Rumor: second generation Intel Arc GPUs will have up to twice as many Xe cores

Intel’s second generation of Arc video cards may have up to twice as many Xe cores as the Arc Alchemist series. That’s what RedGamingTech says. The top model in this Arc Battlemage series would also have a similar chip surface as the Nvidia AD103 from the RTX 4080.

The top model in Intel’s Arc Battlemage GPU series has twice as many cores as the Intel Arc A770, the current top model among Intel’s desktop video cards. That claims RedGamingTech in a YouTube video. The maximum number of Xe cores would increase to 64, where the current Arc Alchemist top model has 32 of those cores. Such Xe cores each have 16 execution units.

This Battlemage GPU would also have a 256bit memory bus, an unknown amount of GDDR6 or GDDR6X memory and 48MB L2 cache. The GPU would have a chip area comparable to that of Nvidia’s AD103 GPU, which is used in the GeForce RTX 4080 and covers 379mm². According to RedGamingTech, the Arc Battlemage GPU is produced on TSMC’s 4nm process, just like Nvidia’s RTX 40 series.

The new Battlemage series should be available no later than the second quarter of next year. The Melville Sound variants for data centers should follow in the second half of 2024. RedGamingTech previously published an alleged roadmap from Intel, which also mentioned a refresh of the Arc Alchemist series. It should be released in the second half of this year. Intel has not yet confirmed its arrival.

Source: RedGamingTech