Its first-gen Arc Alchemist cards are cost-effective, and feature set is decent. But initial driver problems were legion. The latter has been addressed, but all we've seen in nearly two years are graphics cards that just about compete at the lower end of the market. The challenge for Intel's second generation of GPUs is to raise the game. Enter Battlemage, with its Xe2-HPG architecture that is rumored to be at least as fast as the GeForce RTX 4070.
Leaked slides show two GPUs with 150W and 225W power profiles. They feature new machine learning rendering technology, new memory subsystem with compression, and improved ray tracing. Xe2-HPG also uses a new structure for the Xe Vector Engines (XVES), which process 16 instructions per clock cycle. Current Alchemist cards have 16 XVES per Xe core-if that is maintained then this will add considerable horsepower.
Some rumors even put Battlemage up at RTX 4080 levels. If it can deliver, it will inject some needed competition into the GPU market. Even if you have no intention of buying an Intel GPU, a high-performing card will help push down prices of Nvidia and AMD cards. Here's hoping Intel's second-gen graphics architecture succeeds where its first failed. -CL

Intel's new Battlemage graphics coming this year

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