Intel’s new professional graphics card, the Arc Pro B50, made headlines for the first time with Geekbench test results. The card underperformed in the Vulkan and OpenCL tests.

Arc Pro B50 tested

Geekbench test results for the Intel Arc Pro B50 reveal that the card is approximately 20-25% slower than the higher-end Arc B570. Using a stripped-down version of the BMG-G21 chip, the Arc Pro B50 comes with 16 Xe2 cores.

This means less processing power than the 18-core configuration of the Arc B570. In the tests, the card achieved 78,661 points in Vulkan and 69,890 points in OpenCL. These scores are significantly lower than the Arc B570’s averages of 100,000 and 85,000 points, respectively.

While it lags behind in performance, the Arc Pro B50 offers significant advantages for the workstation segment. The card offers 16GB of GDDR6 VRAM over a 256-bit memory bus. This feature provides a higher memory capacity than the B570, which has 10GB of VRAM. Furthermore, PCIe 5.0 interface support ensures the card’s compatibility with future platforms.

Intel plans to offer the Arc Pro B50 and the more powerful Arc Pro B60 primarily in pre-built workstation systems, rather than selling them directly to end users. No official price announcement has been made yet regarding the card.

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