The Intel Arc B570 mid-range next-gen Intel GPU was due to hit the market on January 16, but the first retailer already has the GPU in pre-order, confirming that it will also be slightly more expensive than expected.
When it was announced, it was said that the graphics card is expected to be launched on January 16, 2025, with a recommended retail price of $219. As usual, the RRP only applies to Intel’s “Limited Edition.”
Intel Arc B570 price and release date
Newegg now has the first variant of the Arc B570 in stock, namely an ASRock Challenger Arc B570, and will deliver the graphics card on the official release date. Anyone who wants to try out the Arc B570 but at a slightly high price. The ASRock version costs $229.99, making it $10 expensive.
The ASRock model achieves boost clock frequencies of 2,600 MHz, 100 MHz more than the Intel Limited Edition. Apart from the lower clock speeds, the Arc B570 saves in two areas compared to the Arc B580. Firstly, the graphics card includes only 18 Xe2 cores instead of 20. Secondly, the manufacturer reduces the graphics memory from 12 GB to 10 GB and lowers the bandwidth by around 17 percent to 380 GB/s. At least the Arc B570 makes do with a power loss of 150 watts.
It remains unclear how these cost-cutting measures will affect gaming performance, as Intel has not provided any benchmarks for the two cheaper Battlemage graphics cards at launch. However, given the Intel Arc graphics card specs, buyers should expect at least a 10 percent lower frame rate in games.
The Intel Arc B570 features 18 Xe2 cores and achieves boost clock speeds of up to 2,500 MHz. It reduces the graphics memory to 10 GB with a bandwidth of 380 GB/s. This also reduces power consumption to 150 watts. A single 8-pin connector powers it. The Intel Limited Edition features an HDMI 2.1 port and three DisplayPort 2.1 (UHBR 13.5) ports. The connection to the mainboard is via PCIe 4.0 x8.
The Arc B580 adds 4 GB of graphics memory compared to the Intel Arc A580 (approx. $170 on Amazon). Intel reduced the Xe cores from 24 to 20, a 16.6% decrease, and increased clock frequencies by 33.5%. They has also fundamentally improved the new Xe2 cores. Intel speaks of 50 percent higher performance per watt and up to 70 percent higher performance per core.
