Demand for GPUs in the AI market continues to remain high and extremely profitable, so much so that Intel is reportedly considering whether to give its flagship consumer graphics card the axe. New rumours are emerging that the Arc B580 may soon entirely disappear from store shelves, depriving builders and system integrators of one of the last pixel pushers worth buying in this economy.
Claims of the Arc B580’s demise arrive by way of X user Haze2K1, a regular and often-reliable Intel leaker who previously shared news of the Arc Pro B65 ahead of its official announcement, among other bits of tech gossip. In a recent post, Haze2K1 claims the firm will decree the Arc B580 as end-of-life (EoL), with the intent of pooling resources towards high-margin professional and workstation graphics cards instead.
Discontinuing the Arc B580 would free up BMG-G22 GPU dies for Arc Pro B60, which mirrors the specifications of the consumer graphics card exactly, albeit with double the GDDR6 memory capacity. For additional context, the Pro model cost 2.4x more than the B580 at launch ($599) but now leans closer to $1,000.
Arc B580 might get EoL as Intel shifts priority toward higher margin pro/workstation (Arc Pro B50) AI/inference products that are selling really well 💰 https://t.co/wdDy1B5rf3
— Haze (@Haze2K1) November 2, 2026
Intel isn’t alone in allegedly redirecting GPU stock from the consumer market to service demands from AI data centres and professionals. The GeForce RTX 5090 is nigh-on impossible to find at a reasonable price now, as rumours continue to swirl about Nvidia’s possible discontinuation so those coveted GB202 dies can slot inside RTX Pro series cards instead.
Haze2K1 doesn’t share any word on whether the Arc B570 would face the same fate as the B580. There isn’t already a 1:1 professional card that would benefit from its silicon, but Intel could take that cutdown version of the BMG-G22 and trim it back further to craft Arc Pro B50 cards. In any case, if the B580 goes, I’d put money down on the firm discontinuing this graphics card too.
At the time of writing, the Arc B580 remains available for $329 via Newegg, but the only model available is the ASRock Challenger as other variants are out of stock. Meanwhile, the graphics card commands a £499 asking price in the UK, double its original budget-friendly RRP and impossible to recommend at that cost.
We’re yet to hear any official word from Intel regarding the status of the Arc B580, so take the above with a pinch of salt. It remains one of the best GPUs on the market in our view, providing you can find it closer to a price of ~£350 / $350. Here’s hoping Intel doesn’t give this pixel pusher the chop, as that only really leaves 8GB alternatives in that sector of the market.
