Maxsun Intel Arc Pro B70 32G Graphics Card Hands On Impressions: Big Battlemage Stuns With Big Uplifts Over B580

Intel's Arc Pro GPU journey began with the first-generation Alchemist A-series products, and last year, the company introduced its Battlemage B-Series products. The first generation of products was aimed at the budget segment, offering good perf/$, and while the positioning continues with the Battlemage lineup, it looks like Intel is slightly moving towards a higher-end segment with its Arc Pro B60, B65, and B70 series.

This move comes at a time when AI is the talk of the town, and local AI agents are becoming more and more popular. Also, Intel's recent workstation lineup, the Xeon 600 series, makes getting an all-Intel Pro and content creation system possible with new hardware upgrades.

Intel is working with various AIBs to roll out its latest Arc Pro B-Series graphics cards, and one of them is Maxsun, who have been giving the Battlemage series a unique custom treatment. Well, the same is true for Maxsun's Arc Pro B60 graphics card, which, instead of integrating one GPU, integrates two, with twice the memory.

A few months back, we tested the Maxsun Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual, featuring 48 GB of memory capacity. Today, we will be testing the flagship solution, the Intel Arc Pro B70, featuring 32 GB of memory, but in the Big Battlemage configuration.

Intel Arc Pro B70 - Big Battlemage GPU With 32 GB VRAM

At its Pro Day 2026, Intel finally unveiled the one GPU that we have all been waiting for. The GPU is the one and only "Big Battlemage", and while we would've loved to see a gaming-oriented variant, Intel's first outing with this GPU is for the rapidly rising AI & Pro segment. These GPUs are designed as a balance for everyday professionals and heavy-duty Pros and are part of the same Arc Pro B-Series, which has seen the likes of the Arc Pro B60 & Arc Pro B50.

The previous entries in the Arc Pro B-series family were based on the Battlemage BMG-G21 GPU with up to 24 GB of memory. With Big Battlemage, we got two new entries: Arc Pro B70 and Arc Pro B65.

The new cards utilize the brand new BMG-G31 GPU, which is a larger chip, based on the same TSMC N5 process technology, and offering an increased number of cores and memory. Both GPUs are designed for the Pro Workstation segment.

Intel Arc Pro B70 - 32 Xe Cores, 32 GB Memory, Up To 367 AI TOPS

The Intel Arc Pro B70 graphics card is the flagship Arc B-Series offering. It features the full BMG-G31 GPU, which packs 32 Xe2-HPG cores, 256 XMX Engines, 32 RT units, and provides 367 INT8 TOPS for AI workloads. The graphics card will feature 32 GB of GDDR6 memory across a 256-bit bus interface. The memory is clocked at 19 Gbps, delivering 608 GB/s of total bandwidth. The GPU itself is clocked at 2800 MHz.

The graphics card will be offered in both AIC and Intel-branded variants. The power rating for the Intel-branded variant is 230W, while the AIC models can scale from 160W up to 290W. Power will be provided through a single 16-pin connector interface for the Intel-branded variant, while AICs have the choice to select the number of connectors based on their designs. Another important thing to remember is that a few AICs made multi-GPU models of the Arc Pro B60 with two BMG-G21 GPUs and up to 48 GB of VRAM. So we can expect some partners to be given the green light to produce such variants with two BMG-G31 GPUs and up to 64 GB of memory.

Some highlights of the graphics card include:

• 32 GB memory runs large AI models with higher precision & accuracy
• 256 XMX AI Engines (Intel Xe Matrix eXtensions)
• Xe2 architecture for fast content creation & AI applications
• Scalable multiple-GPU LLM Linux support
• XMX AI Engines for AI-enhanced gaming, content creation & media
• Ray tracing hardware acceleration for fast, photo-realistic renders
• Pro drivers with ISV software certifications
• Windows & Linux OS support
• Xe Media Engine - Comprehensive content creation toolkit

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In terms of display, the Arc Pro B70 will feature four DP2.1 outputs by default, and supports all the latest API and hardware acceleration engines such as DX12 Ultimate, oneAPI, OpenCL 3.0, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3, OpenVINO, XMX AI Engines, RT support, AV1/HEVC/H.264/VP9 encode/decode support. The Arc Pro B70 is designed for powerful local inferencing, scalable multi-GPU deployments, and advanced software development.

Pricing & Availability

The Intel Arc Pro B70 graphics card has been available since March 2026, from Intel and its AIC partners such as ARKN, ASRock, Gunnir, Maxsun, and Sparkle. The graphics card has a starting price of $949 US, while AIB models will vary in pricing and designs.

Intel Arc Pro B-Series GPUs Specs:

GPU Name	Architecture / Node	Xe / XMX Cores	Peak TOPS (INT8)	Memory Config	Memory Bandwidth	TBP
Arc Pro B70	BMG-G31 Xe2 / TSMC N5	32 / 256	367 TOPS	32 GB / 256-bit	608 GB/s	160-290W
Arc Pro B65	BMG-G31 Xe2 / TSMC N5	20 / 160	197 TOPS	32 GB / 192-bit	608 GB/s	200W
Arc Pro B60 (Dual)	BMG-G21 Xe2 / TSMC N5	40 / 320	394 TOPS	48 GB / 192-bit	456 GB/s	400W
Arc Pro B60	BMG-G21 Xe2 / TSMC N5	20 / 160	197 TOPS	24 GB / 192-bit	456 GB/s	120-200W
Arc Pro B50	BMG-G21 Xe2 / TSMC N5	16 / 128	170 TOPS	16 GB / 128-bit	224 GB/s	70W

Maxsun Intel Arc Pro B70 32 GB Unboxing & Closeup

Maxsun ships the Intel Arc Pro B70 32G graphics card in a simple cardboard box with a large "B70" logo on the front and a company logo.

The backside of the box has a 3-year limited warranty label and some trademark logos.

Opening the box, you are greeted with a Thank You letter from Maxsun and QR codes to access the user support page.

The Arc Pro B70 Dual is packed within an anti-static wrap and has foam packaging around it to ensure that the card ships without any issues.

The only single accessory that the card ships with is a 16-pin adapter capable, which is rated at 450W and has three 8-pin connectors coming out of the other end.

Upon first look, the Maxsun Arc Pro B70 is a fairly standard dual-slot design that measures 267x111x38 mm.

The front shroud is made out of plastic and reads "Touch The AI Future" on the front, which simply says that this card was made for AI.

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The back of the card features a nice metallic backplate holding the coldplate, and another set of screws holding the shroud and heatsink.

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One side of the graphics card features the "Intel Arc Pro B70" logo.

The other side is a simple matte black aesthetic.

The front of the card has a single 16-pin connector and two mounting holes for server mounts.

The back of the card features a large exhaust vent and four display outputs, which include three DP 2.1 (2x UHBR10 / 1x UHBR20) and two HDMI 2.1a.

Coming back to the backside, the backplate covers the entire length of the PCB.

As for the cooler, the Maxsun Intel Arc Pro B70 features a blower-fan design and pushes large volumes of air through the central heatsink assembly and vents it out of the exhaust ports.

The graphics card has a very large blower fan, which provides lots of airflow.

Underneath the shroud is a nickel-plated copper baseplate with vapor chamber cooling. The cooler also features thermal pads for the VRAM modules and the VRMs. The fan is connected via a single 4-pin PWM header.

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The heatsink makes use of several aluminum fin arrays, which are equally spaced for good airflow. Taking the card apart, you are greeted with the Big Battlemage BMG-G31 GPUs and 32 GB of VRAM. The front side features 8 modules, while the remaining 8 modules are featured on the back of the card. The PCB has a 13-phase VRM configuration.

The PCB makes use of Samsung "K4ZAF325BC-SC20" modules, which offer 2 GB capacities per IC and operate at 20 Gbps speeds.

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Maxsun Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual 48G Turbo Content, Pro & AI Perf

First up, we have the standard 3DMark test suite, where we evaluate the graphics performance of the Intel Arc Pro B70 GPU. In Night Raid, the Arc Pro B70 is 31% faster than the B60 Dual, but as soon as you move to more graphics-intensive benchmarks, the lead gets pushed past 50%. In Firestrike, the lead is 53%, and Port Royal sees the biggest lead of 67%. On average, the Arc Pro B70 is 52% faster than the Arc Pro B60.

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Next up, we have Geekbench 6's GPU benchmark, which evaluates the Vulkan and OpenCL performance. The results are as follows:

For rendering, we used the Blender benchmark, which tests the render performance of the GPU across three scenes. The Arc Pro B70 shows a phenomenal 72.3% lead over the Arc Pro B60 Dual, and 70% on average across all three tests.

Next up, we have pro workloads tested in the SPECviewperf 15.1 bench suite. The results of the various workloads are seen below:

Moving over to AI benchmarks, we first have Geekbench AI, where the GPU performed well, and between a 5070 / 5070 Ti, thanks to Intel's OpenVino optimizations.

Trying out UL Procyon, the AI benchmark results are as follows:

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We also wanted to try out Intel's own AI Playground suite, which offers a range of AI utilities to play around with, such as a localized AI agent, GenAI integrations, and more. Intel has done a fine job in bringing all the useful AI apps into one app, which is very responsive and fun to play around with. Using the Arc Pro B70, the text and GenAI responses were very fast.

Lastly, we have LM Studio, where we tried out various large language models, or LLMs for short. The Arc Pro B70 Dual 32 GB is ideal for 120B LLMs thanks to its single GPU VRAM solution and a faster chip than the Arc Pro B60.

Running larger models such as Qwen3.5 40B, NVIDIA Neomotron Nano, and Gemma-4 31b was super easy and effortless. The responses were generated instantly, and the GPU had lots of VRAM left over in the tank. Optimized 120B AI LLMs are supported, but we recommend using this card for up to 80 B LLMs.

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This is what the Arc B770 Gaming GPU could've been!

We also wanted to see if the Arc Pro B70 was able to handle games, especially using the latest Arc Pro drivers, which added full game support on Big Battlemage, & well, we were surprised that games weren't just able to run, but did so smoothly. In fact, the performance was a bit too good, which honestly made me ask why Intel didn't make a gaming-specific version of this card.

We played Cyberpunk 2077 at High Settings with XeSS enabled and set to Balanced at both 1080p and 2160p. We also tested with both XeSS Frame-Gen disabled and enabled. The results are clear: the B70 is around 40% faster than the B580, which is based on the same architecture, and over 50% faster than the A770, based on the last-gen Alchemist core.

In Forza, we see the Big Battlemage leading by up to 75% over Big Alchemist. Even the lead over the B580 is around 50% at 1080p and 42% at 2160p.

In Silent Hill 2 Remake, the Arc Pro B70 once again shows a 45-50% lead over the Arc Pro B580 in raster, and a 28-30% gain in RT scenarios.

Pragmata shows the Arc Pro B70 destroying its older Alchemist-based sibling with a lead that almost swells to 2x. Versus the B580, it is around 35% faster, which is also impressive. The reason for the poor Alchemist showcase is due to the drivers.

In Doom The Dark Ages, the Raster performance of the B70 is superb, but PT shows the card leading over the Alchemist architecture by almost 2x once again. This is thanks to the newer RT engines implemented in the Xe2 architecture, and enhanced in the latest Xe3 generation. We really wish Intel would provide discrete graphics card updates for gamers on its newest Xe architectures.

Conclusion

With the Intel Arc Pro B70, Intel is promising a strong incentive for AI, Prosumer, and Workstation users. This card is a triple-tier threat based on its value alone. It's a very competitive product, coupled with 32 GB of memory. The competition offers the same amount of memory at $3499 (RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell), and Intel has a $949 MSRP. Sure, the MSRP is only on paper, but that's like more than 3x difference.

Furthermore, Maxsun makes the Arc Pro B70 very lucrative for workstation users, giving them a strong cooling solution which offered good thermals of 70-75 °C at full load, and power in the range of 250W. There are some cases where you can push the card to its full 290W power envelope, but gaming-wise, the card performed absolutely great.

In our AI tests, the graphics card had no trouble working with 40B+ LLMs, which would be bottlenecked by lower VRAM in the competition. Even though the RTX 5090 features 32 GB, the same VRAM as the Arc Pro B70, the Intel Arc solution comes at half the price. With Intel's Arc Pro drivers, pro stuff such as rendering and content creation also worked like a breeze, and the upgraded Big Battlemage GPU showed its pure compute strengths too.

For example, in gaming, I was shocked to see just how stable Intel's Arc Pro drivers were. I was under the belief that when I was setting up the Arc Pro drivers, there might be a few hiccups, but the process went like a breeze, and all games I tested not only ran, but ran incredibly well. There were no frame pacing or stuttering issues. Honestly, Intel's driver and graphics division is doing some great work, and we applaud them for getting the Arc drivers to this state.

Talking about performance, the Intel Arc Pro B70 was just blazing over its predecessor, the Arc Pro A770, which featured the bigger Alchemist GPU. In some games, we saw a 2x lead, and in most games, we saw a 50-70% uplift. Versus the Arc B580, the B70 ended up 35-45% better. This goes on to show that Intel could've offered a gaming optimized variant on its Big Battlemage GPU, with higher clocks, better power and cooling characteristics, and a price set around $449-$549.

With 16 GB VRAM, this could've been a very competitive offering against NVIDIA's RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB or AMD's RX 9070 series, such as the new GRE 12 GB model, which retails at $549. We could've easily seen a 50% bump over the Arc B580, but it looks like the current market dynamics don't allow Intel to roll out a gaming variant. That sucks, but the performance is there, and hopefully, Intel can keep on delivering more discrete graphics cards for Pros and Gamers in the future.

Coming back to the Intel Arc Pro B70, it is truly a competitive solution made for AI, and with its 32 GB of VRAM and a tuned Arc Pro Driver suite that offers phenomenal gaming uplifts over existing Arc offerings, the card is definitely one of the best Prosumer options under the $1000 US price point.

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