Intel Releases New Arc Pro 31.0.101.4092 WHQL Graphics Driver

[GFreeman]

Intel's Arc Pro A40, A30, and Arc Pro A30M for laptops were announced back in August last year, these are still only available to OEMs, and it appears that Intel is not focused on driver updates for its Arc Pro series as it is for its gaming Arc series graphics card lineup. The latest Arc Pro 31.0.101.4092 WHQL driver is the first driver update in 4 months.

The previous driver was released back in December last year, and while we do not know how popular Intel Arc Pro series is, since there are currently only two desktop and one mobile graphics card, four months are still a long time between driver updates. The latest one focuses on certification for professional applications, including various Autodesk software, Siemens, Vectorworks, Dassault Systèmes Solidworks, and others. It also includes several fixes for some of those applications.



Here are the full release notes for Intel Arc Pro 31.0.101.4092 WHQL driver:

HIGHLIGHTS:
This release includes new certifications for workstation applications: Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS, Siemens NX, and Vectorworks Architect.

NOTES:
This Intel Arc software package will initiate the installation of the Workstation-focused Intel Graphics Command Center.

Application Certifications for Discrete Graphics:

• Autodesk 3ds Max* 2022, 2023
• Autodesk AutoCAD* 2022, 2023
• Autodesk Fusion 360*
• Autodesk Inventor* 2022, 2023
• Autodesk Maya* 2022, 2023
• Bentley MicroStation* 10.17.00.29.x
• Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS* 2022, 2023
• PTC Creo* 8, 9
• Siemens NX* 2027
• Siemens Solid Edge* 2022, 2023
• Vectorworks* 2023

Some certifications currently in progress.

FIXED ISSUES:

• Autodesk Maya* - Resolved issue where software exhibits memory leak when refreshing rendering window causing eventual crash
• Blender* - Resolved issue where software may exhibit corruptions while using Nishita Sky texture node
• Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS* - Fixed an issue involving GPU memory pressure conditions which may lead to a software crash.
• Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS* - Prevented memory leak in a hybrid iGPU and dGPU setup
• Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS* - Fixed an issue where an empty viewport may be displayed when moving in shaded mode.
• Siemens NX*- Resolved corruption issue in Display section certification tests

KNOWN ISSUES:

• GPU hardware acceleration may not be available for media playback with some versions of Adobe Premiere Pro*
• Capture One* may exhibit color corruption in certain cases
• An intermittent system hang may be observed when exiting Bentley LumenRT*
• For Autodesk Maya* 2022 length brush tool full functionality, it is recommended to use Autodesk Maya* 2023
• Dassault Systèmes Catia* may experience certifications test failures, and intermittent crashes during viewport real-time raytracing
• Corruption may occur on Autodesk Fusion 360* streams (difference in lines thickness)
• Autodesk Revit* 2022 may show an error message while running RFO Benchmark 3.3 2022 in 4K mode
• PTC Creo* may exhibit a sporadic TDR (or hang) in 4K tests
• Dassault Systèmes Catia* may see corruption in certain cases when using OpenGL bindless textures
• Dassault Systèmes Catia* corruption may be witnessed when using OpenGL/Vulkan interoperation
• Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS* may exhibit flickering in the camera model caused by depth fighting

CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE:

• Intel Graphics Driver
• Intel Media SDK Runtime (21.0.1.35)
• Intel oneVPL GPU Runtime (21.0.2.8)
• Intel Graphics Compute Runtime for OpenCL* Driver
• Vulkan*3 Runtime Installer
• Intel Graphics Driver Installer (1.0.734)
• Intel oneAPI Level Zero Loader and Validation Layer
• Intel Graphics Compute Runtime for oneAPI Level Zero specification

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[Karti]

can anyone show me WHICH OEM partners are actually selling those in prebuilds?

because i can not find anythig

 

[mechtech]

Interesting. I didn’t even know they had low profile cards. Wonder how it compares to 6400 Radeon for games?

 

[zo0lykas]

Hmm so every time intel releases a new driver update for gpu, we will see a post for that?

 

[ZoneDymo]

Hmm so every time intel releases a new driver update for gpu, we will see a post for that?

I mean, it would be inline with what they do for AMD and Nvidia, remember that TPU also hosts that stuff

 

[eldon_magi]

https://www.intel.com/content/www/u...e-graphics/a-series/workstation/overview.html

https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/230317/intel-arc-pro-a40-graphics.html
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/230316/intel-arc-pro-a50-graphics.html

https://aecmag.com/workstations/exclusive-review-intel-arc-pro-a40-a50-gpus-graphics-cad-bim/

From webpage:

Hyper Encode​

Helps you spend less time waiting for your project to export. Hyper encode is made possible by the multiple media engines found on the Intel Core processor and Intel Arc graphics working in conjunction inside your laptop or desktop system.

 

[Karti]

Interesting. I didn’t even know they had low profile cards. Wonder how it compares to 6400 Radeon for games?

In pure "gaming performance" ? Really hard to say since there are no benchmarks like that

but in anything "professional related" - beats it to the pulp, AI support, XeSS support, ENCODERS and DECODERS that all got cut from 6400 xD

 

[HBSound]

Will intel produce a workstation type of GPU?

 

[Solaris17]

Will intel produce a workstation type of GPU?

These are them.

 

[HBSound]

These are them.

Do you know if they will get to something that actually compares to the Nivida A5000?

 

[Solaris17]

Do you know if they will get to something that actually compares to the Nivida A5000?

I dont think pro is there primary focus atm. Like Nvidia and AMD the WS cards come after, and Intel currently seems to have its resources into improving its gaming segment. I don't think anyone can answer with certainty, but with some educated guesses no, not this generation. I would expect better pro cards maybe around gen 3 celestial.

The price is in more than the cards though. Some of these softwares atleast historically would not run on "gaming" GPUs and would only allow HW acceleration when a WS card was detected.

These may never compete with the likes of quadro or firepro and might just be a cheap way to allow small/single shops/people to use these softwares.

 

[HBSound]

I dont think pro is there primary focus atm. Like Nvidia and AMD the WS cards come after, and Intel currently seems to have its resources into improving its gaming segment. I don't think anyone can answer with certainty, but with some educated guesses no, not this generation. I would expect better pro cards maybe around gen 3 celestial.

The price is in more than the cards though. Some of these softwares atleast historically would not run on "gaming" GPUs and would only allow HW acceleration when a WS card was detected.

These may never compete with the likes of quadro or firepro and might just be a cheap way to allow small/single shops/people to use these softwares.

Thank you so much!