Intel launches new Arc B580 GPU

10% more performance than an RTX 4060 for $440.

Everything you need to know from the month in tech Intel’s second-gen Battlemage graphics tech is official, it’s announced, it’s real and it’s here. Going by Intel’s claims, the actual architecture looks pretty great, too. It’s been updated to be more efficient, to deliver better utilisation and performance per graphics core and also sports improved ray tracing and AI performance. Indeed, dollar-for-dollar, it looks like Intel may now be able to match Nvidia for ray tracing performance. But what about the bad news? Well, the new B580 and its B570 sibling are fairly low end cards. Nvidia is only aiming at marginally beating the Nvidia RTX 4060 for now. As for key specs, the B580 is a 12GB card with a 192-bit bus, which gives it a much more powerful…

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