Intel has hired an executive to promote Arc graphics cards that has turned ASUS into a leading PC gaming brand

Intel has gained a valuable executive with a wealth of experience.
Vivian Lien announced that she has already joined Intel's graphics division as vice president and general manager.
\"I can't wait to get into building the Intel Arc graphics graphics graphics graphics adapter business,\" she wrote on Linked In, and promised that \"there's more to come.
\"Image source: Vivian LienLien is expected to play an important role in promoting the next generation Intel Arc Battlemage discrete graphics cards as well as attracting Intel's PC-ready partners to incorporate these products into their systems.
Intel Arc Battlemage is expected to be the next evolution of Alchemist to compete with AMD and NVIDIA products.Image source: Vivian LienThe appointment of Lien to a senior position at Intel suggests that the company needs her expertise and extensive partner relationships in the gaming PC business.
Lien was at Corsair by the middle of the decade before last, but made her name and reputation with a successful career spanning years at ASUS in PC and component marketing.
In fact, she was instrumental in ASUS becoming one of the premier suppliers of gaming PCs and components.
For the past few years, Lien has been Dell's VP of Alienware and Dell Gaming.
So this is someone with a wealth of experience in promoting gaming PCs and components.Image source: IntelIf Intel really wants to succeed in commercializing its discrete graphics cards, appointing someone who has been in PC and component sales to this position looks like a good choice.
And beyond that, Vivien's appointment is the nail in the coffin of persistent rumors about scaling back development or cutting back Intel's discrete graphics Arc business.

Intel announced the launch of the Arc A770 and Arc A750, but you can't buy the graphics cards anywhere

Intel yesterday announced the launch of the Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics gas pedals.
So far, all indications are that, as was the case with the previously released junior model Arc A380, the launch was more of a formality.
New graphics cards are simply nowhere available for purchase right now - at best the order is suggested to wait until October 17, and many vendors do not even indicate the terms.Image source: IntelIn the case of the Arc A770 and Arc A750 models, Intel has immediately expanded the list of regions where you can find these gas pedals.
The official Intel website indicates that the graphics cards will be available in the U.S., Germany, Spain, Britain, Norway, Sweden, China, Australia, South Korea and Taiwan.
At the same time new items will be available at a very modest number of retailers.
In those stores where graphics cards are already listed in the range, they are not yet in stock.
For example, a large American retailer Newegg cards are out of stock.
Others offer to place an order.
Image source: NeweggFrench retailer Topachat will get the graphics cards only on October 17.
The Arc A770 reference model with 16GB of memory is priced at €460 there and the Arc A750 at €380.
In Germany, only pre-orders are available, only in one store and only for the Arc A750.
The price is €350.
The British store Ebuyer has not yet received the new intel graphics cards either.
No date of their appearance is given.
The reference versions of the gas pedals there are priced at 400 and 330 British pounds, which is about $445 and $367 respectively.
You can already order the Arc A750 and A770 in the reference version from the Polish retailer Komputronik.
Delivery of the purchase is promised on October 20.
Recall, that Arc A770 is based on ACM-G10 graphics processor with 32 Xe cores (4096 FP32 blocks), 32 raytracing modules, and 512 XMX engines.
The card will be available in 8GB and 16GB GDDR6 memory versions.
The recommended price for the version with 8 GB of memory is $329, and the variant with 16 GB of memory is $349.
The Arc A750 uses a slightly \"stripped down\" ACM-G10 GPU with 28 Xe cores (3,584 FP32 blocks), 28 ray tracing blocks and 480 XMX matrix engines.
The card has 8 GB of memory and is priced at $289.
By now only ASRock and Gunnir have presented their versions of video cards.
Also variants from Acer are preparing for release.

Intel has updated the system requirements for Arc graphics cards - they are now officially compatible with Ryzen 3000 and Ryzen 5000

Intel has updated the system requirements for Arc Alchemist graphics cards, which were originally published back in June of this year.
Previously specifying only Intel processors up to 10-series Core processors, AMD Ryzen 3000 and Ryzen 5000 processors are now also listed as compatible.Image source: VideoCardz Intel has previously mentioned that Arc Alchemist graphics cards require Resizable BAR support to get maximum performance, which has been confirmed by tests.
Recall that the Resizable BAR (ReBAR) allows CPU access to the entire memory stack of the graphics card.
In the new system requirements for graphics cards, Intel still insists that PCs have ReBAR support.
The new graphics cards are simply not designed to work with older PCs.
Image source: IntelThe Arc Alchemist graphics cards also specify the need for Windows 10 20H2 or Windows 11 operating systems.
With Windows 7 video cards Intel will not work - for this OS has no drivers.
According to VideoCardz, Intel's Tom Petersen recently reported that the company is only planning to optimize its graphics cards to work in systems without ReBAR support.Recall that next week should go on sale Intel Arc A770 and Arc A750.
Their release is scheduled for October 12.

Intel unveils Arc A310 entry-level graphics card with 4GB of GDDR6 memory

Intel has unveiled another discrete graphics gas pedal from the Arc Alchemist series, the entry-level Arc A310 graphics card.
Recall that the company released the Arc A380 model in summer, which does not feature high performance, and the new product will be even less powerful.Image source: IntelThe manufacturer said that the Arc A310 uses the ACM-G11 graphics processor with six Xe cores.
The company also indicates that the graphics processor in the Arc A310 runs at 2000-2100 MHz.
The card has 4 GB of GDDR6 memory with 64-bit support.
It claims to consume 75 W of power - the same as the Arc A380.
Even though the Arc A310 specs says that it supports PCIe 4.0 x16, it is not likely to use all 16 lanes of PCIe, since the higher performance Arc A380 only uses 8 lanes of PCIe.
The company didn't say anything about the Arc A310 price.
There was also no release date announced.
To add, Intel announced yesterday that its most senior model, the Arc A770 at $329, will go on sale Oct.
12.
This card is positioned as a competitor to the GeForce RTX 3060.

The Intel Arc A770 graphics card will begin sales on October 12, with a recommended price of $329

Speaking at the Intel Innovation Conference, Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger announced the sales launch date for the Arc A770 discrete graphics gas pedal.
It is scheduled for Oct.
12.
The recommended price for the graphics card will be $329.Image source: IntelAccording to Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger, test samples of the Arc A770 are on their way to reviewers, and reviews will appear when the card comes to market.Intel Arc A770 features have long been known.
It's based on a full-size ACM-G10 GPU with 32 Xe cores (4096 FP32 blocks), 32 ray tracing blocks, and 512 XMX matrix engines.
A frequency of 2100 MHz is claimed for the graphics chip.
As Intel explains, this figure reflects not the maximum, but the expected GPU frequency.
In other words, depending on the load it may be higher or lower than this value.The card supports configurations with 16 or 8 GB of GDDR6 memory with an effective frequency of 17.5 GHz (17.5 Gb/s) or 16 GHz (16 Gb/s), depending on the volume.
As noted by Intel, in the second case, the memory bus bit depth is 256 bits, and memory bandwidth - 560 GB/s.In the reference version of the Arc A770 Limited Edition video card will be available only with 16 GB of memory.

Intel Arc A580 graphics card showed very strange results in Ashes of the Singularity gaming tests

Fresh performance data of Intel Arc A580 desktop graphics card appeared in Ashes of the Singularity gaming test database.
It's not the first time this model has been noted there.
Last month the card was tested with graphic API Vulkan.
In a fresh test, the novelty was tested using DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 graphics APIs.
The results turned out to be ambiguous.Image source: IntelNow Intel has disclosed the technical specifications of the Arc A580.
The gas pedal is built on the ACM-G10 graphics chip, which includes 24 Xe cores (3072 FP32 blocks), 24 ray tracing blocks, and 384 XMX matrix engines.
The declared GPU frequency is 1700 MHz.
It has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory with 16 GHz effective bandwidth, 256-bit bus bandwidth and 512 GB/s bandwidth.
According to Intel, Arc Alchemist graphics cards are best optimized for DirectX 12 games, with Vulkan APIs offering slightly worse performance.
Performance in games based on old DirectX 11 will be the worst.
It is interesting that in recent gaming test Ashes of the Singularity our Arc A580 showed mediocre performance not only in DirectX 11 mode, but also with DirectX 12 API.
Its performance was significantly worse than when using Vulkan API.
In all cases the game test was run at 1080p resolution with average image quality settings.
When using Vulkan, the card scored 9,300 points with an average frame rate of 95 FPS.
Intel Arc A580 in Vulkin API modeThe card scored 2,800 points in DirectX 11 mode with an average frame rate of 30.6 FPS.
In DirectX 12 mode, the card scored 6,600 points and 68.6 FPS.
It is interesting that in DX11/12 mode it was worse than entry level Arc A380.
Intel Arc A580 in DirectX 11 API modeIntel Arc A580 in DirectX12 modeThe below is a performance comparison table with other graphics cards provided by Tom's Hardware.There may be several reasons for such strange results.
Maybe the CPU in the system used to test the Arc A580 is so severely limiting the performance that the GPU, which should be three times faster than the Arc A380, ends up being slower.
Another reason could be the lack of optimization of its graphics driver or the disabled Resizable BAR (ReBAR) feature, without which the performance of Arc video cards drops significantly.
Another assumption is that the Arc A580 tested, which for some reason has an RI suffix in its name, is a mobile version of a power-limited graphics card.
It's also possible that it's not a full-fledged desktop Arc A580, and someone tricked the test into mistaking another graphics card for a desktop model.

Intel has named the official specifications for the Arc A770, Arc A750 and Arc A580 desktop gaming graphics cards

Intel has announced the official specifications for three desktop gaming graphics cards - Arc A770, Arc A750 and Arc A580.
The first two will be available in the Limited Edition reference version as well as partner versions.
The Arc A580 has no reference version.
It will only be available as a non-reference solution from Intel partners.Image source: IntelThe Arc A770 uses a full-sized ACM-G10 GPU with 32 Xe cores (4096 FP32 blocks), 32 ray tracing blocks, and 512 XMX matrix engines.
The graphics chip has a claimed frequency of 2100 MHz.
As Intel explains, this figure reflects not the maximum, but the expected frequency of the GPU.
In other words, depending on the load it may be higher or lower than that value.
The card supports configurations with 8 and 16 GB of GDDR6 memory with an effective frequency of 17.5 GHz (17.5 Gbps).
As Intel notes, in the latter case, the memory bus is 256-bit and its bandwidth is 560 GB/s.
The Arc A750 uses a slightly stripped-down ACM-G10 processor with 28 Xe cores (3,584 FP32 blocks), 28 ray tracing blocks and 480 XMX matrix engines.
The claimed expected GPU frequency is 2050 MHz.
The card features 8GB of GDDR6 memory with a 16 GHz 16Gb/s effective bandwidth, 256-bit bus width, and 512GB/s throughput.
Both graphics cards feature a claimed power consumption rating of 225W.
The reference cards have one 8-pin and one 6-pin connector each.
Both models provide PCIe 4.0 support.
About the third model, the Arc A580, the manufacturer described in a little less detail.
The company indicated that the card is built on an ACM-G10 graphics chip, which has 24 Xe cores (3072 FP32 blocks), 24 ray tracing blocks, as well as 384 XMX matrix engines.
The declared GPU frequency is 1700 MHz.
It has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory with 16 GHz effective bandwidth, 256-bit bus bandwidth and 512 GB/s bandwidth.
Intel did not disclose power consumption figures for this model yet.In the Limited Edition reference graphics cards will be available for purchase through Intel's online store, various online retailers, as well as various retail chains.
It was previously reported that the launch will be limited, \"only in key markets.\" The company has not yet disclosed pricing for the gas pedals.
In addition, Intel is still not saying when the cards will go on sale.

Intel: Arc A770 and Arc A750 graphics cards \"coming soon\" - senior will be faster than GeForce RTX 3060 and Radeon RX 6600 XT

Intel's Tom Petersen and Ryan Shrout officially confirmed in an interview with PC Games Hardware and Digital Foundry that the company will be releasing two more discrete graphics cards, the Arc A770 and Arc A750, very soon.
It was noted that the performance of senior Arc A770 model is between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, and that it is faster than AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT graphics card.Image source: VideoCardzThe statements of Intel representatives mean that Intel will not be opposed to the Arc A770 senior solutions AMD and NVIDIA - it will compete in the middle segment.
Intel officials reiterated earlier statements that the Arc graphics cards' performance in ray traced games is on par with similar NVIDIA graphics cards on the Ampere architecture.Petersen, who was unveiled in an interview, said that the current performance level of Intel Arc A-series graphics cards \"cannot be changed significantly\".
If there will be any performance improvements, they will only be minimal.
The company can't change the price of video cards, but it can control their prices.
Due to this, A-series gas pedals will be competitive, according to Intel.Image source: PC Games HardwareThe company specifies that the Arc A770 model supports configurations with 8 and 16 GB of video memory.
The version of the videocard Limited Edition (limited reference edition) will be available only with 16 GB of memory.
In other words, Intel partners will have the right to choose which amount of video memory to install in this or that version of the video card.
For the Arc A750, the company has confirmed the use of 8 GB of memory.Intel continues to work on optimizing drivers for systems that do not have support for Resizable BAR (ReBAR) technology.
But in general, Petersen advised owners of older PC configurations (without ReBAR support) to opt for graphics cards from other vendors.
Arc GPUs are optimized to handle large data packets, but are inefficient at transferring data in small blocks.
The result is a nearly 40% drop in performance without ReBAR.
And this problem is unlikely to be solved by the first generation of Arc graphics cards on the Alchemist architecture.
However, the company will pay attention to this issue during the development of future graphics architectures.Image source: Digital FoundryTom Petersen said that the Arc A770 and A750 models in the Limited Edition reference version will be available for purchase through the Intel website.
The company plans to hold a simultaneous launch of the gas pedals with its partners.
He never said who exactly is among them, but once again noted that \"the launch will happen soon.\" In addition, he said that the launch is expected \"only in key markets,\" including Germany.The company admits that the exclusive launch of the Arc A380 graphics card in China was not the best idea.
Intel overestimated the media interest in its GPU, thinking that western publications, despite the difficulties, would find the desire and ability to buy entire PCs with an Intel graphics card from China.
Recall that the Arc A380 was originally only sold as part of complete systems, and only a few months later began to be sold as a separate product.Image source: VideoCardzPetersen also confirmed that the delayed launch of graphics cards Arc A-series is not due to problems in the supply chain.
It has to do with the unavailability of the gas pedals.
Earlier it was reported that the reason for the delay of Intel discrete graphics cards could be the company's departure from Russia.

Modders put together gaming PCs with Arc A770 graphics cards for Intel

Intel continues to actively promote its Arc Alchemist series graphics cards and this time turned to computer enthusiasts and modders to put together gaming PCs with the Arc A770 senior discrete graphics gas pedal in the mix.
Image source: IntelBacked by Robeytech, Intel rolled out the graphics cards in a van themed after the Arc series.Image source: IntelThe graphics cards themselves came in large LED-backlit boxes that looked like a teleporting tunnel design from the \"Stargate\" universe.Image source: Intel Intel has yet to release or even officially unveil the Arc A770 graphics gas pedal.
Nevertheless, the graphics card has already been flashed several times in reviews by various technobloggers.
The manufacturer has not said yet when exactly the gas pedal will be available and when it will be on sale.Image source: IntelAnd below are the works of modders, who have assembled gaming systems with Arc A770 graphics.
In most cases, enthusiasts used a blue and purple design theme, the signature colors of Intel Arc graphics.Liquid House blogger's system.
Image source: VideoCardzThe Liquid House blogger system.
Image source: VideoCardzThe Blue Horse blogger's system.
Image source: VideoCardzThe Blue Horse Blogger System.
Image source: VideoCardz PC Werkz blogger system.
Image source: VideoCardz PC Werkz blogger system.
Image source: VideoCardzThe Intel Arc A770 gas pedal is reportedly based on the ACM-G10 GPU.
The graphics card is equipped with 16 GB of memory of GDDR6 standard.

Intel Arc A380 graphics cards will soon start to be officially sold outside of China

Intel Arc A380 discrete graphics cards start to appear in US stores, writes VideoCardz.
For several months since its release they were sold only in China.
At first they were only sold as part of a ready-made computer assembly, but later they began to be offered as an individual product.
Now the novelties have made it to the U.S.
retail.Image source: VideoCardzThe ASRock Arc A380 Challenger ITX model, introduced back in early July, recently made its way to the U.S.
retailer Newegg, which priced it at $ 140.
For comparison, in China it is priced at $192.
The version from ASRock uses a non-standard PCB design and features a cooling system with a single fan.
The claimed power consumption level of the gas pedal is 75W.
It is equipped with one 8-pin connector for additional power.
Three DisplayPort 2.0 and one HDMI 2.0 interface are provided in the graphics interface set.Picture source: NeweggThe ACM-G11 chip inside the graphics gas pedal has eight Xe cores and is factory overclocked.
It runs at a frequency of 2250 MHz.
The card has 6 GB of GDDR6 memory with 96-bit interface support.
According to independent reviews, the performance of Intel Arc A380 falls short of Radeon RX 6400 - the weakest AMD's current generation card.
However, after additional overclocking, the card is able to compete with more efficient GeForce GTX 1650 from NVIDIA.According to US-based Newegg, shipments of ASRock Arc A380 Challenger ITX graphics card will start August 22nd.

Intel has published tests of the Arc A750 graphics card in 48 games where it beats the GeForce RTX 3060

Intel has shared the performance of the Arc A750 desktop graphics gas pedal in several dozen games.
The data was published on the official website.
On average, the graphics card was 3-5% faster than the GeForce RTX 3060.Image source: IntelIntel has published an article and video on its website, which paid attention to the Arc A750 video card performance in games running on modern graphics APIs DirectX 12 and Vulkan.
According to the company's representatives Ryan Shrout (Ryan Shrout) and Tom Petersen (Tom Petersen), the list of games for testing were projects that are popular on Steam, interesting to players and used by video card reviewers.
Gameplay testing was conducted at 1080p and 1440p resolutions.
In DirectX 12 games, at 1080p resolution and Ultra quality settings, Intel graphics card was on average 3% faster than GeForce RTX 3060, while in 1440p games at quality settings \"High\" it was 5% faster.
In addition, in 1440p the Arc A750 delivered more than 60 frames per second in most selected games.In Vulkan games such as Rainbow Six Extraction, Dota 2 and Doom, the Intel graphics card also looks decent - its performance is on par with the competition.
At the same time, performance at 1440p resolution was slightly higher than the GeForce RTX 3060, and at 1080p resolution slightly lower.Intel Arc A750 vs GeForce RTX 3060 in games 7tDzGdLLuqh9YodaEGpX26.
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The gas pedal probably has 24 Xe cores, 3072 shader blocks and 12 GB of GDDR6 memory with 192-bit bus support.
Intel used EVGA's GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming in the comparison.
This is one of the fastest versions of the GeForce RTX 3060 on the market.
Its GPU runs at 1882 MHz.
Both cards were tested as part of an Intel Core i9-12900K-based PC with 32GB (2x16GB) of DDR5-4800 (Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5-5200 CL38).
These tests were done under Windows 11.
Image source: VideoCardz Image source: VideoCardzIt should also be noted that Arc A750 tests used a pre-release video driver, while GeForce RTX 3060 used GeForce 516.59 WHQL driver.
As entry-level Arc A380 reviews show, Intel's driver for Arc graphics cards still needs some serious tweaking.Intel admits that Arc graphics perform worse in games on older graphics APIs, so it chose only games running DirectX 12 and Vulkan for comparison.

Intel Arc A770M and A550M mobile graphics cards made their first mark in 3DMark test - the senior showed RTX 3070 level

The first performance test results of yet unreleased Intel Arc A770M and Arc A550M mobile graphics gas pedals appeared in 3DMark synthetic test database.
Both are part of the Arc Alchemist series, which is only available in China so far, and only as low-end models of the Arc A3 series.
As for Intel mobile graphics cards, only Arc A370M has been released so far, with more senior cards still awaiting release.Image source: VideoCardzThe appearance of Arc A770M and Arc A550M graphics cards in 3DMark database indicates that Intel has finally started the active testing phase of these gas pedals, which means that their debut could happen in the coming weeks.
Intel Arc A550M and Arc A770M in 3DMark.
Image source here and below: 3DMarkThe Arc A550M, which is based on the ACM-G10 GPU with 16 Xe cores, scored 6017 points in the 3DMark Time Spy test using driver version 1726.
The gas pedal was tested with Intel APO (Advanced Performance Optimizations) function turned on, which speeds up the video card, which actually violates the rules of 3DMark itself.
This function allows to get up to 15% higher results in this test.
Compared to the previously tested Arc A730M (also with APO feature turned on) the Arc A550M, which has half as many graphics cores, is about 67% slower.
Mobile GeForce RTX 3070 vs.
Core i7-12700H in the 3DMark rankingsThe Intel Arc A770M mobile graphics card was tested in the 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme test, where it scored 13,244 points.
This is about the level of the mobile GeForce RTX 3070 tested with the same Core i7-12700H processor.
However, it should be noted that the synthetic test and the real performance of the gas pedal in games are two different things.
The older card was tested using test driver version 9999.
Such drivers are typically used by OEMs and system integrators.
Whether the APO feature was enabled when testing the Arc A770M is unknown.Image source: VideoCardzIntel itself previously talked about the performance of the Arc 770M gas pedal.
According to the company, the card is 12% faster in games than the mobile GeForce RTX 3060.

Intel itself tested a non-standard Arc A380 graphics card and called it a good option for mainstream gaming

Intel's lab found the GUNNIR Arc A380 Photon desktop graphics gas pedal in a non-standard version, arriving from China.
Information about its testing shared on his page on Twitter, one of the top managers of the company Ryan Shrout.Image source: Twitter / Ryan ShroutThe Arc Alchemist series desktop graphics card is currently available for purchase only in China.
Intel is still not saying when its discrete graphics solutions will start appearing outside of the Celestial Empire and does not even name their recommended price.At Shrout's disposal were two GUNNIR Arc A380 Photon 6G OC graphics cards at once.
Recall that at their core are graphics processors ACM-G11 with eight cores Xe and a working frequency of 2.45 GHz.
The gas pedal has 6 GB of memory GDDR6 with 96-bit bus support and 15.5 Gbit / s per contact.Arc A380 model is positioned as a solution for games in 1080p resolution at medium graphics settings.
As part of the test on it ran the game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds at a resolution of 2560 × 1080 pixels.
A representative of Intel concluded that the novelty is a good option for mainstream gaming.
Previously, independent tests have shown that the Arc A380 - this is an entry-level graphics card, with performance slightly lower than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 and AMD Radeon RX 6400.In China, the gas pedal including local currency conversion offered for about 130-140 dollars.
Schrout noted the high build quality of the non-refresh version of the graphics card on his Twitter page.In addition to the Arc 380, Intel is going to release desktop graphics cards Arc A550, Arc A730 and Arc A770 this summer, but more precise information about the timing of availability has not yet been disclosed.

Intel promises to add Smart Access Memory support to Arc Alchemist graphics cards

Intel has confirmed that Arc Alchemist discrete graphics cards will eventually receive support for Smart Access Memory, which opens up the AMD Ryzen CPU to the entire RAM stack of the graphics card.
Thanks to this, performance in some games can significantly increase.Image source: IntelIntel previously reported system requirements for Arc Alchemist graphics cards, which indicated the need for support for Resizable BAR (ReBAR) technology in the computer.
The feature must be active for \"optimal\" performance of Intel discrete graphics cards.
The counterpart of Resizable BAR is Smart Access Memory (SAM) technology.
It is used on AMD platforms.
Talking to Neowin, Intel representatives confirmed that Arc will also support SAM: \"As we noted in our blog post, the deployment of Arc series graphics products involves a phased and gradual rollout to target platforms to better serve our customers.
Our platforms support Resizable BAR technology and in the future, when Arc graphics cards become available at retail, we will add support for AMD platforms with their Smart Access Memory,\" Intel commented.As with Intel platforms, of which not all support or fully support Resizable BAR, not all AMD platforms support SAM.
This feature requires a Ryzen 3000-series processor no older than Ryzen 3000 (Ryzen 3000G models are not supported) and a motherboard with an AMD 500-series chipset.
The future Socket AM5 platform for Ryzen 7000 processors is also likely to get SAM support.According to Neowin, the first gaming tests show that the Intel Arc A380 desktop graphics card on a PC with AMD processor perform worse than on a PC with Intel.
It is very likely just because the latter lack support for Smart Access Memory technology.

Intel says the Arc A730M and Arc 770M mobile graphics cards are faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3060

Intel has announced the official performance data for its Arc 770M and Arc A730M mobile graphics gas pedals in games.
The information was shared by Tom's Hardware.
Both graphics cards are available in a number of notebooks, which are sold only in China so far.
Exit systems with these gas pedals at the international market is expected in late summer.Image source: IntelAll mentioned mobile graphics cards Arc A7 series are based on a graphics chip Alchemist ACM-G10.
Data about their performance obtained from the official Intel press release, which was distributed to Chinese technology bloggers.Perhaps the most important information in the document is the positioning of the Arc 770M as a competitor to the mobile GeForce RTX 3060.
In turn, the Arc A730M is opposed by Intel to the mobile GeForce RTX 3050 Ti.
No comparison of the senior card with a more productive GeForce RTX 3070 and the GeForce RTX 3080 is out of the question.
Despite previous rumors, it seems that Intel is not going to compete with the flagships in the mobile segment yet.The press release also specifies the configuration of laptops, in which the video cards were tested.
Unfortunately, Intel left out an important detail such as the power consumption level of its gas pedals.
Intel graphics cards have a dynamic TDP - manufacturers will be able to set the maximum power consumption within the specified range for a particular notebook.
It is also known that the Intel tests used GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3060 in versions not with the maximum TDP.
System configurations were as follows: Unknown laptop with Intel Arc A730M (TDP 80 to 120W), Core i7-12700H and 16GB of DDR5-4800 RAM;Unknown laptop with Intel Arc A770M (TDP 120 to 150W), Core i9-12900HK and 16GB of DDR5-4800 RAM; ASUS ROG Zephyrus M16 with GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (TDP 60W), Core i7-11800H and 16GB of DDR4-3200 RAM;MSI Pulse GL66 with GeForce RTX 3060 (TDP 85W), Core i9-12900HK, DDR5-4800 RAM unknown.
According to Intel, the Arc A730M graphics card is on average 13% faster than the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti, and the older Arc A770M graphics card in turn is on average 12% faster in games than the GeForce RTX 3060.
Image source: VideoCardz according to Tom's HardwareThe conclusion is based on tests of 17 games, which were run at high or maximum graphics quality settings and a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels.
In some games, Intel's new products were inferior to NVIDIA competitors, but in many games they showed tangible superiority.

Intel Arc A380 released: slower and more expensive than Radeon RX 6400, and AMD Ryzen chips perform worse than Core

First Intel Arc Alchemist desktop graphics card has officially gone on sale.
But only in China for now.
Many Chinese media have published their reviews of the novelty, comparing it with competitors.
Yesterday from the first similar publication it was clear that Intel Arc A380 is weaker than its main competitor Radeon RX 6400.
New reviews only confirmed these conclusions and also showed that the new graphics does not get along too well with AMD Ryzen chips.
Image source: MyDriversThe Arc A380 Photon OC graphics card from Gunnir took part in all tests.
At the moment this is the only brand that has released a non-reference variant of the Intel gas pedal.
This version of the graphics card has an overclocked GPU (2450 MHz instead of the reference 2000 MHz) and slightly higher (92 W vs.
standard 75 W) level of power consumption compared to the reference version.Image source: MyDriversWccftech has got official Intel data, in which the company itself compares Arc A380 with GeForce GTX 1650 and Radeon RX 6400.
According to the table, Arc A380 is weaker than both graphics cards mentioned above.
The Arc A380's official performance data.
Image source: Intel / WccftechPortal MyDrivers pitted the Arc A380 against the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti so that the new model has at least some chance of winning.
And in this case, in almost all games, the Intel card was indeed faster than the GeForce model, released back in 2016.Image source: MyDriversAs some reviews have shown, the performance of Arc A380 in systems with AMD processors was lower than in similar systems based on Intel.
For example, in combination with AMD Ryzen 5 5600, the gas pedal proved to be 17% worse than in a PC based on Intel processor of the same level.
It's likely that this is why Intel recommends using the Arc A380 only in ResizableBAR-enabled PCs and does not guarantee the Arc A380's full performance on systems with similar AMD Smart Access Memory technology.
Intel Arc A380 performance combined with an AMD processor.
Image source: BilibiliAccording to various sources, the Intel Arc A380 can be found at Chinese retailers for 1,399 to 1,499 yuan ($210 to $225), which is more expensive than its recommended price, which is about $150, and more expensive than the Radeon RX 6400.
Some retailers offer the Arc A380 as part of off-the-shelf systems based on older 10th generation Intel Core processors.

Intel Arc A380 fails miserably in first review - up to 26% slower than Radeon RX 6400

Intel has lifted the ban on publishing reviews of its Arc A380 desktop graphics card.
And in the first independent test the novelty with a bang lost even the entry level model AMD Radeon RX 6400.Image source: Bilibili / ShenmedounengceThe non-standard Gunnir Arc A380 Photon graphics card was tested by Chinese reviewer Shenmedounengce, who checked the novelty in synthetic 3DMark tests, as well as in a number of games.
And if in the first case, the novelty showed itself quite well, then with games the situation was much worse.
The card has been tested with Core i5-12400 processor, Intel B660 motherboard and DDR4 RAM.
For comparison with the Intel Arc A380, the reviewer used GeForce RTX 3050, GeForce GTX 1650, as well as Radeon RX 6500 XT and RX 6400 graphics cards.
The Intel Arc A380 is based on the ACM-G11 graphics processor, which includes eight Xe cores running at 2.45 GHz.
The gas pedal got 6 GB of GDDR6 memory with 92 bit bus support and 15.5 Gbit/s per pin.In 3DMark benchmarks Intel's card performed well.
In the Timespy test, Intel's new product confidently beat the GeForce GTX 1650, Radeon RX 6400 and RX 6500 XT graphics cards, and not too significantly behind the GeForce RTX 3050.
In the 3DMark Port Royal test, which evaluates gas pedals in ray tracing, the Intel Arc A380 was almost twice as fast as the Radeon RX 6400 and RX 6500 XT, but still was more than 3.5 times slower than the GeForce RTX 3050.
The game tests used were League of Legends, PUBG, GTA V, Shadow of Tomb Raider, Forza Horizon 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2.
All were run at 1080p resolution.
Unfortunately, in none of them the Arc A380 was able to catch up even with the youngest Radeon RX 6400 model.
At best, the gap was about 7%, and in some games Intel gas pedal lost in terms of performance by 26%.
Recall that the launch of the Intel Arc A380 took place only in China.
In the official sale of the new product has not yet appeared.
Its declared recommended price is about $150.

The Intel Arc A380 graphics card has slower memory than Intel originally stated

Intel has changed the list of specifications for the Arc A380 desktop graphics gas pedal.
The manufacturer now specifies that the graphics card features GDDR6 memory at 15.5Gbps per pin, whereas previously it was 16Gbps.
This means that the bandwidth of the entire memory subsystem is not 192 GB/s, but 186 GB/s.
As mentioned earlier, the first unreferenced version of Arc A380 from Chinese company Gunnir had 15.5 Gb/s memory bandwidth which appeared to be lower than initially announced Intel specifications for this model.
As it turns out, the lower memory speed is actually a reference value, and the data listed on the Intel website about the memory performance was incorrect.Image source: VideoCardz / IntelIntel also clarified the situation with HDMI 2.1 support for the Arc A380 graphics card.
Novelty indeed can work with it, but the question of its availability will depend on the specific manufacturer of this or that version of the video card.
That is why Gunnir Arc A380 Photon OC is equipped with a less advanced HDMI 2.0 connector.Image source: VideoCardzIntel Arc A380 is the first desktop graphics gas pedal on Xe-HPG architecture.
At the moment, the graphics card is only available in China.
When the product appears in other markets - Intel does not specify.
This is the youngest model of the Arc Alchemist series, whose performance is comparable to the slowest AMD graphics card - Radeon RX 6400.
For the Chinese market, the Intel Arc A380 is priced at around $150.
The gas pedal has already appeared on some Chinese online marketplaces, but sellers have jacked up the price to $500.

Intel Arc A730M mobile graphics card is barely faster in games than GeForce RTX 3050

Despite the good performance of Intel Arc A730M mobile graphics card in 3DMark Time Spy synthetic test, where it performed even better than GeForce RTX 3070, in real games the Intel gas pedal was barely faster than mobile GeForce RTX 3050.
One of the Chinese insiders has shared information about the new product performance.Image source: VideoCardzWeibo user with a nickname Golden Pig Upgrade has tested Intel Arc A730M in a number of games.
These included Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, Metro Exodus and F1 2020.
The tests were conducted in two resolutions.
Unfortunately, the source did not specify whether the tests used Intel DTT (Dynamic Tuning Technology), which dynamically distributes power between the laptop's CPU and graphics processors.
As we found out earlier, when testing the mobile Intel Arc A350M, this technology negatively affects performance, which can be attributed to a software flaw on the part of Intel.
Intel Arc A730M in Metro Exodus at 1080p resolution.
Source: Weibo Intel Arc A730M in Metro Exodus at 1440p.
Source: WeboIn Metro Exodus, the Intel Arc A730M averaged 70fps at 1080p and 55fps at 1440p.
High graphics settings were used in both cases.
Such performance is higher than the GeForce RTX 2070, which shows 66 frames per second at 1080p resolution, but worse than the GeForce RTX 3060.
The latter averages 80 frames per second at the same resolution and graphics settings.
Intel Arc A730M in F1 2020 at 1080p resolution.
Source: Weibo Intel Arc A730M in F1 2020 at 1440p.
Source: WeiboIn F1 2020, the Intel card showed 123 frames per second at 1080p and 95 frames per second at 1440p.
By comparison, the GeForce RTX 3050 averages 120 frames per second at 1080p resolution at high graphics settings.
Intel Arc A730M in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey at 1080p.
Source: Weibo Intel Arc A730M in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey at 1440p.
Source: WeboIn Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, the Intel gas pedal averaged 38 (1080p) and 32 (1440p) frames per second.
The source also notes that during the tests, almost all games saw short-term significant drops in the gas pedal performance to below 10 frames per second, which may indicate poor software optimization.According to Intel Arc Control Center, the Arc A730M graphics chip was running at 2050 MHz and consumed 92 watts of power.
We should add, however, that these figures were observed when running the Furmark test, which doesn't exactly reflect the performance of video cards in real-world conditions.
Intel Arc A730M.
Intel Arc Control Center data.
Source: WeboSo far, everything points to the Arc A730M's performance level being next to the GeForce RTX 3050 and GeForce RTX 3060.
The non-optimized gaming performance of Arc graphics cards, as this is not the first such test shows, may be the main reason why Intel is in no hurry with the global release of its discrete graphics cards.

Intel Arc A730M mobile graphics card was faster than mobile GeForce RTX 3070 in 3DMark Time Spy test

Several Chinese sources reported that the performance of Intel Arc A730M mobile discrete graphics card in 3DMark Time Spy test was faster than mobile GeForce RTX 3070.
This information is also indirectly confirmed by Notebookcheck database, according to which Intel Arc A730M may even be faster than some GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q models with power consumption index below 115W.Image source: JD.comThe Intel Arc A730M graphics card based on ACM-G10 GPU was tested in Machenike notebook with 14-core Core i7-12700H processor first published by Chinese insider with alias Golden Pig Upgrade on Weibo platform.
In the 3DMark Time Spy graphics test, the Intel card scored 10,107 points.
According to Notebookcheck, the GeForce RTX 3070 model scored an average of 9,462 points in the same test.
Image source: Weibo / Golden Pig Upgrade Image source: NotebookcheckThe performance of the Intel Arc A730M was confirmed by Machenike itself shortly after the information was published by the insider.
However, on its published promotional slide the Intel gas pedal shows a slightly more modest result in 3DMark Time Spy - 10&nbps;002 points.
By the way, we already reported about the notebook in which it was tested.
Image source: JD.comAccording to Intel Arc A730M performance in 3DMark Fire Strike test was a bit lower than that of GeForce RTX 3070.
The latter scores 25,484 points, and Intel's card - 23,090.
But it is still faster than the mobile GeForce RTX 3060.The Intel Arc A730M graphics card is built on a stripped-down version of the Intel ACM-G10 processor, which gets only 24 instead of the possible 32 cores Xe.
The card is equipped with 12 GB of GDDR6 memory with a 192-bit bus.
The level of power consumption of the gas pedal will be up to 120 watts.
To compare, a full-featured ACM-G10 chip with 32 Xe cores will be used in the Intel flagship Arc A770M model with a TDP of over 150W.