Intel’s Latest Drivers Let’s Users Allocate Up To 93% of System Memory To Arc iGPUs For Wider AI LLM Support Hassan Mujtaba • at EDT Add on Google Intel now gives users the ability to allocate up to 93% of system memory to Arc iGPUs, enabling wider AI LLM support. Trying To Run AI LLMs That Don't Fit On Your Arc iGPU? Intel Made It Possible 93% System Memory In Its Latest Drivers Intel has dropped a new HotFix driver for Arc Pro Graphics, 302.0.101.8517 - Q1.26 R2, which lets users allocate even more system memory to the GPU, ideal for running larger AI LLMs. Related Story Maxsun Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual 48G Turbo Graphics Card Hands On Impressions: Dual Battlemage GPUs With 48 GB MemoryPreviously, Intel's Drivers were able to allocate up to 87% of the system memory to the GPU; say you had 32 GB system memory, then you could allocate up to 28 GB of memory. With the newest drivers, you can now allocate up to 92% of the system memory. For a 32 GB memory configuration, that's 30 GB of VRAM allocated to the GPU. The new driver is now available and works with Intel's Arc Pro iGPUs, such as the Arc Pro B390 and Arc Pro B370, and is also compatible with several Intel Arc Pro GPUs within the Battlemage and Alchemist line. Although there are no other changes mentioned in the driver release, Intel is working towards broader ISV certifications for its Arc Pro GPUs. This is a higher memory allocation than AMD's Ryzen AI chips, which allow up to 87% memory allocation, which is still very useful for running bigger LLMs. On AI MAX+ platforms, you can allocate a massive 112 GB of memory to the GPU while running 128 GB of system memory. Highlights of this Workstation Driver: Built-in Intel Arc Pro GPUs in select Intel Core Ultra Processors (series 3, 2 & 1) will support variable increased graphics memory allocations in Microsoft Windows 10 and Windows 11 host systems. For example, a 64 GB host system can have up to 93% or 59.5 GB (64x0.93=59.5) working memory dynamically allocated to the Built-In Intel Arc Pro GPU. OS Reference: Microsoft Windows 10-64 - October 2022 Update (22H2) Microsoft Windows 11*-64 - October 2021 Update (21H2) Microsoft Windows 11-64 - September 2022 Update (22H2) Microsoft Windows 11-64 - October 2023 Update (23H2) Microsoft Windows* 11-64 - October 2024 Update (24H2) Microsoft Windows* 11-64 - September 2025 Update (25H2) Platform (OS Support) Intel Arc Graphics family (Codename Alchemist, Battlemage) Intel Core Ultra processor family (Codename Meteor Lake, Lunar Lake, Arrow Lake-S, Arrow Lake-H, Panther Lake) About the : A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as 's for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking. Follow on Google to get more of our news coverage in your feeds. Deal of the Day Further Reading ASRock Recommends Intel Arc A380 For DeskMeet Series For Gamers On A budget Intel’s Ambitious (Now Cancelled) Plans For Big Battlemage GPUs Revealed, Huge 3D Stacked Caches, More Xe Cores & Halo-SoC Ready Intel Arc A750 GPU Sample With 16 GB Memory, 512-bit Bus & Dual 8-Pin Connectors Pictured Intel Arrow Lake Desktop CPUs With Alchemist iGPUs Almost As Fast As GTX 1050 Ti Read all on Intel’s Latest Drivers Let’s Users Allocate Up To 93% of System Memory To Arc iGPUs For Wider AI LLM Support
