Finally, and after a long wait, the first desktop graphics card with Intel’s ARC Alchemist architecture has appeared on the market. And not just in one version but in two. On the one hand in the form of a standard or reference model and on the other hand in the form of a personalized graphic. How are the first ARC A380 cards and how does it perform compared to rivals NVIDIA and AMD?
Well yes, while we had already given up hope of seeing an ARC Alchemist come true as a finished product, Intel has just launched its A380 graphics card on the market. Of course, with a catch, since at the moment it has only been made for the market and we don’t completely know when it will appear in the West.
How is the Intel ARC A380 which was launched in China?
Well, its technical specs are nothing out of the ordinary, as it’s based on the smallest and therefore simplest chip of the three that Intel is supposed to launch with this architecture. Its specifications are therefore quite modest to say the least, since it is really a low-end graphics card.
- Its consumption is only 75W,
- The GPU is the chip ACM-G11 con 8-core Xe a 2GHz speed.
- It comes with 3 GDDR6 memory chips into a 96-bit bus.
- setups of 3 or 6 GB by heart
- Which translates to 192 GB/s bandwidth.
- Your performance? Well, quite weak, given its performance, it is between the RX 6400 and the RX 6500 from AMD.
- In exchange, its price is around 150 dollars.
Despite the low power of this graphics card, it is fully compatible with the DirectX 12 Ultimate API and contains units for Ray Tracing. Not to mention, of course, the NVIDIA Tensor Core equivalent units that Intel has dubbed XMX, which is key to XeSS, the answer to DLSS. In any case, everything indicates that it would be the same chip that is mounted in laptops. The fact that it supports Deep Link is what makes us suspicious, as this feature was designed to be used in tandem with a laptop’s processor. Especially with its integrated GPU
First custom model of an ARC Alchemist
Although this time it is not about any of the most well-known brands, but about Gunnir, who presented a dual fan version baptized as Photon A380. Of which you can see the images under these lines. However, unlike the Intel reference model, it uses a 8 pin connector, so it has room for overclocking. Something that can be guessed by the use of a better cooling system than that used in the standard model.
At the same time, they also an overview of a triple fan model. Which could refer to A770 and A780, which will use the larger ARC Alchemist chip. Which is still unheard of even on laptops. Although, as happened with the just-launched A380, we suspect it will also be a derivative version of the gaming laptop chips.
