Intel, which entered into a great competition with AMD’s attack on the processor side, was not limited to this, but also turned to the graphics card side. Intel, which has included the internal graphics unit in its processors for many years, announced the Arc series, which will host high-performance graphics cards, last year. New models have been added to this series with Arc Pro graphics cards.
In last year’s promotion, the gaming performance of the graphics cards was revealed. Models in the Arc Pro series, trailing As can be understood from the expression Pro appeals to professionals. In other words, these graphics cards were developed for computers where applications such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Handbrake and DaVinci Resolve Studio will be used extensively.
Intel’s new graphics cards made a difference to NVIDIA!
Intel’s new Arc 7 series graphics card models, the A770M and A730M, competed with NVIDIA’s RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3060 models.
What are the features of the Intel Arc Pro series?
The Arc Pro lineup currently consists of three models, most notably the “small, single-slot occupant” Arc Pro A40. The Pro A50 appears as a top model and occupies a double slot. Unlike these two graphics cards, the A30M was developed for laptops.
All three models have built-in ray tracing and machine learning support, but their specifications differ. While the A40 and A30M have 3.50 teraflops of power, the A50 offers 4.80 teraflops of power.
Both desktop models have 6 GB of RAM, while the model developed for laptops has 4 GB of RAM. In addition, the cards support AV1 hardware acceleration, which Intel says is an industry first.
| Intel Arc Pro A40 | Intel Arc Pro A50 | Intel Arc Pro A30M (Mobile) | |
| Performance | 3.5 TFLOPs | 4.8 TFLOPs | 3.5 TFLOPs |
| Xe Kernels | 8 x Ray Tracing Cores | 8 x Ray Tracing Cores | 8 x Ray Tracing Cores |
| Memory | 6GB GDDR6 | 6GB GDDR6 | 4GB GDDR5 |
| Display Output | 4x mini-DP 1.4 | 4x mini-DP 1.4 | Depends on the laptop |
| TDP Value | 50W | 75W | 35–50W |
Compatible with multi-display setups, Arc Pro graphics cards have four ports. In this way, two 8K displays, one 5K 240 Hz display, two 5K 120 Hz displays or four 4K 60 Hz display installations are supported.
Intel has not yet revealed how much these new graphics cards will cost, but has announced that they will be available from the end of this year.