The entry-level BMG-21-based Arc Pro B50 showed up in Geekbench for the first time in Vulkan and OpenCL tests.
Arc Pro B50 Tested in Geekbench Vulkan and OpenCL With Around 20-25% Lower Scores vs Arc B570
Intel's budget segment workstation GPU, Arc Pro B50, is now revealing its prowess in some popular tests like Geekbench. The Arc Pro B50 uses the Xe2 architecture and uses the BMG-G21 die, but a cut-down one that results in 16 Xe2 cores. It's technically closer to the mainstream Arc B570, which comes with 18 cores and therefore, in synthetic tests, you can expect it perform somewhat slower than the latter.
In Geekbench, the Arc Pro B50 was tested in both Vulkan and OpenCL tests, delivering 78,661 points and 69,890 points respectively. Compared to the Arc B570, the Pro B50 looks noticeably weaker, but remember that there are multiple tests for the B570, which reveal lower scores. However, on average, the B570 is able to reach nearly 100,000 points in Vulkan and over 85,000 points in OpenCL. This puts the Arc Pro B50 around 20-25% slower than the Arc B570.
This surely seems significantly lower on paper, but keep in mind that Geekbench scores vary greatly from test to test. Still, one should expect lower synthetic scores with Arc Pro B50 than with Arc B570. However, the Arc Pro B50 is a dedicated workstation GPU, which offers more VRAM capacity and a wider memory bandwidth. Compared to 10 GB, 160-bit interface on the Arc B570, the Arc Pro B50 brings 16 GB GDDR6 memory coupled with a 256-bit memory bus, making it superior at memory intensive workloads like AI operations.
Moreover, the Arc Pro B50 brings the latest PCIe 5.0 interface rather than the PCIe 4.0. However, this shouldn't bring any noticeable differences in performance. Intel hasn't officially launched the GPU for retail and the official price isn't known yet. However, we could see both the Arc Pro B50 and Pro B60 GPUs on the shelves soon as Maxsun was recently rumored to have prepared for the launch of Arc Pro B60 Dual.
However, there aren't any signs of both cards on retailers yet. Some AIBs will ship through pre-built systems but some will also launch them as a standalone product. Still, one shouldn't expect good availability of these GPUs, particularly the Arc Pro B60, for which, Intel is reportedly facing production issues.
News Sources: @BenchLeaks 1, @BenchLeaks 2
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