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Can we get Intel Arc GPUs working on a Pi before Nvidia kills them?

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Source: Jeff Geerling
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  • description: It's been five years since I started working towards full eGPU support on the Raspberry Pi. And we're finally here. Check out all the graphics cards I'm testing on: https://pipci.jeffgeerling.com And PLEASE consider donating to the UOAA, who has helped me and millions of ostomates over the years, to live a better life after surgery. You can use the donation option on YouTube, or support the UOAA directly: https://www.ostomy.org/donate/ You can also donate on my 5K Run for Resilience fundraising page—any option supports the UOAA directly! https://runsignup.com/jeff-geerling Other things I mentioned in the video: - Run LLMs with llama.cpp on GPU on Pi: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/llms-accelerated-egpu-on-raspberry-pi-5 - Full Pi eGPU acceleration with tiny patch: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/full-egpu-acceleration-on-pi-500-15-line-patch - JMT eGPU Dock + M.2 adapter: https://amzn.to/4mLcnNF - OCuLink cable: https://amzn.to/4gRWBiO - ThirdReality Smart Zigbee Outlets (for power monitoring): https://amzn.to/3IItDW6 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering 3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff Contents: 00:00:00 - Intro and UOAA fundraiser info 00:03:12 - The setup - Pi 500+ and an eGPU Dock 00:04:55 - The 23-line Linux kernel patch and setup 00:07:49 - Doom 3 on 7900 XT 00:08:57 - Can it run Crysis? (And Steam?) 00:12:31 - You can actually *see* it run Crysis 00:13:46 - Doom Eternal on 7900 XT (RTX ON) 00:19:00 - Portal 2 (almost works) 00:19:28 - Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator II (CPU-crusher) 00:21:47 - Power consumption measurements 00:22:54 - SSH from Windows 11 to check on UEBS II 00:24:38 - Minecraft, but faster 00:27:12 - Practicality and AI/LLMs 00:28:10 - Open WebUI and llama.cpp for AI models (llama and gpt-oss) 00:31:00 - Special guests! 00:32:58 - gpt-oss 20B on the 7900 XT (and AI lies!) 00:35:34 - Keeping your Sony cams cool (featuring audio insanity) 00:35:50 - Chat questions - AI TOPS and Bookworm vs Trixie 00:37:08 - Pi-apps and Steam install (and more chat questions) 00:40:45 - GPU swap, AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT edition 00:44:47 - What happens when Mesa's too old (a little more kernel talk) 00:48:27 - RX 9070 XT works (with newer Mesa), plus gaming 00:52:25 - But Steam doesn't (with newer Mesa) 00:53:35 - llama.cpp AI on the 9070 XT (and power consumption) 00:58:18 - Let's get to INTEL (B580, A750) 01:00:45 - What happens on Intel? 01:01:05 - Minisforum DEG1 eGPU dock doesn't work as well 01:02:03 - Intel, seriously? Copy protection?? 01:02:52 - The curse of the blinking cursor 01:04:42 - Wayland a no-go, but what about X 01:07:08 - Intel B580 is blue 01:09:27 - Switching to Trixie, recompiled Mesa 01:12:17 - Jeff is so yellow 01:12:55 - B580 experience and new Trixie features 01:17:55 - Debugging - dmesg, lspci, firmware, PCIe, Resizeable BAR 01:20:30 - Disabling iGPU, enabling PCIe Gen 3 01:24:38 - A brief field trip! 01:26:42 - Chat corrects Jeff on PCIe link speed reporting (ft nvtop) 01:29:00 - B580 power draw, current status, and CO2 levels 01:33:24 - Old school value with the RX 460 01:38:20 - Chat questions - early bootloader not displayed 01:38:54 - AI on an old GPU? Is it useful? 01:41:58 - Even an old GPU is way faster than Pi's CPU 01:43:06 - RX 460 AI power draw
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