Last week on December 13th we saw the launch of the Intel Arc B580, Team Blue’s latest discrete graphics card. So far, it looks to have been a relative success, selling out already – though it isn’t immediately clear how big Intel went with the number of units being stocked on release day. In any case, if you’re looking to find one, a giveaway from (newly added) board partner Maxsun is the perfect opportunity.
You can find the Intel Arc B580 at many big retailers, Newegg being the best we’ve found so far. Even still, the card remains out of stock at the time of writing, unless you cough up more than $100 extra for one of the GUNNIR models shipped from China. We wouldn’t recommend that considering the B580 excels in price to performance, starting from just $249.99.
Maxsun is running an Intel Arc B580 giveaway this week
Between December 16th and 23rd, you can enter a giveaway for the MAXSUN Intel Arc B580 iCraft 12G. Entering the giveaway is simple, just follow the instructions below:
- Go to Maxsun’s giveaway post on X
- Follow the MaxsunOfficial account
- Like the giveaway post
- Repost
The giveaway is open to those located in North America, Asia, and Europe.
| Specification | MAXSUN Intel Arc B580 iCraft |
|---|---|
| GPU architecture | Xe2 (20x cores) |
| Base clock speed / Boost clock speed | 2670 MHz / 2850 MH\ |
| VRAM | 12GB GDDR6 |
| Memory clock speed | 19 Gbps |
| Memory bandwidth | 456 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 192-bit |
| Bus interface | PCIe 4.0 x 8 |
| Display connectivity | DisplayPort 2.1 (x3), HDMI 2.1a (x1) |
| Power connector | 8+8 pin ATX 12V |
| TDP | 190W |
| Dimensions | 312mm x 112mm x 43.6mm |
We see the Intel Arc B580 as a fantastic mid-range graphics card, especially if you’re finally looking to upgrade from generations-old hardware. During the big reveal, Intel demonstrated that the B580 offers “25% better performance per dollar” compared to its close competition, the RTX 4060 and RX 7600.
It seems like Intel understands the need for more VRAM in budget-friendly GPUs, especially considering modern games like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle can deliver poor performance on an 8GB card, at least if you want to run it with higher texture settings. In fact, the RTX 3060 showed it could hold up better in this regard thanks to its more capable 12GB memory.
- GPU: BMG-G21
- VRAM: 12GB GDDR6
- Memory bus width: 192-bit
- Boost clock speed: 2,670 MHz
- Shading units: 2,560
- Bandwidth: 456.0 GB/s
- Base clock speed: 2,670 MHz
