Intel's first Battlemage GPU, the Arc B580, will be here before Xmas and it'll be 10% faster and $50 cheaper than the GeForce RTX 4060.

Overall, Intel is claiming that the B580 has the measure of the Nvidia RTX 4060 by 10% on average at 1440p while undercutting its $299 by $50. Intel is leaning into the memory advantage of its new cards for 1440p gaming in particular and with ray tracing enabled. After all, the RTX 4060 is a mere 8 GB card with a 128-bit memory bus.

The lid has been lifted on the Intel Arc B580 and B570, the first desktop Battlemage graphics cards, and they undercut Nvidia and AMD.

Intel’s next — and possibly last — desktop graphics cards will begin arriving in just 10 days. Right on cue, the company has announced the budget $249 Arc B580 and $219 Arc B570, shipping December 13th and January 16th,

After months of rumors and leaks, Intel made it official today: The next generation of its gaming GPUs is here. The chipmaker announced the Intel Arc B580 and B570 graphics chips (codenamed Battlemage) for $249 and $219,

Intel is launching today new Arc B-Series desktop GPUs that bring support for XeSS Super Resolution, XeSS Frame Generation, and Xe Low Latency.

Powered by the new Xe2 "Battlemage" architecture and a new XeSS 2 frame generation feature, Intel's $249 Arc B580 is FINALLY bringing 1440p gaming to the masses.