No more. Today, Intel announced the $249 Arc B580 graphics card (launching December 13) and $219 Arc B570 (January 16), built using the company’s next-gen “Battlemage” GPU architecture.

If Intel wants the Arc B580 to succeed, especially in a climate of inflated hardware prices, it needs to sort this out fast—or risk losing the trust of the budget crowd entirely.

Intel Arc B580 specs If you looked at the Arc B580’s specs in a vacuum, you wouldn’t assume it’s a budget graphics card. It’s packing 12GB of memory, a 192-bit memory bus, clock speeds ...

TL;DR: Intel launched the Arc B580 GPU, priced at $249, with positive reception due to its performance and improvements over first-gen cards. It outperforms NVIDIA's RTX 4060 in raytracing.

By comparison, the Intel Arc B580 was released earlier, on December 13, 2024, with a slightly higher price tag of $249.99 / £249.99 / AU$449.

The Intel Arc B580 features 20 Xe Cores compared to 28 Xe Cores in the first-gen Intel Arc A750, roughly a 28% reduction in overall GPU hardware. And yet, it still manages to deliver a sizeable 30 ...

Our Verdict With 12GB of memory, superb ray tracing chops, a single 8-pin power connector, and the ability to play 1440p games without severe compromise, Intel’s $249 Arc B580 is the budget ...

TL;DR Key Takeaways : The Intel ARC B580, priced at $249, is a budget-friendly GPU designed for smooth 1440p gaming, competing directly with NVIDIA’s RTX 4060. Key specifications include 20 Xe2 ...

PC gaming gets a boost with Intel's Arc B580, a $250 GPU that beats the RTX 4060 and RX 7600. Featuring 12GB VRAM, Xe2 architecture, and built ...

The B580 features Intel’s BMG-G21 GPU at 2.85GHz, with 12GB of GDDR6 memory. It fared well in reviews, earning a 4.5 out of 5 from our colleagues at PCMag.com for its “exceptional performance ...

The Intel Arc B580 is a $250 graphics card that can pack quite a punch compared to its Nvidia and AMD competition, but only when it actually works in games. The main problem our Dave James found ...

The Arc B580 impressed our colleagues at PCMag when Intel first launched the Limited Edition. They liked the 12GB of DDR6 memory onboard, its ray-tracing performance, and 192-bit memory bandwidth.