To say that Intel is on the move is an understatement, given all the developments this week in its CPU and graphics divisions. It was reported last week that Intel stock shares dropped significantly as a sign of decreased confidence in Lip Bu Tan’s leadership, but perhaps stakeholders ought to take a look at the progress that is being made. However, it should be noted that any chip manufacturer needping to depend on memory technology is facing upward challenges due to the memory supply shortage.
XeSS 3 featuring multiframe generation
Intel has at last launched its multiframe generation solution with XeSS-FG, which is capable of adding up to three frames between two rendered frames. These AI-generated frames are intended to boost FPS while improving the gameplay experience. XeSS 3 is included in Intel’s latest drivers, which can be found here.
Intel Arc B770 reportedly held back to make way for Arc Pro B65/B70
It looks like gamers will have to wait a bit longer to see the Big Battlemage Arc B770 as the latest rumors suggest Intel is focusing its discreet graphics resources on enterprise solutions. According to VideoCardz Intel is working on releasing its Arc Pro B65 and B70 graphics that are both based on the BMG-G31 gpu and feature 32GB GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus. The Arc Pro B70 is said to have 4096 FP32 cores, the max for the BMG-31 gpu, while the Arc Pro B65 could have as few as 2560 cores.
Intel Arc B390 continues to impress
The Intel Arc B390/Panther Lake Package (aka Intel X9 388H) made an impressive debut at CES and is continuing to do so now in independent testing. The iGPU featuring up to 12 Xe-Cores is included in some Panther Lake packages and at moments has shown to compete favorably with NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4050 graphics card. AMD’s AI Max+395 still holds tops spots but the Arc B390 has shown itself to perform admirably in terms of power draw while outpacing the Radeon 90M iGPU by 63% while using only ~25W of power. The following are from ComputerBase, Hardware Canucks, The Phawx, and Notebook Check, all via VideoCardz (1, 2).
Intel Fellow Tom Petersen has also revealed that Intel is not planning to compete with AMD’s Strix Halo platform despite the two seemingly positioned as rivals. It’s clear from the above testing that Intel is indeed more focused on its iGPU performance as also indicated in a quote from Petersen who also added in an interview with Club386 that “AMD’s current product is not that competitive, either on a power or a performance-per-watt basis…from my perspective, we’re clearly ahead.”
“if you look at the relative performance of us versus AMD’s best today, it’s clear that we’re focused on integrated graphics performance, primarily for gaming.”
– Tom Petersen, Intel