Intel is reportedly preparing another Battlemage graphics card, which will offer the latest PCIe 5.0 interface with support for 16 PCIe Lanes.
PCI-SIG Adds "99CMLN" with PCIe 5.0 x16 Interface to its Database: Indicates a Newer and More Powerful Battlemage GPU is Arriving
The PCI-SIG (Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group) has recently registered a brand-new Intel product to its database, which is listed by the codename "99CMLN". While this doesn't reveal anything, the table does show that it is a product in the Intel Arc Battlemage series.
Moreover, it's the first one to feature the PCIe 5.0 x16 interface, which is even bigger than what is present on the Arc Pro Battlemage GPUs. The leaker @KOMACHI_ENSAKA spotted the change in the PCI-SIG list, which revealed the date of addition (9th May, 2025). It should also be noted that two more Intel Arc Battlemage GPUs with the codenames "99CGHV" and "99CW89" were added a day before, which likely point to the Arc Pro B60 and B50.
This is because the mainstream Arc Battlemage series GPUs such as the Arc B570 and B580 carry the PCIe 4.0 interface and not PCIe 5.0. The Pro Battlemage cards also utilize the same BMG-G21 die as the Arc B570 and B580, but they offer the latest PCIe 5.0 interface even though the available PCIe lane count is unchanged. Therefore, it is possible that the "99CMLN" could be referring to another but more powerful Pro Battlemage graphics card, but could also be the bigger sibling of the B580.
There have been rumors circulating around the Arc B770 for a while now, but no report is concrete. Still, Intel hasn't denied the existence of such a GPU and may release it in the coming months if we go by the recent reports. If the Arc B770 is released with a PCIe 5.0 interface, it may not affect its performance as PCIe 4.0 is fast enough to carry enough data over the lanes to eliminate any bottlenecks, but since NVIDIA and AMD have already adopted the Gen 5.0 interface, it's possible that Intel might go the same route as well.
As per some leaks, the Arc B770 could utilize the BMG-G31 die and can carry anywhere from 24 to 32 Xe2 cores, and 16 GB GDDR6 memory through a 256-bit memory bus.
News Source: PCI-SIG
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