Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB vs M5 Max 36GB for local LLMs
8 reports on the Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB and 12 on the M5 Max 36GB
Which is faster for local LLMs?
On Qwen3.8 27B at 4-bit, the Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB has 22.0 generation tokens/s (3 runs); prompt processing 379.5 tokens/s (2 runs); the M5 Max 36GB has 25.8 generation tokens/s (one run). Those are community reports whose engines and settings differ, so the gap is a rough sign, not a controlled measure of the two cards. Memory bandwidth, which caps how fast a card can write, is about the same on both (456 GB/s on the Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB, 461 on the M5 Max 36GB).
- Memory
- 24GB
- Memory bandwidth
- 456 GB/s
- FP16 compute
- 98.5 TFLOPS
- Reports
- 8
- Memory
- 36GB unified
- Memory bandwidth
- 461 GB/s
- FP16 compute
- not on record
- Reports
- 12
Measured on both
Generation and prompt processing speeds from plain runs (one device, one request, no speculative decoding, the whole model in the device's memory) of the same model size at the same bit class. Each side shows the engines and reported context behind its median. Context can mean a configured window or prompt depth, so these are community comparisons with differing settings. How to read these
| Model | Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB | M5 Max 36GB |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8 27B4-bit | 22.03 runsPP 379.5 (2 runs)llama.cpp, 1 not stated512 to 150K context | 25.8one runengine not statedcontext not stated |
Estimated by the calculator
The quant the calculator recommends for each card and its estimated speed at a 32,768-token context with 32 GB of system RAM, from memory bandwidth and the model's shape. Where a model was also measured above, the measurement wins.
| Model | Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB | M5 Max 36GB |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen3.8 27B | 16.5 t/sQ4_K_M | 19.7 t/sQ5_K_M |
| Qwen3.8 125B · 6B active | 17.8 t/sQ2_K, experts in RAM | doesn't fit at these settings |
| Qwen3.6 35B · 3B active | 58.5 t/sQ4_K_S | 75.9 t/sQ4_K_M |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash 284B · 13B active | doesn't fit at these settings | doesn't fit at these settings |
| Qwen3.6 27B | 16.5 t/sQ4_K_M | 19.7 t/sQ5_K_M |
| Gemma 4 26B · 4B active | 37.2 t/sQ5_K_S | 50.2 t/sQ5_K_M |
| DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 552B · 16B active | doesn't fit at these settings | doesn't fit at these settings |
Change the context, RAM or model in the calculator: Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB · M5 Max 36GB
Every report on each card, with its source: Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB · M5 Max 36GB