Intel’s upcoming Arc B580 GPU has been spotted on Geekbench with allegedly 20 Xe cores and 12GB of VRAM, but its performance falls short of the previous-gen A580. According to benchmark results, the B580 achieves a score of 78,743 points, slower than the A580.
The GPU features 160 Compute Units, which translate to 20 Xe Vector Engines, running at 2.85 GHz, a clock speed 42.5% faster than the A580. However, its performance in OpenCL tests is underwhelming compared to the A580’s 10.4 TFLOPS of FP32 processing power.
Despite this, Intel plans to release the B580 as early as next month, with an expected price tag around $200-$250. The company aims to compete with Nvidia’s Blackwell RTX 50-series and AMD’s RDNA 4 RX 8000-series GPUs in the market.
Analysts have expressed concerns about Intel’s GPU strategy, citing high production costs associated with 4nm technology and the need for aggressive pricing to gain market share. Some argue that Intel should focus on AI accelerators or spin off its foundry business, which could provide billions of dollars to save struggling business units like GPUs.
Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/intel-arc-b580-battlemage-gpu-allegedly-surfaces-on-geekbench-with-20-xe-cores-12gb-of-vram-and-2-85-ghz-boost-it-falls-short-of-the-a580-despite-being-a-generation-newer