Intel Arc A310 Graphics Card Quietly Goes Official
Intel cuts price on entry-level Arc A380 following previously leaked Arc A380 official announcement Ark A310The Arc A380 was never powerful. The new A310 is based on the same 5nm TSMC fabbed ACM-G11 GPU, offering only 6 Xe cores (vs. 8 on the A380) and offering 50% less VRAM (4GB vs 6GB). A narrow 64-bit bus. From what we’ve seen in leaks and spills to date, the Intel Arc A310 will likely be marketed to people who only need basic GPU acceleration, possibly a low-profile graphics card design that doesn’t need GPU acceleration. There is only room for Requires additional power connector. It’s safe to say that the A310 won’t be on the list of best GPUs for gaming in 2022.
When a graphics card becomes official, it’s often followed by a flurry of partner press releases and product pages. At the time of writing, the Arc A310 seems a little neglected in the partner love stakes, perhaps due to its understated low-end nature. Surprised me. Nevertheless, now that we have the official specs, let’s incorporate them into our comparison table.
Intel Arc Alchemist Specifications
Ark A770 |
Ark A750 |
Ark A580 |
Ark A380 |
Ark A310 |
|
architecture |
ACM-G10 |
ACM-G10 |
ACM-G10 |
ACM-G11 |
ACM-G11 |
process technology |
TSMC N6 |
TSMC N6 |
TSMC N6 |
TSMC N6 |
TSMC N6 |
Transistor (billion) |
21.7 |
21.7 |
21.7 |
7.2 |
7.2 |
Die size (mm^2) |
406 |
406 |
406 |
157 |
157 |
Xe core |
32 |
28 |
twenty four |
8 |
6 |
GPU core (shader) |
4096 |
3584 |
3072 |
1024 |
768 |
MXM engine |
512 |
448 |
384 |
128 |
96 |
RTUs |
32 |
28 |
twenty four |
8 |
6 |
Game clock (MHz) |
2100 |
2050 |
1700 |
the year of 2000 |
the year of 2000 |
VRAM Speed (Gbps) |
17.5 |
16 |
16 |
15.5 |
15.5 |
VRAM (GB) |
16/8 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
Four |
VRAM bus width |
256 |
256 |
256 |
96 |
64 |
ROP |
128 |
128 |
128 |
32 |
|
TMU |
256 |
224 |
192 |
64 |
|
TFLOPS FP32 (Boost) |
17.2 |
14.7 |
10.4 |
4.1 |
|
TFLOPS FP16 (MXM) |
138 |
118 |
84 |
33 |
|
Bandwidth (GBps) |
560 |
512 |
512 |
186 |
124 |
PCIe link |
x16 4.0 |
x16 4.0 |
x16 4.0 |
x8 4.0 |
x16 4.0 |
TBP (Watts) |
225 |
225 |
150? |
75 |
75 |
Release date |
October 12, 2022 |
October 12, 2022 |
October 2022? |
June 2022 |
October 2022 |
starting price |
$329 |
? |
? |
$139 |
? |
At this stage, Intel’s Arc 310 spec has some oddities and inconsistencies depending on where you look.upon 1 page The game clock for this card is 2,000 MHz. Intel’s official site says 2,100 MHzIt’s also purported to offer PCIe 4.0 x16 support, but the A380 is limited to x8, which is unique. Finally, Intel says the Arc A310 is a 75W graphics card just like he’s A380, but we think a low profile partner solution could easily cut that down.
Yesterday, after an eternity of “soon”, Intel announced that the Arc A770 graphics card will be available starting October 12th with prices starting at $329 (8GB). No mention has been made of this A310, but the specs were published just hours ago.thanks to momomo_us to reveal them. No word yet on availability or pricing for the Arc A320. I’d also like to know what’s going on with the only Arc 500 card expected in this generation, the Arc A580 (specs listed in table above, but not Intel Arc) .