We finally know how well Intel’s most-powerful GPU stacks up in games, thanks to someone throwing the Arc Pro B70 at some gaming benchmarks. Turns out, the BMG-G31 die could have made for a worthy competitor to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti.
Although the Arc Pro B70 launched over a month ago, subsequent coverage of this workstation graphics card has understandably focused on AI and productivity performance. However, curiosity surrounding its gaming performance has persisted on account of its BMG-G31 GPU. Rumours claimed this would form the basis of a forthcoming Arc B770, which Intel has likely cancelled, as high memory prices would make it unviable.
Chinese tech outlet EXPreview got hold of a Gunnir Arc Pro B70, and had the same curiosity as many enthusiasts, so the folks there decided to see how it handled gaming. While this card’s blower-style cooler isn’t comparable in quality to common dual-fan alternatives, including the one on Intel’s own Arc B580 card, it does offer a glimpse of what the Arc B770 could have been.
| Arc B770 | Change (B580 / 5060 Ti) | |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme | 10,406 | +47% / +39% |
| 3DMark Speed Way | 3,355 | +36% / -19% |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad | 4,589 | +52% / +27% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 (QHD, Ultra) | 90fps | +37% / +14% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 (QHD, RT Ultra) | 35fps | +40% / +3% |
| F1 25 (QHD, RT Ultra High) | 69fps | +66% / +14% |
| Marvel Rivals (QHD, High) | 69fps | +41% / -7% |
In 3DMark, the Arc Pro B70 is up to 52% faster than the Arc B580 in rasterised rendering, and it’s still a healthy 36% ahead in ray tracing. The card still manages to hold its own against Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti 16GB in the former arena, with leads of 27-39%, but is 19% slower than Nvidia’s offering in the other.
EXPreview also tested the Arc Pro B70 across five raster and ray tracing gaming benchmarks, with Marvel Rivals and F1 25 proving the most transformative relative to Intel’s Arc B580, with 41-66% improvements in average frame rates. In the same games, the card fell behind Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti 16GB by 7% in the hero shooter, but raced ahead by 14% on the tarmac.
Averaging all of EXPreview’s results across rendering types, the Arc Pro B70 was 36.4% faster than Intel’s Arc B580 and just 2.9% behind the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB. While this is a relatively impressive showing for Intel’s Battlemage architecture, the $950 MSRP of the workstation graphics card sours any potential value it would offer to games.
Given the alleged cancellation of dedicated Arc Celestial graphics cards, it’s highly doubtful that the Arc B770 will materialise anytime soon to provide a more-affordable consumer alternative to Intel’s Pro B70. Thankfully, Intel is still keen to provide consumers with new Arc chips, as the company prepares to launch its Panther Lake handheld chip, allegedly dubbed Arc G3 Extreme.
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