Intel Arc
| Release date | March 30, 2022 |
|---|---|
| Manufactured by | TSMC |
| Designed by | Intel |
| Marketed by | Intel |
| Codenames |
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| Architecture | Intel Xe |
| Cores | Up to 32 Xe cores |
| Transistors | Up to 21.7 billion |
| Fabrication process | TSMC N5 TSMC N6 |
| Cards | |
| Entry-level | Arc 3 |
| Mid-range | Arc 5 |
| High-end | Arc 7 |
| API support | |
| DirectX | DirectX#DirectX 12 Ultimate |
| OpenCL | OpenCL 3.0 |
| OpenGL | OpenGL 4.6 |
| Vulkan | Vulkan 1.3 |
| History | |
| Predecessor | |
Intel Arc is a brand of graphics processing units designed by Intel. These are discrete GPUs mostly marketed for the high-margin gaming PC market. The brand also covers Intel's consumer graphics software and services.
Arc competes with Nvidia's GeForce and AMD's Radeon lines. The Arc-A series for laptops was launched on March 30, 2022, with the A750 and A770 both released in Q3 2022. Intel missed their initial Q2 2022 release target, with most discrete Arc GPUs not launching until October 2022.
Intel officially launched the Arc Pro workstation GPUs on August 8, 2022.
Intel officially announced the 2nd-generation Battlemage GPUs on December 3rd, 2024. The first model, the B580, was released on December 13th, 2024.