Monday, December 2nd 2024

Intel Arc B570 "Battlemage" GPU Details Surface: 18 Xe2 Cores, 10 GB VRAM

Intel's upcoming Arc "Battlemage" graphics card lineup has been exposed through a recent ASRock specification sheet leak, showcasing the company's latest products for the discrete GPU market. The leak details two models, the B580 and B570, with the B570 making a first appearance in the rumor section. The B580, positioned as the flagship model we already covered, features 20 Xe2-Cores and comes equipped with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit interface, capable of reaching bandwidth speeds of up to 456 GB/s. Its slightly lower-spec sibling, the B570, sports 18 Xe2-Cores and 10 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 160-bit interface, delivering 380 GB/s bandwidth. In ASRock's case, both cards will be factory-overclocked, with the B580 reaching speeds of 2.8 GHz and the B570 hitting 2.6 GHz.

The new graphics cards are designed to operate on a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface. Both models will support modern display standards, including DisplayPort 2.1 and HDMI 2.1. Intel has scheduled the official unveiling of the Battlemage series for December 3, with cards expected to hit shelves on December 12. While the B570's pricing remains under wraps, the B580's rumored $249 price tag suggests Intel is making a serious play for the mid-range market segment. This aggressive pricing strategy, combined with the card's promising specifications, indicates Intel's determination to establish itself as a legitimate mid-range competitor in the discrete GPU segment, which NVIDIA and AMD have long dominated.
Source: Roland Quandt (Bluesky)
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31 Comments on Intel Arc B570 "Battlemage" GPU Details Surface: 18 Xe2 Cores, 10 GB VRAM

#26
cal5582
Macro DeviceIn a short one. RX 6700 non-XT and its rebranded RX 6750 GRE 10 GB variation are precisely 160 bit. Would've loved the same to happen to RX 7600 and RTX 4060 series GPUs because 128 bit is just not serious at this level of performance. Especially with such slow VRAM.
its wild how much vram has ballooned but the games dont look that much better than things released in 2016. honestly at this point i think game devs are actually regressing.
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#27
bug
cal5582its wild how much vram has ballooned but the games dont look that much better than things released in 2016. honestly at this point i think game devs are actually regressing.
Because the easiest thing you can do as a game dev is go "oh, more VRAM available? let's preload more textures to avoid possible future stutter/pop-in". Which is fine, if the VRAM is there, but it really has nothing to do with the quality of the generated images.

Imho, (good) games already look as good as possible. The next step forward in picture quality is RTRT. Hardware is still seriously underpowered for that, but at least it's becoming ubiquitous. It will get there. Eventually.
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#28
cal5582
bugBecause the easiest thing you can do as a game dev is go "oh, more VRAM available? let's preload more textures to avoid possible future stutter/pop-in". Which is fine, if the VRAM is there, but it really has nothing to do with the quality of the generated images.

Imho, (good) games already look as good as possible. The next step forward in picture quality is RTRT. Hardware is still seriously underpowered for that, but at least it's becoming ubiquitous. It will get there. Eventually.
honestly i know im a minority but id like to see them bring back some other gimicks, like 3d sound and destructable environments with decent physics. the mid 2000s had some cool ideas that got shelved.
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#29
Darc Requiem
Vayra86Ah, the deal's already getting worse, one day ago it was rumored 12GB at 250.

We lost 2 GB in just two days. I hope Intel releases tomorrow, or it'll be an 8GB card after all.
You are confusing the B580 (12GB) with the B570 (10GB). The B580 is $250 and there evidence to show that pricing is accurate. As for the B570, I heard its supposed to be $200. However, unlike the B580, I haven't seen any hard evidence of the B570's price point.
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#30
Vayra86
Macro DeviceB580 was rumoured to have 12 GB; however, 10 GB is rumoured to be in B570. Different model.
Yeah you're right, I misread, the article mentions B570 is priced lower.
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#31
Chrispy_
How wide is an Xe2 core, because B580 is rumoured to have only 20 of them, while A770 has 32 Xe(1) cores.

If an Xe2 core is equivalent to an Arc Alchemist render slice (4 Xe1 cores) then 20 of them doesn't sound so bad for a higher-end product.
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