After weeks of rumors and leaks, Intel has officially unveiled its first Battlemage graphics cards. Two new GPUs are set to hit the market starting this month in the Intel Arc B580 and the Arc B570, both of which are built on the Xe2-HPG architecture.
Both of the new graphics cards are geared toward the entry- and mid-level market as opposed to the higher-end cards from AMD and Nvidia.
The Arc B580 is the first card to release on December 13 and will retail for $249. The graphics card features 20 Xe2 cores, 12GB of GDDR6 VRAM with a 192-bit memory bus. It’s clock speed comes in at 2.67 GHz, just under the rumored 2.8 GHz from earlier leaks. However it could go higher depending on which board partner you purchase the graphics card from. It’ll also have a TBP (Total Board Power) of just 190W.
Moving on to the Intel Arc B570, the slighter lower-end card comes in at just $219 and will release on January 16. The Arc B570 has a slightly slower clock speed of 2.5 GHz and 10 GB of GDDR6 memory. It also sits on a smaller 160-bit memory bus with a max bandwidth of 380 GB/s. It’s TBP is also lower at just 150W.
Both cards are PCIe 4.0×8, and come with three DisplayPort 2.1 outputs and one HDMI 2.1 output.
| Specification | Intel Arc B580 | Intel Arc B570 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Battlemage BGM-G21 | Battlemage BGM-G21 |
| GPU Clock Speed | 2.67 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Xe-Cores | 20 Xe2 | 18 Xe2 |
| XMX AI Engines | 160 | 144 |
| Memory | 12GB GDDR6 | 10GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 160-bit |
| Memory Speed | 19 Gbps | 19 Gbps |
| Memory Bandwidth | 456 GB/s | 380 GB/s |
| PCIe | 4.0 x8 | 4.0 x8 |
| TBP | 190W | 150W |
| Price | $249 | $219 |
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