• Intel has introduced an Arc launch occasion on December 3
• Teaser video clearly exhibits a desktop GPU which should be Battlemage
• B570 GPU spec leak suggests what to anticipate from the sibling of the B580

Intel has formally confirmed that there’s a giant Arc GPU announcement tomorrow, on December 3, which certainly should be Battlemage, as rumors have already prompt – and we’ve caught some leaked specs for the purported Arc B570 graphics card, too.

First off, let’s think about that revelation from Intel which arrived on X, with Staff Blue noting that it has some “huge graphics information” whereas offering a video giving us extra clues as to what that is.

Within the video clip, Intel doesn’t immediately point out Battlemage, however reasonably it is a teaser which tells us that an Intel Arc-related announcement is approaching December 3. On condition that we see a desktop graphics card from varied angles within the video, clearly the revelation is for a desktop product – which might solely be Battlemage.

There’s no means a brand new Alchemist board might be within the works, and anyway, as talked about, this traces up with the numerous rumors {that a} Battlemage unveiling is approaching December 3. Certainly, given the load of that hypothesis, maybe Intel felt at this level it’d as properly (nearly) affirm what’s taking place this week.

The rumor mill reckons that we’ll see new Battlemage B580 and B570 graphics playing cards, and we’ve seen the leaked spec for the B580 already. The B570 remained a thriller, spec-wise, up till now, however as ever, deal with this contemporary leak with loads of skepticism.

The leak comes by way of a tip from a reader of VideoCardz (which additionally noticed the Intel tweet above) and if right, the B570 will run with 18 Xe2 cores and 10GB of VRAM (GDDR6) together with a 160-bit reminiscence bus. The enhance clock will hit 2.6GHz.

That’s based on a leaked product transient for ASRock’s Arc B570 Challenger OC which appears to be like genuine sufficient, however as talked about, season liberally right here.

Evaluation: B500 collection spec shootout – with caveats

So, how does that B570 spec examine to the B580, bearing all the standard caveats in thoughts about each of those being rumored specs at this level.

In idea, the B580 goes to run with 20 Xe2 cores, so the B570 will drop a pair of cores, and the B580 supposedly has 12GB of VRAM, so the B570 will drop 2GB. Sticking with that theme, the B570 will even be 200MHz slower for its enhance clock, and it’ll have a lesser quantity of reminiscence bandwidth to the tune of a close to 17% drop.

That may, in fact, make for a considerably much less highly effective GPU, however the lower-tier B500 collection mannequin shouldn’t be too far off the efficiency of the B580.

What we’re hoping the B570 will present is a significantly extra reasonably priced various, if the value rumors in regards to the B580 are right – specifically that it might arrive at round $250 within the US (and proportionate to that elsewhere, in fact). If the B570 can sneak underneath $200, although, with 10GB of VRAM – when Nvidia nonetheless insists on 8GB with rival fashions on this bracket – Intel might have a finances winner on its arms.

And extra importantly, PC players might have a finances GPU winner on their arms, too – however there’s some street to cowl but, when it comes to the accuracy of those leaks, and that huge price ticket reveal.

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