Intel Arc A580 Graphics Card Leaks Online; Launch Imminent

Intel’s Arc lineup of graphics cards was first announced back in late 2022, and you can read aboutIntel Arc GPUs in detailhere. The Intel Arc A580 GPU was speculated to have been “canceled” by many because it hadn’t been released for so long. But finally, the Intel Arc A580 GPU has surfaced online and might be launching soon worldwide. So, let’s check out the details!

Intel Arc A580 GPU to Become Available Soon

Back in 2022, Intel announced that it would releasefour different graphics cardsunder the Arc lineup in the market. These were the Arc A770, A750, A380, and lastly, the A580. The Arc A580 GPU was touted to come with 8GB of GDDR6 memory, 21.7B transistor count, 175W TDP, and 24 Xe-cores. While the A580 model didn’t make it to the market over the last year, the rest of Intel’s Arc lineup did have a global release eventually.

But now, a retailer from Austria called Geizhals.at has justlistedthe Intel Arc A580 graphics card with ASRock as the AIB partner. After checking out the listing linked above, we can see the ASRock Intel Arc A580 Challenger OC’s detailed specifications.

This listing was first spotted by X user (formerly Twitter) @momomo_us, who is a renowned hardware leaker. In addition to this, an Intel Arc A580 graphics card designed by the Sparkle brand was alsospottedby VideoCardz. Later on, the hardware leaker from X posted more details regarding A580. They havesharedapreviously unrevealed slidefrom Intel’s internal docs, and it reveals the Arc A580’s details.

The Intel Arc A580 is competing against theAMD Radeon RX 6600andNvidia RTX 3050graphics cards. Both of these are popular in the budget segment, and the upcoming launch strengthens the company’s vision to bring high-performance graphics to everyone. Raja Kaduri, former Intel engineer and creator of Arc graphics card architecture, in aninterview with Beebom, told us in detail about the Intel Arc vision so do check it out.

It will be interesting to see how the Intel Arc A580 performs against the above-mentioned GPUs from Nvidia and AMD. The Arc A770 is already quite an affordable graphics card. Regardless of performance, it even has one of the highest VRAM capacities (16GB) available in that price range. Thenew drivershave made existing Arc GPUs even better too.

Now, the Arc A580 is expected to have 8GB of GDDR6 memory, 175W TDP (requires two8-pin power connectors), PCIe 4.0 x16 support, and other specs that we talked about before.

You also get modern features likeray tracingandAV1encoding. There is Intel’s XeSS technology which enhances image quality. Recently, we even comparedIntel XeSS against Nvidia DLSS and AMD FSR here, so check it out while you’re here. Once the Intel Arc A580 graphics card becomes available in major markets, we will definitely update you.

What are your thoughts on the upcoming Arc A580 GPU from Intel? Do you think it competes well against the Nvidia RTX 3050? Do let us know in the comments below.

Satyam Kumar

Highly passionate about technology. Major expertise in PC hardware, the VR industry, esports-centric gear, and other gadgets. In my spare time, I’m usually researching exciting hardware breakthroughs or playing competitive games.

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