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Intel Arc
Release date	March 30, 2022
Manufactured by	TSMC
Designed by	Intel
Marketed by	Intel
Codenames	Alchemist; Battlemage; Celestial; Druid;
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	Direct3D 12.0 Ultimate (feature level 12_2); Shader Model 6.7;
OpenCL	OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL	OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan	Vulkan 1.3
History
Predecessor	i740; Intel Iris Xe;

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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.^[2] The Arc-A series for laptops was launched on March 30, 2022, with the A750 and A770 both released in Q3 2022.^[3]^[4]^[5] Intel missed their initial Q2 2022 release target, with most discrete Arc GPUs not launching until October 2022.^[6]

In addition a new series of arc cards (the b series) are scheduled to release in December 2024 through January 2025, today (December 17th 2024) only the b580 is released with a couple more cards on the horizon.

Intel officially launched the Arc Pro workstation GPUs on August 8, 2022.^[7]^[8]

Intel officially launched the 2nd generation Battlemage GPUs on December 3rd, 2024.^[9]^[10]

Etymology

According to Intel, the brand is named after the concept of story arcs found in video games.^[11] Each generation of Arc is named after character classes sorted by each letter of the Latin alphabet in ascending order. They begin with A, then B, then C, and so on. The first generation is named Alchemist, while Battlemage, Celestial and Druid are the respective names for the second, third and fourth Arc generations.^[12]

Graphics processor generations

Alchemist

Developed under the previous codename "DG2", the first generation of Intel Arc GPUs (codenamed "Alchemist") released on March 30, 2022.^[1]^[13] It comes in both add-on desktop card and laptop form factors. TSMC manufactures the die, using their N6 process.^[14]

Alchemist uses the Intel Xe GPU architecture, or more specifically, the Xe-HPG variant. Alchemist supports hardware-based ray tracing, XeSS or supersampling based on neural networks (similar to Nvidia's DLSS and AMD's FSR), and DirectX 12 Ultimate.^[1]^[15] Also supported are DisplayPort 2.0 and overclocking. AV1 fixed-function hardware encoder is included in Alchemist GPUs as part of the Intel Quick Sync Video core.^[16]

Intel confirmed ASTC support has been removed from hardware starting with Alchemist and future Arc GPU microarchitectures will also not support it.^[17]

Arc Alchemist does not support SR-IOV^[18] or Direct3D 9 natively, instead falling back on the D3D9On12 wrapper which translates Direct3D 9 calls to their Direct3D 12 equivalents.^[19]^[20]

Arc support OpenCL 3.0^{[note 1]} for example, this GPU can work in the grid World Community Grid.^[21]

Display connections: DisplayPort 2.0 (40 Gbit/s bandwidth) and HDMI 2.1

Desktop

Branding and Model^[22]		Launch	MSRP (USD)	Code name	Process	Transistors (billion)	Die size (mm²)	Core config ^[b]	L2 cache	Clock rate (MHz)^[c]	Fillrate		Memory					Processing power (TFLOPS)			TDP	Bus interface
Branding and Model^[22]		Launch	MSRP (USD)	Code name	Process	Transistors (billion)	Die size (mm²)	Core config ^[b]	L2 cache	Clock rate (MHz)^[c]	Pixel (GP/s)	Texture (GT/s)	Type	Size (GB)	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Bus width	Clock (MT/s)	Half precision (base)	Single precision (base)	Double precision (base)	TDP	Bus interface
Arc 3	A310	Sep 28, 2022	$110	ACM-G11 (DG2-128)	TSMC N6	7.2	157	6 Xe cores 768:32:16:6 (192:96:2)	4 MB	2000 2000	32	64	GDDR6	4 GB	124	64-bit	15500	6.144	3.072	0.768	75 W	PCIe 4.0 x8
Arc 3	A380	Jun 14, 2022	$139	ACM-G11 (DG2-128)		7.2	157	8 Xe cores 1024:64:32:8 (256:128:2)	4 MB	2000 2050	64 65.6	128 131.2		6 GB	186	96-bit	15500	8.192 8.3968	4.096 4.1984	1.024 1.0496	75 W	PCIe 4.0 x8
Arc 5	A580	Oct 10, 2023	$179	ACM-G10 (DG2-512)		21.7	406	24 Xe cores 3072:192:96:24 (768:384:6)	8 MB	1700 1700	163.2	326.4		8 GB	512	256-bit	16000	20.890	10.445	2.611	175 W	PCIe 4.0 x16
Arc 7	A750	Oct 14, 2022	$289					28 Xe cores 3584:224:112:28 (896:448:7)	16 MB	2050 2400	229.6 268.8	393.6 460.8						29.3888 34.4064	14.6944 17.2032	3.6736 4.3008	225 W
	A770 8GB		$329					32 Xe cores 4096:256:128:32 (1024:512:8)		2100 2400	268.8 307.2	537.6 614.4						34.4064 39.3216	17.2032 19.6608	4.3008 4.9152
	A770 16GB		$349					32 Xe cores 4096:256:128:32 (1024:512:8)		2100 2400	268.8 307.2	537.6 614.4		16 GB	560		17500	34.4064 39.3216	17.2032 19.6608	4.3008 4.9152

^ In OpenCL 3.0, OpenCL 1.2 functionality has become a mandatory baseline, while all OpenCL 2.x and OpenCL 3.0 features were made optional.
^ Shading cores (ALU): texture mapping units (TMU): render output units (ROP): ray tracing units
(tensor cores (XMX): execution units: render slices)
^ Boost values (if available) are stated below the base value in italic.

Mobile

Branding and Model^[23]		Launch	Code name	Process	Transistors (billion)	Die size (mm²)	Core config^[a]^[b]	L2 cache	Core clock (MHz)^[c]	Fillrate^[d]		Memory					Processing power (TFLOPS)			TDP	Bus interface
Branding and Model^[23]		Launch	Code name	Process	Transistors (billion)	Die size (mm²)	Core config^[a]^[b]	L2 cache	Core clock (MHz)^[c]	Pixel (GP/s)	Texture (GT/s)	Type	Size	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Bus width	Clock (MT/s)	Half precision	Single precision	Double precision	TDP	Bus interface
Arc 3	A350M	Mar 30, 2022	ACM-G11 (DG2-128)	TSMC N6	7.2	157	6 Xe cores 768:48:24:6 (96:96:2)	4 MB	1150 2200	27.6 52.8	55.2 105.6	GDDR6	4 GB	112	64-bit	14000	3.5328 6.7584	1.7664 3.3792	0.4416 0.8448	25–35 W	PCIe 4.0 ×8
Arc 3	A370M	Mar 30, 2022	ACM-G11 (DG2-128)		7.2	157	8 Xe cores 1024:64:32:8 (128:128:2)	4 MB	1550 2050	49.6 65.6	99.2 131.2		4 GB	112	64-bit		6.3488 8.3968	3.1744 4.1984	0.7936 1.0496	35–50 W
Arc 5	A530M	Q3 2023	ACM-G12 (DG2-256)				12 Xe cores 1536:96:48:12 (192:192:3)	8 MB	1300				4 GB 8 GB	224	128-bit					65–95 W
	A550M	Q2 2022	ACM-G10 (DG2-512)		21.7	406	16 Xe cores 2048:128:64:16 (256:256:4)		900 1700	57.6 108.8	115.2 217.6		8 GB				7.3728 13.9264	3.6864 6.9632	0.9216 1.7408	60–80 W
	A570M	Q3 2023	ACM-G12 (DG2-256)				16 Xe cores 2048:128:64:16 (256:256:4)		1300				8 GB							75–95 W
Arc 7	A730M	Q2 2022	ACM-G10 (DG2-512)		21.7	406	24 Xe cores 3072:192:96:24 (384:384:6)	12 MB	1100 2050	105.6 196.8	211.2 393.6		12 GB	336	192-bit		13.5168 25.1904	6.7584 12.5952	1.6896 3.1488	80–120 W	PCIe 4.0 ×16
Arc 7	A770M	Q2 2022	ACM-G10 (DG2-512)		21.7	406	32 Xe cores 4096:256:128:32 (512:512:8)	16 MB	1650 2050	211.2 262.4	422.4 524.8		16 GB	512	256-bit	16000	27.0336 33.5872	13.5168 16.7936	3.3792 4.1984	120–150 W	PCIe 4.0 ×16

^ Shading cores (ALU): texture mapping units (TMU): render output units (ROP): ray tracing units
(tensor cores (XMX): execution units: render slices)
^ Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of texture mapping units (TMUs) multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
^ Boost values (if available) are stated below the base value in italic.
^ Pixel fillrate is calculated as the lowest of three numbers: number of ROPs multiplied by the base core clock speed, number of rasterizers multiplied by the number of fragments they can generate per rasterizer multiplied by the base core clock speed, and the number of streaming multiprocessors multiplied by the number of fragments per clock that they can output multiplied by the base clock rate.

Workstation

Branding and Model^[24]		Launch	Code name	Process	Transistors (billion)	Die size (mm²)	Core config^[a]	L2 cache	Core clock (MHz)^[b]	Fillrate^[c]^[d]		Memory					Processing power (TFLOPS)			TDP	Bus interface
Branding and Model^[24]		Launch	Code name	Process	Transistors (billion)	Die size (mm²)	Core config^[a]	L2 cache	Core clock (MHz)^[b]	Pixel (GP/s)	Texture (GT/s)	Type	Size	Bandwidth (GB/s)	Bus width	Clock (MT/s)	Half precision	Single precision	Double precision	TDP	Bus interface
Arc Pro	A30M (Mobile)	Aug 8, 2022	ACM-G11 (DG2-128)	TSMC N6	7.2	157	8 Xe cores 1024:64:32:8 (128:128:2)	4 MB	1550			GDDR6	4 GB	112	64-bit	14000		4.20^[24]		50 W	PCIe 4.0 x8
	A40								1550				6 GB	192	96-bit	16000		5.02^[24]		50 W
	A50								2050				6 GB	192	96-bit			5.02^[24]		75 W
	A60M (Mobile)	June 6, 2023	ACM-G12 (DG2-256)				16 Xe cores 2048:128:64:16 (256:256:4)		1300				8 GB	256	128-bit			9.42^[24]		95 W	PCIe 4.0 x16
	A60	June 6, 2023	ACM-G12 (DG2-256)				16 Xe cores 2048:128:64:16 (256:256:4)		2000				12 GB	384	192-bit			10.04^[24]		130 W	PCIe 4.0 x16

^ Shading cores (ALU): texture mapping units (TMU): render output units (ROP): ray tracing units
(tensor cores (XMX): execution Units: render slices)
^ Boost values (if available) are stated below the base value in italic.
^ Pixel fillrate is calculated as the lowest of three numbers: number of ROPs multiplied by the base core clock speed, number of rasterizers multiplied by the number of fragments they can generate per rasterizer multiplied by the base core clock speed, and the number of streaming multiprocessors multiplied by the number of fragments per clock that they can output multiplied by the base clock rate.
^ Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of texture mapping units (TMUs) multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.

Battlemage

Battlemage (X^e2) is the second generation X^e architecture that debuted with its low power variant in Lunar Lake mobile processors that released in September 2024.^[25] On December 3, 2024, Intel announced two Arc B-Series desktop graphics cards based on the X^e2-HPG graphics architecture.^[26]

	SKU	Released	Launch MSRP (USD)	GPU Die	Transistors (billion)	Die size	Core		Cache		Memory					Fillrate^[a]^[b]		Processing power (TFLOPS)			Interface	TDP
	SKU	Released	Launch MSRP (USD)	GPU Die	Transistors (billion)	Die size	Config^[c]	Clock (MHz)^[d]	L1	L2	Type	Size	Clock (Gb/s)	Band- width (GB/s)	Bus width	Pixel (Gpx/s)	Texture (Gtex/s)	FP16	FP32	FP64	Interface	TDP

Arc 5	B570	Jan 16, 2025	$219	BMG-G21	19.6	272 mm²	18 X^e Cores (144) 2304:144:72:18:144	1700 2500	4.5 MB	10 MB	GDDR6	10 GB	19.0	380	160-bit	122.4 200.0	244.8 360.0	23.04	11.52	1.44	PCIe 4.0 x8	150 W
Arc 5	B580	Dec 13, 2024	$249	BMG-G21	19.6	272 mm²	20 X^e Cores (160) 2560:160:80:20:160	1700 2670	5 MB	12 MB	GDDR6	12 GB	19.0	456	192-bit	136.0 213.6	272.0 427.2	27.34	13.67	1.709	PCIe 4.0 x8	190 W

^ Pixel fillrate is calculated as the number of render output units (ROPs) multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
^ Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of texture mapping units (TMUs) multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.
^ X^e2-HPG Cores (X^e Vector Engines)
Unified Shaders : Texture Mapping Units : Render Output Units : Ray Tracing Cores : XMX Cores
^ Core boost values (if available) are stated below the base value in italics.

Future generations

Intel also revealed future generations of Intel Arc GPUs under development: Celestial (X^e3), and Druid (X^e4).^[27]^[5]

Intel revealed that Meteor Lake and later generations of CPU SoCs uses an Intel Arc Tile GPU.^[28]^[29]

Intel XeSS

Intel XeSS is a real-time deep learning image upsampling technology developed primarily for use in video games as a competitor to Nvidia's DLSS and AMD's FSR technologies. Additionally, XeSS is not restricted to Arc graphics cards. It utilizes XMX instructions exclusive to Arc graphics cards, but will fall back to utilizing DP4a instructions on competing GPUs that have support for DP4a instructions. XeSS is trained with 64 samples per pixel as opposed to Nvidia DLSS's 16 samples per pixel (16K reference images).^[30]^[31]

Standard XeSS quality presets^[32]
Quality preset^[a]	Scale factor^[b]	Render scale^[c]
Ultra Quality	1.30×	77.0%
Quality	1.50×	66.7%
Balanced	1.70×	58.8%
Performance	2.00×	50.0%
Ultra Performance	3.00×	33.3%

^ The algorithm does not necessarily need to be implemented using these presets; it is possible for the implementer to define custom input and output resolutions.
^ The linear scale factor used for upsampling the input resolution to the output resolution. For example, a scene rendered at 540p with a 2.00× scale factor would have an output resolution of 1080p.
^ The linear render scale, compared to the output resolution, that the technology uses to render scenes internally before upsampling. For example, a 1080p scene with a 50% render scale would have an internal resolution of 540p.

Issues

Drivers

Performance on Intel Arc GPUs has suffered from poor driver support, particularly at launch. An investigation by Gamers Nexus discovered 43 known driver issues with Arc GPUs, prompting a response and acknowledgement of the issues from Intel.^[33]^[34]^[35] Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger also blamed driver problems as a reason for Arc's delayed launch.^[36] A beta driver from October 2022 accidentally reduced the memory clock by 9% on the Arc A770 from 2187 MHz to 2000 MHz, resulting in a 17% reduction in memory bandwidth.^[37] This particular issue was later fixed.^[38] Intel provides an open source driver for Linux.^[39]

DirectX 9 compatibility

As of the Alchemist generation, Arc only includes direct hardware support for the DirectX 11 & 12 and Vulkan graphics APIs, with the older DirectX 9 & 10 and OpenGL APIs being supported via a real-time compatibility layer built into Intel's graphics driver.^[40] As a result, Alchemist GPUs perform noticeably worse than competing Nvidia and AMD GPUs in software that can only use these older APIs, including multiple DirectX 9-based esports games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, League of Legends and StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.^[41] There is also a performance gap between DirectX 11 and DirectX 12.

A December 2022 driver update improved Arc compatibility and performance with DirectX 9-based games.^[42] According to Intel, the driver update made Arc GPUs up to 1.8x faster in DirectX 9 games.^[43] A February 2023 driver update further improved Arc's performance on DirectX 9-based games.^[44]

Legacy BIOS compatibility

Intel Arc requires a UEFI BIOS with resizable BAR support for optimal performance.^[45]

Footnotes

^ In OpenCL 3.0, OpenCL 1.2 functionality has become a mandatory baseline, while all OpenCL 2.x and OpenCL 3.0 features were made optional.

References

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External links

[OpenCL3.0-2] In OpenCL 3.0, OpenCL 1.2 functionality has become a mandatory baseline, while all OpenCL 2.x and OpenCL 3.0 features were made optional.

[coreconfig-25] Shading cores (ALU): texture mapping units (TMU): render output units (ROP): ray tracing units
(tensor cores (XMX): execution units: render slices)

[Boost-26] Boost values (if available) are stated below the base value in italic.

[coreconfig-28] Shading cores (ALU): texture mapping units (TMU): render output units (ROP): ray tracing units
(tensor cores (XMX): execution units: render slices)

[texture_fillrate-29] Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of texture mapping units (TMUs) multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.

[Boost-30] Boost values (if available) are stated below the base value in italic.

[pixel_fillrate-31] Pixel fillrate is calculated as the lowest of three numbers: number of ROPs multiplied by the base core clock speed, number of rasterizers multiplied by the number of fragments they can generate per rasterizer multiplied by the base core clock speed, and the number of streaming multiprocessors multiplied by the number of fragments per clock that they can output multiplied by the base clock rate.

[coreconfig-33] Shading cores (ALU): texture mapping units (TMU): render output units (ROP): ray tracing units
(tensor cores (XMX): execution Units: render slices)

[Boost-34] Boost values (if available) are stated below the base value in italic.

[pixel_fillrate-35] Pixel fillrate is calculated as the lowest of three numbers: number of ROPs multiplied by the base core clock speed, number of rasterizers multiplied by the number of fragments they can generate per rasterizer multiplied by the base core clock speed, and the number of streaming multiprocessors multiplied by the number of fragments per clock that they can output multiplied by the base clock rate.

[texture_fillrate-36] Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of texture mapping units (TMUs) multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.

[pixel_fillrate-39] Pixel fillrate is calculated as the number of render output units (ROPs) multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.

[texture_fillrate-40] Texture fillrate is calculated as the number of texture mapping units (TMUs) multiplied by the base (or boost) core clock speed.

[CoreConfig-41] X^e2-HPG Cores (X^e Vector Engines)
Unified Shaders : Texture Mapping Units : Render Output Units : Ray Tracing Cores : XMX Cores

[boost-42] Core boost values (if available) are stated below the base value in italics.

[preset-disclaimer-49] The algorithm does not necessarily need to be implemented using these presets; it is possible for the implementer to define custom input and output resolutions.

[scale-factor-50] The linear scale factor used for upsampling the input resolution to the output resolution. For example, a scene rendered at 540p with a 2.00× scale factor would have an output resolution of 1080p.

[render-scale-51] The linear render scale, compared to the output resolution, that the technology uses to render scenes internally before upsampling. For example, a 1080p scene with a 50% render scale would have an internal resolution of 540p.

[OpenCL3.0-22] In OpenCL 3.0, OpenCL 1.2 functionality has become a mandatory baseline, while all OpenCL 2.x and OpenCL 3.0 features were made optional.

[:0-1] , Mark (March 14, 2022). "Intel will launch its Arc GPUs on March 30". PCWorld. Retrieved December 25, 2023.

[3] Warren, Tom (August 16, 2021). "Intel enters the PC gaming GPU battle with Arc". The Verge. Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2021.

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 {{Infobox graphics processing unit
-| name          = Intel Arc
+| name = Intel Arc
-| image         = Intel Arc logo (black).svg
+| image = Intel Arc logo (black).svg
-| caption       =
+| caption =
-| manufacturer  = [[TSMC]]
+| manufacturer = [[TSMC]]
-| designfirm    = [[Intel]]
+| designfirm = [[Intel]]
-| marketed_by   = Intel
+| marketed_by = Intel
-| created       = {{Start date and age|March 30, 2022}}<ref name=":0"/>
+| created = {{Start date|2022|03|30}}<ref name=":0"/>
-| discontinued  =
+| discontinued =
-| codenames     = {{ubl |Alchemist |Battlemage |Celestial |Druid}}
+| codenames = {{ubl |Alchemist |Battlemage |Celestial |Druid}}
-| architecture   = [[Intel Xe]]
+| architecture = [[Intel Xe]]
-| process       = [[7 nm process|N6]]
+| process = [[TSMC]] [[5 nm process|N5]] <br/> [[TSMC]] [[7 nm process|N6]]
-| transistors   =Up to 21.7 billion
+| transistors = Up to 21.7 billion
-| entry         = Arc 3
+| entry = Arc 3
-| midrange      = Arc 5
+| midrange = Arc 5
-| highend       = Arc 7
+| highend = Arc 7
-| enthusiast    =
+| enthusiast =
-| d3dversion     = {{ubl|[[Direct3D#Direct3D 12|Direct3D 12.0 Ultimate]] ([[Feature levels in Direct3D#Direct3D 12|feature level 12_2]])|[[High-Level Shader Language|Shader Model 6.7]]}}
+| d3dversion = {{ubl|[[Direct3D#Direct3D 12|Direct3D 12.0 Ultimate]] ([[Feature levels in Direct3D#Direct3D 12|feature level 12_2]])|[[High-Level Shader Language|Shader Model 6.7]]}}
-| openclversion  = [[OpenCL#OpenCL 3.0|OpenCL 3.0]]{{efn|name="OpenCL3.0"|In OpenCL 3.0, OpenCL 1.2 functionality has become a mandatory baseline, while all OpenCL 2.x and OpenCL 3.0 features were made optional.}}
+| openclversion = [[OpenCL#OpenCL 3.0|OpenCL 3.0]]{{efn|name="OpenCL3.0"|In OpenCL 3.0, OpenCL 1.2 functionality has become a mandatory baseline, while all OpenCL 2.x and OpenCL 3.0 features were made optional.}}
-| openglversion  = [[OpenGL#OpenGL 4.6|OpenGL 4.6]]
+| openglversion = [[OpenGL#OpenGL 4.6|OpenGL 4.6]]
-| vulkanapi      = [[Vulkan#Vulkan 1.3|Vulkan 1.3]]
+| vulkanapi = [[Vulkan#Vulkan 1.3|Vulkan 1.3]]
-| predecessor   = [[i740]]
+| predecessor = {{Unbulleted list|[[i740]]|[[Intel Iris Xe]]}}
-| variant       =
+| variant =
-| successor     =
+| successor =
-|numcores=Up to 32 Xe cores|dxversion=[[DirectX#DirectX 12 Ultimate]]}}
+| numcores = Up to 32 Xe cores
+| dxversion = [[DirectX#DirectX 12 Ultimate]]
+}}
-'''Intel Arc''' is a brand of [[graphics processing unit]]s designed by [[Intel]]. These are discrete GPUs mostly marketed for the high-margin [[PC gaming]] market. The brand also covers Intel's consumer graphics software and services.
+'''Intel Arc''' is a brand of [[List of Intel graphics processing units|graphics processing units]] designed by [[Intel]]. These are discrete GPUs mostly marketed for the high-margin [[Gaming computer|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.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Warren |first1=Tom |date=August 16, 2021 |title=Intel enters the PC gaming GPU battle with Arc |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/16/22626912/intel-arc-gpu-brand-alchemist-codename-release-date |website=The Verge |language=en |access-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829104356/https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/16/22626912/intel-arc-gpu-brand-alchemist-codename-release-date |url-status=live}}</ref> The Arc-A series for laptops was launched on March 30, 2022, with the A750 and A770 both released in Q3'22.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intel® Arc™ A750 Graphics - Product Specifications |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/227954/intel-arc-a750-graphics/specifications.html |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Intel |language=en}}</ref><ref name="theverge">{{cite web |last1=Gartenberg |first1=Chaim |date=March 30, 2022 |title=Intel's first Arc GPUs are now available for laptops |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/30/23000576/intel-arc-gpu-a-series-laptop-gaming-release-date |website=The Verge |access-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402014142/https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/30/23000576/intel-arc-gpu-a-series-laptop-gaming-release-date |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2g">{{Cite web |title=Intel Introduces New High-Performance Graphics Brand: Intel Arc |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/introducing-discrete-graphics-brand-intel-arc.html |website=Intel |language=en-US |access-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316171323/https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/introducing-discrete-graphics-brand-intel-arc.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Intel missed their initial Q2 2022 release target, with most discrete Arc GPUs not launching until October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Szewczyk |first1=Chris |date=May 9, 2022 |title=Intel Arc desktop cards face more delays |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-arc-desktop-cards-face-more-delays/ |website=PC Gamer |language=en-US |access-date=October 6, 2022}}</ref>
+Arc competes with [[Nvidia]]'s [[GeForce]] and [[AMD]]'s [[Radeon]] lines.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Warren |first1=Tom |date=August 16, 2021 |title=Intel enters the PC gaming GPU battle with Arc |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/16/22626912/intel-arc-gpu-brand-alchemist-codename-release-date |website=The Verge |language=en |access-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829104356/https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/16/22626912/intel-arc-gpu-brand-alchemist-codename-release-date |url-status=live}}</ref> The Arc-A series for laptops was launched on March 30, 2022, with the A750 and A770 both released in Q3 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intel® Arc™ A750 Graphics - Product Specifications |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/227954/intel-arc-a750-graphics/specifications.html |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Intel |language=en}}</ref><ref name="theverge">{{cite web |last1=Gartenberg |first1=Chaim |date=March 30, 2022 |title=Intel's first Arc GPUs are now available for laptops |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/30/23000576/intel-arc-gpu-a-series-laptop-gaming-release-date |website=The Verge |access-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402014142/https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/30/23000576/intel-arc-gpu-a-series-laptop-gaming-release-date |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2g">{{Cite web |title=Intel Introduces New High-Performance Graphics Brand: Intel Arc |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/introducing-discrete-graphics-brand-intel-arc.html |website=Intel |language=en-US |access-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-date=March 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316171323/https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/introducing-discrete-graphics-brand-intel-arc.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Intel missed their initial Q2 2022 release target, with most discrete Arc GPUs not launching until October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Szewczyk |first1=Chris |date=May 9, 2022 |title=Intel Arc desktop cards face more delays |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-arc-desktop-cards-face-more-delays/ |website=PC Gamer |language=en-US |access-date=October 6, 2022}}</ref>
+In addition a new series of arc cards (the b series) are scheduled to release in December 2024 through January 2025, today (December 17th 2024) only the b580 is released with a couple more cards on the horizon.
 Intel officially launched the Arc Pro workstation GPUs on August 8, 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Intel Unveils Arc Pro GPU Products  |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/article/arc-pro-gpu-products-unveiled.html |website=Intel |date=August 8, 2022 |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-date=August 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820124019/https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/article/arc-pro-gpu-products-unveiled.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Intel® Arc™ Pro A-Series Graphics for Workstations |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/arc-discrete-graphics/a-series/workstation/overview.html |website=Intel |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-date=August 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820101330/https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/arc-discrete-graphics/a-series/workstation/overview.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
+Intel officially launched the 2nd generation Battlemage GPUs on December 3rd, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Intel Launches Arc B-Series Graphics Cards |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/intel-launches-arc-b-series-graphics-cards.html |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=Intel |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author1=John Loeffler |date=2024-12-03 |title=Intel announces its new Battlemage graphics cards, and they might just be the 1440p budget champions we've been waiting for |url=https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/intel-announces-its-new-battlemage-graphics-cards-and-they-just-might-be-the-1440p-budget-champions-weve-been-waiting-for |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=TechRadar |language=en}}</ref>
 == Etymology ==
-According to Intel, the brand is named after the concept of [[story arc]]s found in video games.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Ung |first1=Gordon |date=August 19, 2021 |title=Intel's Arc gaming GPU: Price, specs and availability |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/3629402/intels-arc-gaming-gpu-price-specs-and-availability.html |website=PCWorld |language=en-US |access-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829104354/https://www.pcworld.com/article/3629402/intels-arc-gaming-gpu-price-specs-and-availability.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Each generation of Arc is named after each letter of the [[Latin alphabet]] in ascending order. They begin with A, then B, then C, and so on. The first generation is named Alchemist, while Battlemage, Celestial and Druid are the respective names for the second, third and fourth Arc generations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Intel Introduces New High-Performance Graphics Brand: Intel Arc |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/introducing-discrete-graphics-brand-intel-arc.html#gs.e4uo5u |website=Intel Newsroom |date=August 16, 2021 |access-date=October 5, 2022}}</ref>
+According to Intel, the brand is named after the concept of [[story arc]]s found in video games.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Ung |first1=Gordon |date=August 19, 2021 |title=Intel's Arc gaming GPU: Price, specs and availability |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/3629402/intels-arc-gaming-gpu-price-specs-and-availability.html |website=PCWorld |language=en-US |access-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829104354/https://www.pcworld.com/article/3629402/intels-arc-gaming-gpu-price-specs-and-availability.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Each generation of Arc is named after [[character class]]es sorted by each letter of the [[Latin alphabet]] in ascending order. They begin with A, then B, then C, and so on. The first generation is named Alchemist, while Battlemage, Celestial and Druid are the respective names for the second, third and fourth Arc generations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Intel Introduces New High-Performance Graphics Brand: Intel Arc |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/introducing-discrete-graphics-brand-intel-arc.html#gs.e4uo5u |website=Intel Newsroom |date=August 16, 2021 |access-date=October 5, 2022}}</ref>
 == Graphics processor generations ==
-=== 1st generation (Alchemist) ===
+=== Alchemist<span class="anchor" id="Alchemist"></span> ===
-[[File:Intel Arc A770 with Rubik's Cube-2.jpg|thumb|An Intel Arc A770 16 GB, the highest end desktop GPU from Intel's first generation Alchemist GPUs, with a [[Rubik's Cube]] for scale]]
+[[File:Intel Arc A770 with Rubik's Cube-2.jpg|thumb|An Intel Arc A770 16&nbsp;GB, the highest-end desktop GPU from Intel's first generation Alchemist GPUs, with a [[Rubik's Cube]] for scale]]
-Developed under the previous codename "DG2", the first generation of Intel Arc GPUs (codenamed "Alchemist") released on March 30, 2022.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title= Intel will launch its Arc GPUs on March 30 |url= https://www.pcworld.com/article/623068/intel-will-launch-its-arc-gpus-on-march-30.html |website=www.pcworld.com |language=en-US |access-date=December 25, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Rutherford |first1=Sam |date=August 16, 2021 |title=Intel Names New Brand of GPUs That Will Hit Shelves Next Year |url=https://gizmodo.com/intel-names-new-brand-of-gpus-that-will-hit-shelves-nex-1847493648 |website=Gizmodo |language=en-US |access-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103155200/https://gizmodo.com/intel-names-new-brand-of-gpus-that-will-hit-shelves-nex-1847493648 |url-status=live}}</ref> It comes in both add-on desktop card and laptop form factors. [[TSMC]] manufactures the die, using their [[7 nm process|N6]] process.<ref name=":2a">{{Cite web |last1=Cunningham |first1=Andrew |date=August 20, 2021 |title=Intel provides more details on its Arc GPUs, which will be made by TSMC|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/intel-provides-more-details-on-its-arc-gpus-which-will-be-made-by-tsmc/ |website=Ars Technica |language=en-US |access-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829104355/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/intel-provides-more-details-on-its-arc-gpus-which-will-be-made-by-tsmc/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
+Developed under the previous codename "DG2", the first generation of Intel Arc GPUs (codenamed "Alchemist") released on March 30, 2022.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=hachman |first=Mark |date=March 14, 2022 |title=Intel will launch its Arc GPUs on March 30 |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/623068/intel-will-launch-its-arc-gpus-on-march-30.html |website=PCWorld |language=en-US |access-date=December 25, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Rutherford |first1=Sam |date=August 16, 2021 |title=Intel Names New Brand of GPUs That Will Hit Shelves Next Year |url=https://gizmodo.com/intel-names-new-brand-of-gpus-that-will-hit-shelves-nex-1847493648 |website=Gizmodo |language=en-US |access-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103155200/https://gizmodo.com/intel-names-new-brand-of-gpus-that-will-hit-shelves-nex-1847493648 |url-status=live}}</ref> It comes in both add-on desktop card and laptop form factors. [[TSMC]] manufactures the die, using their [[7 nm process|N6]] process.<ref name=":2a">{{Cite web |last1=Cunningham |first1=Andrew |date=August 20, 2021 |title=Intel provides more details on its Arc GPUs, which will be made by TSMC|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/intel-provides-more-details-on-its-arc-gpus-which-will-be-made-by-tsmc/ |website=Ars Technica |language=en-US |access-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-date=August 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829104355/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/intel-provides-more-details-on-its-arc-gpus-which-will-be-made-by-tsmc/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
-Alchemist uses the [[Intel Xe]] GPU architecture, or more specifically, the [[Intel Xe#Xe-HPG (High Performance Graphics)|Xe-HPG variant]]. Alchemist supports hardware-based [[Ray tracing (graphics)|ray tracing]], [[Intel Arc#Intel XeSS|XeSS]] or [[supersampling]] based on neural networks (similar to Nvidia's [[Deep learning super sampling|DLSS]] and AMD's [[GPUOpen#FidelityFX Super Resolution|FSR]]), and [[DirectX#DirectX 12 Ultimate|DirectX 12 Ultimate]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics Gaming API Guide |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/guide/arc-a-series-gaming-api-developer-optimization.html |website=Intel |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-date=July 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720172259/https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/guide/arc-a-series-gaming-api-developer-optimization.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Also supported are [[DisplayPort#2.0|DisplayPort 2.0]] and [[overclocking]]. [[AV1]] fixed-function hardware encoder is included in Alchemist GPUs as part of the [[Intel Quick Sync Video]] core.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Szewczyk |first1=Chris |date=April 4, 2022 |title=Intel Arc GPUs will support AV1 encode and decode |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-arc-gpus-will-support-av1-encode-and-decode/ |website=PC Gamer |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706101018/https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-arc-gpus-will-support-av1-encode-and-decode/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
+Alchemist uses the [[Intel Xe]] GPU architecture, or more specifically, the [[Intel Xe#Xe-HPG (High Performance Graphics)|Xe-HPG variant]]. Alchemist supports hardware-based [[Ray tracing (graphics)|ray tracing]], [[Intel Arc#Intel XeSS|XeSS]] or [[supersampling]] based on neural networks (similar to Nvidia's [[Deep learning super sampling|DLSS]] and AMD's [[GPUOpen#FidelityFX Super Resolution|FSR]]), and [[DirectX#DirectX 12 Ultimate|DirectX 12 Ultimate]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics Gaming API Guide |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/guide/arc-a-series-gaming-api-developer-optimization.html |website=Intel |language=en-US |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-date=July 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720172259/https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/guide/arc-a-series-gaming-api-developer-optimization.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Also supported are [[DisplayPort#2.0|DisplayPort 2.0]] and [[overclocking]]. [[AV1]] fixed-function hardware encoder is included in Alchemist GPUs as part of the [[Intel Quick Sync Video]] core.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Szewczyk |first1=Chris |date=April 4, 2022 |title=Intel Arc GPUs will support AV1 encode and decode |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-arc-gpus-will-support-av1-encode-and-decode/ |website=PC Gamer |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706101018/https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-arc-gpus-will-support-av1-encode-and-decode/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
 Intel confirmed [[adaptive scalable texture compression|ASTC]] support has been removed from hardware starting with Alchemist and future Arc GPU microarchitectures will also not support it.<ref>{{Cite web |title=intel: ASTC support was removed on Gfx12.5 (!13206) · Merge requests · Mesa / mesa · GitLab |url=https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/13206 |website=GitLab |date=October 5, 2021 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007123652/https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/13206 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 Arc Alchemist does not support SR-IOV<ref>{{cite web |title=Graphics Virtualization Technologies Support for Each Intel Graphics Family
-|url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000093216/graphics.html |website=Intel |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809091118/https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000091656/graphics.html |url-status=live}}</ref> or [[Direct3D]] 9 natively, instead falling back on the D3D9On12 wrapper which translates Direct3D 9 calls to their Direct3D 12 equivalents.<ref>{{cite web |title=Which Intel® Graphics Products Support DirectX 9* (DX9)? |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000091238/graphics.html |website=Intel |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-date=August 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827124053/https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000091238/graphics.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="d3d9">{{Cite web |last1=Killian |first1=Zak |date=August 15, 2022 |title=Intel Xe And Arc Graphics Lack DX9 Support Forcing DX12 Emulation |url=https://hothardware.com/news/intel-xe-and-arc-graphics-d3d9on12 |website=HotHardware |language=en-US |access-date=October 10, 2022}}</ref>
+|url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000093216/graphics.html |website=Intel |language=en-US |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809091118/https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000091656/graphics.html |url-status=live}}</ref> or [[Direct3D]] 9 natively, instead falling back on the D3D9On12 wrapper which translates Direct3D 9 calls to their Direct3D 12 equivalents.<ref>{{cite web |title=Which Intel® Graphics Products Support DirectX 9* (DX9)? |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000091238/graphics.html |website=Intel |language=en-US |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-date=August 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827124053/https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000091238/graphics.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="d3d9">{{Cite news |last1=Killian |first1=Zak |date=August 15, 2022 |title=Intel Xe And Arc Graphics Lack DX9 Support Forcing DX12 Emulation |url=https://hothardware.com/news/intel-xe-and-arc-graphics-d3d9on12 |website=HotHardware |language=en-US |access-date=October 10, 2022}}</ref>
-Arc support [[OpenCL#OpenCL 3.0 support|OpenCL 3.0]]{{efn|name="OpenCL3.0"|In OpenCL 3.0, OpenCL 1.2 functionality has become a mandatory baseline, while all OpenCL 2.x and OpenCL 3.0 features were made optional.}} for example, this GPU can work in the [[Grid computing|grid]] [[World Community Grid]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Help |url=https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/help/topic.s?shortName=GPU |website=World Community Grid |access-date=September 15, 2022}}</ref>
+Arc support [[OpenCL#OpenCL 3.0 support|OpenCL 3.0]]{{efn|name="OpenCL3.0"|In OpenCL 3.0, OpenCL 1.2 functionality has become a mandatory baseline, while all OpenCL 2.x and OpenCL 3.0 features were made optional.|group=note}} for example, this GPU can work in the [[Grid computing|grid]] [[World Community Grid]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Help |url=https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/help/topic.s?shortName=GPU |website=World Community Grid |language=en-US |access-date=September 15, 2022}}</ref>
-{{notelist}}
 Display connections: [[DisplayPort#2.0|DisplayPort 2.0]] (40 Gbit/s bandwidth) and [[HDMI#Version 2.1|HDMI 2.1]]
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 ==== Workstation ====
 {{Intel Arc Alchemist Workstation}}
+=== Battlemage ===
+Battlemage (X<sup>e</sup>2) is the second generation X<sup>e</sup> architecture that debuted with its low power variant in [[Lunar Lake]] mobile processors that released in September 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lam |first1=Chester |date=October 8, 2024 |title=Lunar Lake's iGPU: Debut of Intel's Xe2 Architecture |url=https://chipsandcheese.com/p/lunar-lakes-igpu-debut-of-intels |website=Chips and Cheese |language=en-US |access-date=December 3, 2024}}</ref> On December 3, 2024, Intel announced two Arc B-Series desktop graphics cards based on the X<sup>e</sup>2-HPG graphics architecture.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hollister |first1=Sean |date=December 3, 2024 |title=Intel announces $249 Arc B580 and $219 Arc B570 'Battlemage' graphics cards |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24311887/intel-battlemage-b580-b570-price-release-date |website=The Verge |language=en-US |access-date=December 3, 2024}}</ref>
+{{Intel Arc B-Series}}
 === Future generations ===
-Intel also revealed future generations of Intel Arc GPUs under development:<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Ryan |date=August 16, 2021 |title=Intel Video Cards Get a Brand Name: Arc, Starting with 'Alchemist' in Q1 2022 |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/16886/intel-video-cards-get-a-brand-name-arc-coming-q1-2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108230710/https://www.anandtech.com/show/16886/intel-video-cards-get-a-brand-name-arc-coming-q1-2022 |archive-date=January 8, 2022 |access-date=August 29, 2021 |website=AnandTech}}</ref><ref name=":2g" /> Battlemage (based on Xe<sup>2</sup>), Celestial (based on Xe<sup>3</sup>), and Druid. Battlemage will succeed Alchemist.
+Intel also revealed future generations of Intel Arc GPUs under development: Celestial (X<sup>e</sup>3), and Druid (X<sup>e</sup>4).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Ryan |date=August 16, 2021 |title=Intel Video Cards Get a Brand Name: Arc, Starting with 'Alchemist' in Q1 2022 |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/16886/intel-video-cards-get-a-brand-name-arc-coming-q1-2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108230710/https://www.anandtech.com/show/16886/intel-video-cards-get-a-brand-name-arc-coming-q1-2022 |archive-date=January 8, 2022 |access-date=August 29, 2021 |website=AnandTech}}</ref><ref name=":2g" />
 Intel revealed that [[Meteor Lake]] and later generations of CPU SoCs uses an Intel Arc Tile GPU.<ref name="anandtech.com">{{Cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Ryan |date=February 17, 2022 |title=Intel Meteor Lake Client Processors to use Arc Graphics Chiplets |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/17264/intel-meteor-lake-client-processors-to-use-arc-graphics-chiplets |website=AnandTech |access-date=February 17, 2022 |archive-date=February 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217181425/https://www.anandtech.com/show/17264/intel-meteor-lake-client-processors-to-use-arc-graphics-chiplets |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sripada |first=Radhakrishna |date=July 7, 2022 |title=[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 0/2] i915: Introduce Meteorlake |url=https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2022-July/301011.html |website=Free Desktop |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707194456/https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/intel-gfx/2022-July/301011.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
 == Intel XeSS ==
-Intel XeSS is a [[Real-time computing|real-time]] [[Machine learning|deep learning]] image [[image scaling|upsampling]] technology developed primarily for use in video games as a competitor to Nvidia's [[Deep learning super sampling|DLSS]] and AMD's [[GPUOpen#FidelityFX Super Resolution|FSR]] technologies. Additionally, XeSS is not restricted to Arc graphics cards. It does utilize XMX instructions exclusive to Arc graphics cards, but will fall back to utilizing DP4a instructions on competing GPUs that have support for DP4a instructions. XeSS is trained with 64 samples per pixel as opposed to Nvidia DLSS's 16 samples per pixel ([[16K resolution|16K]] reference images).<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Solca |first1=Bogdan |date=August 8, 2022 |title=More details on Intel's AI-based Xe SuperSampling tech launching with the ARC GPUs revealed by principal engineer |url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/More-details-on-Intel-s-AI-based-Xe-SuperSampling-tech-launching-with-the-ARC-GPUs-revealed-by-principal-engineer.556659.0.html |website=NotebookCheck |access-date=July 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703025535/https://www.notebookcheck.net/More-details-on-Intel-s-AI-based-Xe-SuperSampling-tech-launching-with-the-ARC-GPUs-revealed-by-principal-engineer.556659.0.html |archive-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Intel® Iris® Xe MAX Graphics Open Source Programmer's Reference Manual For the 2020 Discrete GPU formerly named "DG1" Volume 11: Media Engines February 2021, Revision 1.0 |url=https://01.org/sites/default/files/documentation/intel-gfx-prm-osrc-dg1-vol11-mediaengines.pdf |website=Intel |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-date=July 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703025311/https://01.org/sites/default/files/documentation/intel-gfx-prm-osrc-dg1-vol11-mediaengines.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
+Intel XeSS is a [[Real-time computing|real-time]] [[Machine learning|deep learning]] image [[image scaling|upsampling]] technology developed primarily for use in video games as a competitor to Nvidia's [[Deep learning super sampling|DLSS]] and AMD's [[GPUOpen#FidelityFX Super Resolution|FSR]] technologies. Additionally, XeSS is not restricted to Arc graphics cards. It utilizes XMX instructions exclusive to Arc graphics cards, but will fall back to utilizing DP4a instructions on competing GPUs that have support for DP4a instructions. XeSS is trained with 64 samples per pixel as opposed to Nvidia DLSS's 16 samples per pixel ([[16K resolution|16K]] reference images).<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Solca |first1=Bogdan |date=August 8, 2022 |title=More details on Intel's AI-based Xe SuperSampling tech launching with the ARC GPUs revealed by principal engineer |url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/More-details-on-Intel-s-AI-based-Xe-SuperSampling-tech-launching-with-the-ARC-GPUs-revealed-by-principal-engineer.556659.0.html |website=NotebookCheck |access-date=July 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703025535/https://www.notebookcheck.net/More-details-on-Intel-s-AI-based-Xe-SuperSampling-tech-launching-with-the-ARC-GPUs-revealed-by-principal-engineer.556659.0.html |archive-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Intel® Iris® Xe MAX Graphics Open Source Programmer's Reference Manual For the 2020 Discrete GPU formerly named "DG1" Volume 11: Media Engines February 2021, Revision 1.0 |url=https://01.org/sites/default/files/documentation/intel-gfx-prm-osrc-dg1-vol11-mediaengines.pdf |website=Intel |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-date=July 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703025311/https://01.org/sites/default/files/documentation/intel-gfx-prm-osrc-dg1-vol11-mediaengines.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
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 |+ Standard XeSS quality presets<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Mujtaba |first1=Hassan |date=March 24, 2022 |title=Intel Showcases Arc Alchemist GPU Performance With XeSS & Raytracing Enabled, Calls XeSS Better Than Temporal Upscaling |url=https://wccftech.com/intel-showcases-arc-alchemist-gpu-performance-xess-raytracing-enabled-calls-xess-better-than-temporal-upscaling/ |website=Wccftech |language=en-US |access-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324133632/https://wccftech.com/intel-showcases-arc-alchemist-gpu-performance-xess-raytracing-enabled-calls-xess-better-than-temporal-upscaling/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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 == Issues ==
 === Drivers ===
-Performance on Intel Arc GPUs has suffered from poor driver support, particularly at launch. An investigation by Gamers Nexus discovered 43 known driver issues with Arc GPUs, prompting a response and acknowledgement of the issues from Intel.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gamers Nexus |date=August 1, 2022 |title=Worst We've Tested: Broken Intel Arc GPU Drivers |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjYSeT-T5uk&ab_channel=GamersNexus |website=YouTube |language=en-US |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=McLoughlin |first1=Aleksha |date=October 8, 2022 |title=Intel Arc driver issues – Are they fixed? |url=https://www.pcguide.com/gpu/intel-arc-driver-issues-are-they-fixed/ |website=PC Guide |language=en-US |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pearce |first=Lisa |date=August 19, 2022 |title=Engineering Arc - 8/19/2022 |url=https://community.intel.com/t5/Blogs/Products-and-Solutions/Gaming/Engineering-Arc-8-19-2022/post/1407637 |website=Intel |language=en-US |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> Intel CEO [[Pat Gelsinger]] also blamed driver problems as a reason for Arc's delayed launch.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cunningham |first1=Andrew |date=August 9, 2022 |title=Rumors, delays, and early testing suggest Intel's Arc GPUs are on shaky ground |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/rumors-delays-and-early-testing-suggest-intels-arc-gpus-are-on-shaky-ground/ |website=Ars Technica |language=en-US |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref>
+Performance on Intel Arc GPUs has suffered from poor driver support, particularly at launch. An investigation by Gamers Nexus discovered 43 known driver issues with Arc GPUs, prompting a response and acknowledgement of the issues from Intel.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gamers Nexus |date=August 1, 2022 |title=Worst We've Tested: Broken Intel Arc GPU Drivers |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjYSeT-T5uk&ab_channel=GamersNexus |website=YouTube |language=en-US |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=McLoughlin |first1=Aleksha |date=October 8, 2022 |title=Intel Arc driver issues – Are they fixed? |url=https://www.pcguide.com/gpu/intel-arc-driver-issues-are-they-fixed/ |website=PC Guide |language=en-US |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pearce |first1=Lisa |date=August 19, 2022 |title=Engineering Arc - 8/19/2022 |url=https://community.intel.com/t5/Blogs/Products-and-Solutions/Gaming/Engineering-Arc-8-19-2022/post/1407637 |website=Intel |language=en-US |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> Intel CEO [[Pat Gelsinger]] also blamed driver problems as a reason for Arc's delayed launch.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cunningham |first1=Andrew |date=August 9, 2022 |title=Rumors, delays, and early testing suggest Intel's Arc GPUs are on shaky ground |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/rumors-delays-and-early-testing-suggest-intels-arc-gpus-are-on-shaky-ground/ |website=Ars Technica |language=en-US |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> A beta driver from October 2022 accidentally reduced the memory clock by 9% on the Arc A770 from 2187{{nbsp}}MHz to 2000{{nbsp}}MHz, resulting in a 17% reduction in memory bandwidth.<ref>{{cite web |title=Some Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition GPUs may show up with lower memory clock |url=https://videocardz.com/newz/some-intel-arc-a770-limited-edition-gpus-may-show-up-with-lower-memory-clock |website=VideoCardz |language=en-US |date=October 24, 2022 |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> This particular issue was later fixed.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Klotz |first1=Aaron |date=October 28, 2022 |title=Intel Arc A770 GPU Memory Clock Bug Fixed With Driver Update |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-fixes-low-memory-clocks-a770 |website=Tom's Hardware |language=en-US |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> Intel provides an open source driver for Linux.<ref>{{cite web |last=Larabel |first=Michael |date=August 25, 2022 |title=Intel Arc Graphics Running On Fully Open-Source Linux Driver |url=https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-graphics-linux |website=Phoronix |language=en-US |access-date=January 13, 2023}}</ref>
-A beta driver from October 2022 accidentally reduced the memory clock by 9% on the Arc A770 from 2187{{nbsp}}MHz to 2000{{nbsp}}MHz, resulting in a 17% reduction in memory bandwidth.<ref>{{cite web |title=Some Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition GPUs may show up with lower memory clock |url=https://videocardz.com/newz/some-intel-arc-a770-limited-edition-gpus-may-show-up-with-lower-memory-clock |website=VideoCardz |language=en-US |date=October 24, 2022 |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> This particular issue was later fixed.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Klotz |first1=Aaron |date=October 28, 2022 |title=Intel Arc A770 GPU Memory Clock Bug Fixed With Driver Update |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-fixes-low-memory-clocks-a770 |website=Tom's Hardware |language=en-US |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref>
-Intel provides an open source driver for Linux too.<ref>{{cite web |author=Phoronix |date=August 25, 2022 |title=Intel Arc Graphics Running On Fully Open-Source Linux Driver |url=https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-arc-graphics-linux |website=Phoronix |language=en-US |access-date=January 13, 2023}}</ref>
 === DirectX 9 compatibility ===
 As of the Alchemist generation, Arc only includes direct hardware support for the [[DirectX]] 11 & 12 and [[Vulkan]] graphics APIs, with the older DirectX 9 & 10 and [[OpenGL]] APIs being supported via a real-time [[compatibility layer]] built into Intel's [[device driver|graphics driver]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roach |first1=Jacob |date=August 22, 2022 |title=Bad news: Intel's Arc GPU issues run much deeper than performance |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/intel-arc-alchemist-driver-issues-compound/ |website=Digital Trends |language=en-US |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> As a result, Alchemist GPUs perform noticeably worse than competing [[Nvidia]] and [[AMD]] GPUs in software that can only use these older APIs, including multiple DirectX 9-based [[esports]] games such as ''[[Counter-Strike: Global Offensive]]'', ''[[League of Legends]]'' and ''[[StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kan |first1=Michael |date=December 7, 2022 |title=With New Driver, Intel Arc GPUs Run Older DirectX 9 Games Up to 79% Faster |url=https://uk.pcmag.com/graphics-cards/144245/with-new-driver-intel-arc-gpus-run-older-directx9-games-up-to-79-faster |website=PCMag |language=en-GB |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> There is also a performance gap between DirectX 11 and DirectX 12.
-A December 2022 driver update improved Arc compatibility and performance with DirectX 9-based games.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shrout |first=Ryan |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Upward Trajectory: Improvements to DirectX 9 Games on Intel® Arc™ Graphics |url=https://game.intel.com/story/intel-arc-graphics-directx9/ |website=Intel |language=en-US |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> According to Intel, the driver update made Arc GPUs up to 1.8x faster in DirectX 9 games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Intel Arc GPUs get performance boost for DirectX 9 games, CS:GO now up to 1.8x faster |url=https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-gpus-get-performance-boost-for-directx-9-games-csgo-now-up-to-1-8x-faster |website=VideoCardz |language=en-US |date=December 7, 2022 |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> A February 2023 driver update further improved Arc's performance on DirectX 9-based games.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://game.intel.com/story/intel-arc-graphics-unleashing/ | title=Intel Arc Graphics Updates, New Bundle, and Pricing }}</ref>
+A December 2022 driver update improved Arc compatibility and performance with DirectX 9-based games.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shrout |first=Ryan |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Upward Trajectory: Improvements to DirectX 9 Games on Intel® Arc™ Graphics |url=https://game.intel.com/story/intel-arc-graphics-directx9/ |website=Intel |language=en-US |access-date=December 8, 2022 |archive-date=June 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616014637/https://game.intel.com/story/intel-arc-graphics-directx9/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> According to Intel, the driver update made Arc GPUs up to 1.8x faster in DirectX 9 games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Intel Arc GPUs get performance boost for DirectX 9 games, CS:GO now up to 1.8x faster |url=https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-arc-gpus-get-performance-boost-for-directx-9-games-csgo-now-up-to-1-8x-faster |website=VideoCardz |language=en-US |date=December 7, 2022 |access-date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> A February 2023 driver update further improved Arc's performance on DirectX 9-based games.<ref>{{cite web |title=Intel Arc Graphics Updates, New Bundle, and Pricing |url=https://game.intel.com/story/intel-arc-graphics-unleashing/ |website=Intel |language=en-US |access-date=February 1, 2023 |archive-date=October 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001043414/https://game.intel.com/story/intel-arc-graphics-unleashing/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
+=== Legacy BIOS compatibility ===
+Intel Arc requires a [[UEFI]] BIOS with resizable BAR support for optimal performance.<ref> {{Cite web |title=Intel&reg; Arc&trade; A-Series Graphics &ndash; Desktop Quick Start... |url=https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000091128/graphics.html |website=Intel |language=en-US |access-date=July 4, 2024}}</ref>
+== Footnotes ==
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