown: no measured report, and no comparable vendor FP16 figure or device calibration.
    • Generate unknown: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.
    • First token unknown: needs a prefill value.

    Caveats

    • Text-only budget. A downloadable file does not prove your runtime supports this architecture.

    AA 8.4 AA estimate Nanbeige4.1-3B · Arena unknown · Model page

  8. 8

    LFM2.5-2.6B

    LiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B

    2026-08-042.7B dense

    AA index8.4 AA estimaterank #70
    Arena—
    Best file & memory
    Q8_02.7 GiB fileFits · conditional
    3.8 of 6.0 GiB+8K ctx · max ≈117K
    Prompt—Unknown
    Generate—Unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown

    Memory budget

    Weights file2.68 GiBLiquidAI/LFM2.5-2.6B-GGUF HF files
    KV cache · 8K0.13 GiBFP16 cache from config.json Estimated
    Runtime allowance1.00 GiBplanning assumption Estimated
    Recurrent state—Unknown
    Accounted3.80 GiBof 6.0 GiB usable (100% of 6 GB) · 0.5 GiB spare margin required

    Max context in free memory: ≈117K tokens (native 128K).

    Other GGUF files

    • Q4_K_M 1.6 GiB · fits · files
    • Q5_K_M 1.8 GiB · fits · files
    • FP16 5.0 GiB · too big · files

    Where the speeds come from

    • Prompt unknown: no measured report, and no comparable vendor FP16 figure or device calibration.
    • Generate unknown: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.
    • First token unknown: needs a prefill value.

    Caveats

    • Fixed recurrent/convolution state is unknown and not included.
    • Text-only budget. A downloadable file does not prove your runtime supports this architecture.

    AA 8.4 AA estimate LFM2.5-2.6B · Arena unknown · Model page

  9. 9

    NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B

    nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-BF16

    2026-03-164B dense

    AA index4.8rank #75
    Arena—
    Best file & memory
    Q8_03.9 GiB fileFits · conditional
    5.1 of 6.0 GiB+8K ctx · max ≈36K
    Prompt—Unknown
    Generate—Unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown

    Memory budget

    Weights file3.94 GiBunsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Nano-4B-GGUF HF files
    KV cache · 8K0.13 GiBFP16 cache from config.json Estimated
    Runtime allowance1.00 GiBplanning assumption Estimated
    Recurrent state—Unknown
    Accounted5.07 GiBof 6.0 GiB usable (100% of 6 GB) · 0.5 GiB spare margin required

    Max context in free memory: ≈36K tokens (native 256K).

    Other GGUF files

    • Q4_K_M 2.6 GiB · fits · files
    • Q5_K_M 2.9 GiB · fits · files

    Where the speeds come from

    • Prompt unknown: no measured report, and no comparable vendor FP16 figure or device calibration.
    • Generate unknown: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.
    • First token unknown: needs a prefill value.

    Caveats

    • Fixed recurrent/convolution state is unknown and not included.
    • Text-only budget. A downloadable file does not prove your runtime supports this architecture.

    AA 4.8 NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 4B · Arena unknown · Model page

  10. 10

    K2-Horizon-0.9B

    IFM/K2-Horizon-0.9B

    2026-09-03size unknown

    AA index—unranked
    Arena—
    Best file & memory
    Q8_01.1 GiB fileFits
    2.5 of 6.0 GiB8K ctx · max ≈63K
    Prompt—Unknown
    Generate—Unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown

    Memory budget

    Weights file1.07 GiBIFM/K2-Horizon-0.9B-GGUF HF files
    KV cache · 8K0.44 GiBFP16 cache from config.json Estimated
    Runtime allowance1.00 GiBplanning assumption Estimated
    Accounted2.51 GiBof 6.0 GiB usable (100% of 6 GB) · 0.5 GiB spare margin required

    Max context in free memory: ≈63K tokens (native 128K).

    Other GGUF files

    • Q4_K_M 0.6 GiB · fits · files
    • Q5_K_M 0.7 GiB · fits · files
    • FP16 2.0 GiB · fits · files

    Where the speeds come from

    • Prompt unknown: no measured report, and no comparable vendor FP16 figure or device calibration.
    • Generate unknown: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.
    • First token unknown: needs a prefill value.

    Caveats

    • Text-only budget. A downloadable file does not prove your runtime supports this architecture.

    AA index unknown · Arena unknown · Model page

  11. 11

    Qwen3.5-0.8B

    Qwen/Qwen3.5-0.8B

    2026-03-020.8B dense

    AA index—unranked
    Arena—
    Best file & memory
    Q8_00.8 GiB fileFits · conditional
    1.8 of 6.0 GiB+8K ctx · max ≈256K
    Prompt—Unknown
    Generate—Unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown

    Memory budget

    Weights file0.76 GiBunsloth/Qwen3.5-0.8B-GGUF HF files
    KV cache · 8K0.09 GiBFP16 cache from config.json Estimated
    Runtime allowance1.00 GiBplanning assumption Estimated
    Recurrent state—Unknown
    Accounted1.85 GiBof 6.0 GiB usable (100% of 6 GB) · 0.5 GiB spare margin required

    Max context in free memory: ≈256K tokens (native 256K).

    Other GGUF files

    • Q4_K_M 0.5 GiB · fits · files
    • Q5_K_M 0.5 GiB · fits · files
    • FP16 1.4 GiB · fits · files

    Where the speeds come from

    • Prompt unknown: no measured report, and no comparable vendor FP16 figure or device calibration.
    • Generate unknown: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.
    • First token unknown: needs a prefill value.

    Caveats

    • Fixed recurrent/convolution state is unknown and not included.
    • Text-only budget. A downloadable file does not prove your runtime supports this architecture.

    AA index unknown · Arena unknown · Model page

  12. 12

    Qwen3.5-2B

    Qwen/Qwen3.5-2B

    2026-03-022B dense

    AA index—unranked
    Arena—
    Best file & memory
    Q8_01.9 GiB fileFits · conditional
    3.0 of 6.0 GiB+8K ctx · max ≈224K
    Prompt—Unknown
    Generate—Unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown

    Memory budget

    Weights file1.87 GiBunsloth/Qwen3.5-2B-GGUF HF files
    KV cache · 8K0.09 GiBFP16 cache from config.json Estimated
    Runtime allowance1.00 GiBplanning assumption Estimated
    Recurrent state—Unknown
    Accounted2.97 GiBof 6.0 GiB usable (100% of 6 GB) · 0.5 GiB spare margin required

    Max context in free memory: ≈224K tokens (native 256K).

    Other GGUF files

    • Q4_K_M 1.2 GiB · fits · files
    • Q5_K_M 1.3 GiB · fits · files
    • FP16 3.5 GiB · fits · files

    Where the speeds come from

    • Prompt unknown: no measured report, and no comparable vendor FP16 figure or device calibration.
    • Generate unknown: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.
    • First token unknown: needs a prefill value.

    Caveats

    • Fixed recurrent/convolution state is unknown and not included.
    • Text-only budget. A downloadable file does not prove your runtime supports this architecture.

    AA index unknown · Arena unknown · Model page

May fit: KV-cache size unknown 2

Weights and runtime fit, but the cache for this attention type is not established. Ranked by AA index.

  1. Ling-3.0-tiny

    inclusionAI/Ling-3.0-tiny

    2026-08 (day unknown)7.9B · 1.3B active

    AA index11.1rank #57
    Arena—
    Best file & memory
    Q4_K_M4.5 GiB fileCache unknown
    5.5 of 6.0 GiB+8K ctx
    Prompt—Unknown
    Generate—Unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown

    Memory budget

    Weights file4.49 GiBinclusionAI/Ling-3.0-tiny-GGUF HF files
    KV cache · 8K—Unknown
    Runtime allowance1.00 GiBplanning assumption Estimated
    Recurrent state—Unknown
    Accounted5.49 GiBof 6.0 GiB usable (100% of 6 GB) · 0.5 GiB spare margin required

    Max context in free memory: unknown (native 128K).

    Other GGUF files

    • Q5_K_M 5.2 GiB · too big · files
    • Q8_0 7.8 GiB · too big · files
    • FP16 14.7 GiB · too big · files

    Where the speeds come from

    • Prompt unknown: no measured report, and no comparable vendor FP16 figure or device calibration.
    • Generate unknown: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.
    • First token unknown: needs a prefill value.

    Caveats

    • KV-cache size could not be established from the config (compressed or backend-specific attention).
    • Fixed recurrent/convolution state is unknown and not included.
    • Text-only budget. A downloadable file does not prove your runtime supports this architecture.

    AA 11.1 Ling 3.0 Tiny · Arena unknown · Model page

  2. Gemma 4 E2B

    google/gemma-4-E2B-it

    2026-04-025.1B dense

    AA index7.8 AA estimaterank #72
    Arena—
    Best file & memory
    Q5_K_M3.1 GiB fileCache unknown
    4.1 of 6.0 GiB+8K ctx
    Prompt—Unknown
    Generate—Unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown

    Memory budget

    Weights file3.13 GiBunsloth/gemma-4-E2B-it-GGUF HF files
    KV cache · 8K—Unknown
    Runtime allowance1.00 GiBplanning assumption Estimated
    Recurrent state—Unknown
    Accounted4.13 GiBof 6.0 GiB usable (100% of 6 GB) · 0.5 GiB spare margin required

    Max context in free memory: unknown (native 128K).

    Other GGUF files

    • Q4_K_M 2.9 GiB · cache unknown · files
    • Q8_0 4.7 GiB · too big · files

    Where the speeds come from

    • Prompt unknown: no measured report, and no comparable vendor FP16 figure or device calibration.
    • Generate unknown: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.
    • First token unknown: needs a prefill value.

    Caveats

    • KV-cache size could not be established from the config (compressed or backend-specific attention).
    • Fixed recurrent/convolution state is unknown and not included.
    • Text-only budget. A downloadable file does not prove your runtime supports this architecture.

    AA 7.8 AA estimate Gemma 4 E2B (Reasoning) · Arena unknown · Model page

Tight: only below 8K context 1

  1. Falcon-H1R-7B

    tiiuae/Falcon-H1R-7B

    2026-01-057B dense

    AA index7.8 AA estimaterank #71
    Arena—
    Best file & memory
    Q4_K_M4.3 GiB fileTight
    5.6 of 6.0 GiB+8K ctx
    Prompt—Unknown
    Generate—Unknown
    First token · 4K prompt—Unknown

    Memory budget

    Weights file4.28 GiBtiiuae/Falcon-H1R-7B-GGUF HF files
    KV cache · 8K0.34 GiBFP16 cache from config.json Estimated
    Runtime allowance1.00 GiBplanning assumption Estimated
    Recurrent state—Unknown
    Accounted5.63 GiBof 6.0 GiB usable (100% of 6 GB) · 0.5 GiB spare margin required

    Max context in free memory: ≈5K tokens (native 256K).

    Other GGUF files

    • Q5_K_M 5.0 GiB · too big · files
    • Q8_0 7.5 GiB · too big · files
    • FP16 14.1 GiB · too big · files

    Where the speeds come from

    • Prompt unknown: no measured report, and no comparable vendor FP16 figure or device calibration.
    • Generate unknown: no measured report, and bandwidth, active size or backend calibration is missing.
    • First token unknown: needs a prefill value.

    Caveats

    • Fixed recurrent/convolution state is unknown and not included.
    • Text-only budget. A downloadable file does not prove your runtime supports this architecture.

    AA 7.8 AA estimate Falcon-H1R-7B · Arena unknown · Model page

70 models too big for Arc A380

Specs & sources

Memory6 GB GDDR6source
Bandwidth186 GB/ssource
FP16unknownNo explicit comparable vendor figure verified in reviewed product specifications/architecture papers.
Power75 Wsource

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