- Intel has introduced an Arc launch occasion on December 3
- Teaser video clearly exhibits a desktop GPU which should be Battlemage
- B570 GPU spec leak suggests what to anticipate from the sibling of the B580
Intel has formally confirmed that there’s an enormous Arc GPU announcement tomorrow, on December 3, which certainly should be Battlemage, as rumors have already urged – and we’ve caught some leaked specs for the purported Arc B570 graphics card, too.
First off, let’s take into account that revelation from Intel which arrived on X, with Staff Blue noting that it has some “massive graphics information” whereas offering a video giving us extra clues as to what that is.
We’ve received some massive graphics information 👀… pic.twitter.com/sylnOZogMqNovember 30, 2024
Within the video clip, Intel doesn’t immediately point out Battlemage, however quite this can be a teaser which tells us that an Intel Arc-related announcement is approaching December 3. Provided that we see a desktop graphics card from numerous angles within the video, clearly the revelation is for a desktop product – which may solely be Battlemage.
There’s no method a brand new Alchemist board might be within the works, and anyway, as talked about, this strains up with the many rumors {that a} Battlemage unveiling is approaching December 3. Certainly, given the load of that hypothesis, maybe Intel felt at this level it would as effectively (virtually) verify what’s taking place this week.
The rumor mill reckons that we’ll see new Battlemage B580 and B570 graphics playing cards, and we’ve seen the leaked spec for the B580 already. The B570 remained a thriller, spec-wise, up till now, however as ever, deal with this recent leak with loads of skepticism.
The leak comes through a tip from a reader of VideoCardz (which additionally noticed the Intel tweet above) and if right, the B570 will run with 18 Xe2 cores and 10GB of VRAM (GDDR6) together with a 160-bit reminiscence bus. The enhance clock will hit 2.6GHz.
That’s in response to a leaked product temporary for ASRock’s Arc B570 Challenger OC which appears to be like genuine sufficient, however as talked about, season liberally right here.
Evaluation: B500 collection spec shootout – with caveats
So, how does that B570 spec examine to the B580, bearing all the standard caveats in thoughts about each of those being rumored specs at this level.
In concept, the B580 goes to run with 20 Xe2 cores, so the B570 will drop a pair of cores, and the B580 supposedly has 12GB of VRAM, so the B570 will drop 2GB. Sticking with that theme, the B570 will even be 200MHz slower for its enhance clock, and it’ll have a lesser quantity of reminiscence bandwidth to the tune of a close to 17% drop.
That may, in fact, make for a considerably much less highly effective GPU, however the lower-tier B500 collection mannequin shouldn’t be too far off the efficiency of the B580.
What we’re hoping the B570 will present is a significantly extra inexpensive different, if the worth rumors concerning the B580 are right – specifically that it might arrive at round $250 within the US (and proportionate to that elsewhere, in fact). If the B570 can sneak underneath $200, although, with 10GB of VRAM – when Nvidia nonetheless insists on 8GB with rival fashions on this bracket – Intel might have a finances winner on its fingers.
And extra importantly, PC avid gamers might have a finances GPU winner on their fingers, too – however there’s some highway to cowl but, when it comes to the accuracy of those leaks, and that massive price ticket reveal.
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