Intel Arc B580 GPU exposed by reviewer as Intel and AIBs subtly tease Battlemage's Dec 3 launch

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Battlemage is set to debut next week.

ASRock Steel Legend B580
(Image credit: Funky Kit Show via harukaze5719)

Intel has already sent reviewers samples for its upcoming Battlemage Arc B580 GPU, as FunkyKit accidentally disclosed the ASRock B580 Steel Legend in a now-deleted video. Moreover, building hype and anticipation for Battlemage, AIBs like Maxsun have taken to X with cryptic teasers as Intel gears up to reveal its next-gen Xe2-HPG GPUs on December 3rd at 9 AM ET (Eastern Time).

Well-known PC hardware reviewer FunkyKit unintentionally showed off the ASRock B580 Steel Legend in a live stream, which most probably broke any embargo set by Intel. The video has since been taken down, though momomo_us at X managed to grab a few screenshots - detailing the GPU's box and even the GPU itself - matching previous listings at Amazon.

Intel has scheduled the official unveil for December 3rd at 9 AM Eastern Time. Team Blue's teaser, "Going from A -> B," likely alludes to the transition from Alchemist to Battlemage. Intel is anticipated to reveal both the B580 and the B570 next week. High-end B770/B750 GPUs might be delayed slightly since Intel is attempting to push Battlemage before RDNA 4 and Blackwell.

AIBs have also joined in the action as Maxsun recently teased an upcoming triple-fan GPU from Intel (Battlemage) planned for December 3rd. Gunnir - another Chinese board partner - was already two steps ahead because their teaser went live before Intel's official announcement yesterday.

As it stands, the initial Battlemage reveal should feature two GPUs, namely the Arc B580 and the slightly more affordable Arc B570 - both of which are said to tackle Nvidia's RTX 4060 Ti. The B580 - going by preliminary listings and spec sheets from ASRock boasts 20 Xe Cores (2560 ALUs), 12GB of 19 Gbps GDDR6 memory, a 192-bit memory interface with boost clocks going as high as 2.8 GHz - equating to 14.3 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. The lower-specced B570 on the contrary should feature 18 Xe cores, 10GB of GDDR6 memory at 19 Gbps speeds, and a 2.6 GHz boost clock - allowing it to dish out 12 TFLOPs (FP32).

Battlemage's success hinges on driver support and a competitive pricing structure against Nvidia and especially AMD. The Arc 140V's performance against Strix Point is quite promising for Battlemage. However, it's best to wait for independent reviews before you pull the trigger.

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Hassam Nasir
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Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun.

7 Comments Comment from the forums
  • ezst036
    Hopefully there is something good to say about the drivers.
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  • Mindstab Thrull
    I think give Battlemage a year and the drivers should be sufficiently settled to make them a solid recommendation. Look how far it went for Alchemist to go from Day One to decently usable. I'd say Celestial will be the start of largely needing just card-specific and game-specific updates (like where Nvidia and AMD are) rather than needing major across-the-board patches like Alchemist needed. Give Battlemage a year though and I'm willing to give Intel dGPUs a try.

    Mindstab Thrull
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  • Elusive Ruse
    ezst036 said:
    Hopefully there is something good to say about the drivers.
    Intel must be confident about their performance and stability considering they have made a conscious to release their new gen before AMD and Nvidia.
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  • P.Amini
    Though I will not upgrade my own graphics card anytime soon and I really don't play games much (if at all) anymore but as an enthusiast I am excited about the second generation of Intel discrete graphics cards as it is a good news, big and important and I hope they continue. I am excited about upcoming AMD GPUs too as I am very excited about (potentially) new technologies that the leader (NVIDIA) will bring, though I will be disappointed and sad when I see their price increases.
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  • P.Amini
    BTW GPU is the processor and the whole board is the graphics card :)
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  • gamer1227
    ezst036 said:
    Hopefully there is something good to say about the drivers.
    Probably much better than Alchemist.

    BattleMage architecture is the same as the Lunar Lake iGPU (Xe2), so Intel had a few months to improve them, and most of the work will be reused for the desktop cards.
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  • Notton
    Elusive Ruse said:
    Intel must be confident about their performance and stability considering they have made a conscious to release their new gen before AMD and Nvidia.
    Rumors suggest 4060Ti performance, which would be fine, I guess.
    Nvidia and AMD like to launch their top end first, and drip feed the lesser models.
    The RTX 4060/Ti/16GB didn't launch until 8 months after the RTX 4090 launched.
    That's not to say Nvidia/AMD couldn't change their plans, depending on how successful the B580/B570 is.

    But I think Battlemage was delayed because Alchemist launched in October.
    An October launch would have given B580 a full year before the impending RTX 5060/Ti and RX 8600/XT launches.
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