Arc A770 16GB vs RTX 4080 Super 16GB for Local LLMs
The RTX 4080 Super 16GB has about 31% more memory bandwidth (736 vs 560 GB/s). Batch-1 decode tracks bandwidth closely, so a model that fits both cards should decode roughly 31% faster on the RTX 4080 Super 16GB. Both fit the same number of catalog models at Q4/8K (25 of 61; 16 vs 16 GB VRAM). MSRP is $349 for the Arc A770 16GB vs $999 for the RTX 4080 Super 16GB. MSRP is a launch list price, not live retail — Amazon prices move; click through for the current price. In the Q4/8K head-to-head below (44 shared models), the RTX 4080 Super 16GB posts the higher tok/s in 44 rows vs 0. Methodology.