Since this card is formally launched, there isn’t any must guess on the specs. Intel has put up a web page that lists the entire related numbers. We’re taking a look at a DirectX 12 Final-class GPU (meaning it helps ray-tracing) with 8 Xe cores operating at 2GHz. These 8 Xe cores translate to 128 ray-tracing accelerators and 1,024 FP32 shaders. An uncommon 96-bit reminiscence interface operating at 16 Gbps per pin connects 6GB of GDDR6 reminiscence to the GPU, providing whole reminiscence bandwidth of 192 GB/sec.
Intel guarantees playable efficiency in WoW, LoL, Overwatch, and extra. Naraka: Bladepoint on the far left.
A minimum of, these are Intel’s official specs, however there’s already a companion card on the way in which, and we will check out it. Really, you have already got; it is the cardboard pictured up above and down under. This particular Arc A380 card is from new Chinese language vendor Gunnir, and the specs are just a little completely different from Intel’s reference numbers.
Gunnir lists the “Intel Arc A380 Photon 6G OC” with the identical 8 Xe cores and 6GB of GDDR6 reminiscence that Intel specs, however the reminiscence is barely detuned to fifteen.5 Gbps whereas Gunnir really lists the increase clock for its card: 2,450MHz.
That would really be fairly a bit larger than the inventory increase of different A380 playing cards as a result of this mannequin, along with its lavish dual-fan cooler, sports activities an 8-pin energy connector—one thing that may most likely be absent on different A380 playing cards given the 75W reference TBP. Gunnir specs its card for 92W TBP, making the 8-pin connector considerably wonderful overkill, however as we are saying, overkill is one of the best kill.
The A380 playing cards have one other benefit over the Radeon RX 6500 XT, too: 4 show connections. The tiny Radeon normally solely has two show outs. In the meantime, Intel’s spec web page does not mandate what sort of connections they need to be, but it surely lists 4 show outputs in both DP 2.0 or HDMI 2.1 type. Gunnir’s card has three DisplayPort connections and a single HDMI port, a lot as you’d discover on a higher-end GeForce or Radeon card, though curiously, the HDMI port is outwardly simply rev 2.0. No phrase on the capabilities of the DisplayPort connections.
The Radeon RX 6500 XT comparability is related as a result of the steered retail worth for the Gunnir A380 Photon 6G OC card is 1099 RMB, or about $160 USD. That places it in direct competitors with AMD’s card, in addition to the older GeForce GTX 16xx playing cards. That does not imply it is going to be priced like that when these playing cards come to the west, after all, but it surely’s a good guess.
In case you’re Intel trustworthy, or just wish to get certainly one of these to check it like we do, you may want a contact in China, for now. It seems just like the playing cards are solely being formally launched there right now. Intel says that A380 playing cards from acquainted companions like Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte will come to different areas later this summer season.
