A few weeks ago, a Chinese source pointed out that Intel planned to launch its next generation of Battlemage graphics before the end of 2024, a moment clearly intended to capture all the attention of the media upstream and to anticipate the presentation of the new ones. . RTX50 that NVIDIA will present during CES, the event held every year the first week of January in Las Vega.
The latest news related to the new generation of Intel graphics does not come from any source, but directly from Amazon, where the graphics were temporarily seen Intel Arc B580 Battlemage in two versions of ASRock.
The models temporarily appearing on the Amazon site in the United States are the ASRock Intel Arc B580 Steel Legend OC and the ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger OC. Both of these charts also appeared on the ASRock site, so that no doubt means that sooner or later they will see the light of day.
Intel Arc B580 graphics card specifications leaked
By temporarily appearing listed on Amazon, information relating to their products was also leaked. specifications. Both models are based on Battlemage architecture from Intel. They have 20 GPU cores and are accompanied by 12 GB of GDDR6 memory with a 192-bit memory interface and a bandwidth of 456 GB/s.
As we can see, Intel is following the same path as AMD and, instead of using the new video memory GDDR7continue to opt for the previous one. This means to begin with that they will not be at the same level as the RTX 50 that NVIDIA will present in early 2025 at CES.
In terms of design, the Intel Arc B580 Steel Legend OC graphics card has three fans2 8-pin power connectors, has an overclocking mode, has a width of 9.70 cm and occupies 2.5 slots.
The Intel Arc B580 Challenger OC model has a cooling system of of supportershas a width of 6.40 cm and occupies 2 slots. It includes a single 8-pin connector, which is more than enough for computers with a standard power supply.
Continuing with the specifications, as we can read in the description of both charts, ASRock recommends using the food of 650W, however, does not detail the consumption that either of the two models disclosed will have. Both models are compatible with Intel Xe Super Samplingbetter known as XeSS (Intel's scaling feature) and with Intel Xe Array Extensions which improve graphics performance.
At the time the two charts were leaked on Amazon, only the details of the two chart models were displayed, without showing any information about the introductory price. The previous generation, the Intel Arc A580arrived in the American market for $ 179, a price more than adjusted to enter through the front door in this segment, however, its low performance did not justify such a low price, that is why, as we all know, the Intel's first foray into the dedicated graphics card market, it went virtually unnoticed.
