Following a new leak regarding the key specifications of the Intel Arc B580, and the appearance of two ASRock models on Amazon, insiders @momomo_us and VideoCardz have discovered the first online retailer showcasing the price for the upcoming GPU. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition, which will be sold directly by Intel rather than through a partner, is set to have a starting price of $259.
Price Comparison
This new price reflects an increase of about 45%, as the Intel Arc A580 was initially launched at a suggested retail price of $179.99. This places the graphics card in a similar price range as the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. However, with the increase in price, consumers will benefit from 12 GB of VRAM compared to the 8 GB offered by the Arc A580, although Intel has cut down the number of Xe cores from 24 to 20.
Performance Expectations
Only through thorough testing will we find out if the Arc B580 can truly compete against the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060, given its new Xe2 architecture and significantly higher boost clock speeds reaching up to 2,850 MHz. The first Xe2-based graphics card is scheduled to release in December, and it’s anticipated that detailed benchmarks will soon follow to show how well the Intel Arc Battlemage performs in a fiercely competitive gaming GPU landscape. With Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5000 also likely launching in January, an exciting few months are coming up.
