Intel is expanding its Arc Battlemage GPU lineup with two Pro models targeting workstation applications and AI inference workloads. Offering up to 24GB of memory and multi-GPU scalability, Arc Pro B Series has everything to please creators and AI developers.
Intel has introduced two Arc Pro GPUs during Computex 2025: Arc Pro B50 and Arc Pro B60. Both are based on the brand’s latest Battlemage architecture, featuring Xe Matrix Extensions (XMX), AI cores, and advanced ray tracing units. Intel claims that these GPUs are optimised for AEC (architecture, engineering, construction) and inference, offering stability and performance through a wide range of software.
The series is also compatible with consumer and Pro drivers on Windows machines, with support for a containerised software stack on Linux to simplify AI deployment. Additionally, Intel indicated its plans to progressively upgrade these GPUs with new features and optimisations over time.
Spec-wise, both GPUs are based on the BMG-G21 silicon powering the brand’s gaming Arc B580, made using a 5nm node. The smaller B50 targets graphics and content creators with its 16 Xe2 cores, 128 XMX engines, and 16GB of memory, leaving the more demanding machine-learning tasks to B60 with its 20 Xe2 cores, 160 XMX engines, and 24GB of VRAM.
According to Intel, B50 and B60 offer 170 TOPS and 197 TOPS of peak AI performance respectively, alongside 224GB/s and 456GB/s of memory bandwidth. Team Blue estimates the total board power consumption of B50 at 70W, with B60 featuring a configurable range from 120W to 200W. The latter’s power target will depend on the cooler’s capabilities. Regardless, both chips will connect to the motherboard via a PCIe 5.0 x8 interface.
Aside from raw performance, Intel is also counting on its Project Battlematrix Linux software stack, which enables scalable multi-GPU configurations of up to eight cards, resulting in 192GB of total VRAM to accelerate large-language models with over 70 billion parameters. Intel has shared a bunch of slides highlighting Pro B Series competitive performance across different professional and AI tasks. The brand claimed up to a 2.7x uplift over RTX 5060 Ti 16GB in DeepSeek R1, QwQ, and Qwen 2.5 using 32B Int4 models.
Most models seem to focus on a blower style or fanless cooler that relies on the server’s built-in fans, making for slim graphics cards that can fit inside multi-GPU workstations and racks. Interestingly, some partners seem to have settled for the newer 12V-2×6 power connector instead of the regular 8-pin, even though GPU power requirements are perfectly fine for the latter.
Intel is partnering with ASRock, Gunnir, Maxsun, Sparkle, Onix, Senao, and Lanneto to offer custom board designs, including a dual-GPU B60 variant expected to pack 48GB of VRAM. The company aims to challenge Nvidia and AMD in the workstation segment by offering high memory capacities at competitive prices, in addition to open-software support and flexible configurations. Intel Arc Pro B50 and B60 GPUs will become available in Q3 2025, starting at $299 for the B50, with full feature enablement scheduled for Q4.
