Today Intel tore back the curtain to reveal new Intel Arc Battlemage GPU units designed to bring powerful 1440p performance without the hefty price tag.
Intel has finally revealed their latest PC components, and this time around they provide solid gaming visuals for much less than what consumers could expect. Introducing the Intel Arc B-Series GPUs, Arc B580 and Arc B570 “Battlemage” graphics cards that are aimed to target PC gamers who want a thorough graphics card for under $250.
Since launching their first lineup of graphics cards two years ago (the Alchemist A-Series), Intel has been hard at work on this new lineup of discreet GPUs based on Xe2 architecture. The Battlemage GPUs deploy the BMG-G21 SoC, a system on-chip based on five render slices comprised of 20 Xe cores, each of these cores contain a ray-tracing unit. This specific target towards ray-tracing proves the Intel Arc B-Series is geared towards the gaming audience. Aside from advanced ray-tracing, consumers can get up to “2x faster gameplay” by enabling Intel XeSS, which leverages advanced AI algorithms. That’s not all it can do though.
For content creators, the Intel Arc B-Series graphics cards deploy generative AI accessible through Intel AI Playground. Both Intel Arc GPUs utilize a dual media transcoder that enables up to 81% faster video exporting, and the performance of the Xe media engine utilizes parallel cores (to the 20 Xe cores) to speed up editing and content creation significantly. Also, Battlemage GPUs sport cross-codec support, so creators of content don’t have to adapt to other media codecs to get exporting done properly. Below, Intel lists the differences in performance between both Battlemage GPUs.
Intel Arc B580 and Intel Arc B570 Specs:
| Category | Intel Arc B580 | Intel Arc B570 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $249 USD | $219 USD |
| Render Slices | 5 | 5 |
| Xe Cores | 20 | 18 |
| XMX AI Engines | 160 | 144 |
| Graphics clock | 2,670Mhz | 2,500MHz |
| Memory | 12GB | 10GB |
| Memory Interface | 192-bit | 160-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 456GB/s | 380GB/s |
| Peak TOPS | 233 | 203 |
| Total Board Power | 190W | 150W |
| Power Connector | 1 x 8-pin | 1 x 8-pin |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 |
| Media Accelerators | AV1, HEVC, AVC, VP9, XAVC-H | AV1, HEVC, AVC, VP9, XAVC-H |
| Display output | 3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x HDMI 2.1 | 3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x HDMI 2.1 |
Consumers interested in the new Intel Arc B-Series GPU lineup can find more information on the Intel website, including where to purchase the new tech.
