Intel Arc Battlemage cards are here: Intel Arc B570 and B580, ready to compete with RTX 4060

Intel continues to bet on the market gaming graphics cardsdespite the fact that its first Alchemist generation has gone unnoticed. Now the second generation Battlemage arrives, and we already have here the final and confirmed specifications of the new Intel Arc B570 and Intel Arc B580.

The new graphics cards Intel Arc Battlemage They are officially presented on December 3 on the channel Intel Gaming. But the web videocardz has achieved advertising brochures of the models that ASRock will put on sale, so we already know their final specifications.

Intel Arc B570 and Intel Arc B580 are designed to compete with the entry-level range from Nvidia and AMD. It is estimated that these cards will be at the level of the RTX 4060 and RTX 4060 Tibut at a more competitive price, as we are going to see.

Intel Arc Battlemage: final specifications

The new Intel Arc B570in its AsRock Challenger OC version (it is slightly overclocked), has 18 Xe2 cores and 10 GB of GDDR6 VRAM on a 160-bit memory bus. The standard speed will be around 2.6 GHz.

Those 10 GB of video memory are great newsbecause some modern video games already require more than 8 GB of VRAM, which for years has been considered the gaming standard.

The Intel Arc B570 will use the classic 8-pin PCie power connector, in a two-slot configuration. It will have two fans and HDMI 2.1 and 3 x DisplayPort 2.1 outputs, as you can see in the opening photo of the news.

With a bandwidth of 380 GB/s, the memory speed reaches 19 Gbps. The Intel Arc B570 is expected to compete with the RTX 4060, but at a lower price.

Rumors suggest that it will cost $250, so in Spain it could be around $250. 300 euros. The RTX 4060 costs about 350 euros.

Then we have the Intel Arc B580, that should compete with RTX 4060 Ti. It accumulates 20 Xe2 cores and 12 GB of GDDR6 VRAM on a 192-bit memory bus. The standard speed will be around 2.8 GHz.

Like its smaller sister, the Intel Arc B580 will use the classic 8-pin PCie power connector, but in a 2.5-slot configuration. Come on, you’ll need three free ones. It will have three fans and HDMI 2.1 and 3 x DisplayPort 2.1 outputs.

It has a bandwidth of 456 GB/s, and the memory speed reaches 19 Gbps. The price has not been leaked, but it is logical that it costs about 50 euros more than the B570, around 350 euros.

The new graphics cards Intel Arc B570 and Intel Arc B580 may be interesting for those who need an entry-level gaming graphics card, without having to pay Nvidia’s high prices. On December 3 they will become official.

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