Intel Battlemage Hub - Tech News, Reviews & Guides

Intel Battlemage is Intel's second-generation Arc GPU lineup, built on Xe2-HPG architecture with major upgrades over Alchemist. With models like the Arc B580 and B570, Battlemage targets mainstream gamers and creators with faster ray tracing, XeSS 2 upscaling, and an alternative to NVIDIA and AMD. Launches began in late 2024, putting those improvements to the test in real-world games and benchmarks.

59 news stories · 1 reviewUpdated September 29, 2026

Latest

NewsIntel's Arc Pro B70 'Big Battlemage' GPU falls behind RTX 5060 Ti in gaming performance

May 5, 2026 | The Intel Arc Pro B70 is the 32GB AI workstation version of what could have been the 'Big Battlemage' gaming GPU many have been waiting for.

NewsIntel Arc Pro B70 'Big Battlemage' gaming performance tested, a lot faster than the Arc Pro B60

March 30, 2026 | Gaming performance on the Intel Arc Pro B70 shows us that an Intel Arc B770 'Big Battlemage' GPU would have been a decent 1440p performer.

NewsIntel finally announces 'Big Battlemage' with new Arc Pro B70 and Arc Pro B65 graphics cards

March 26, 2026 | The Intel Arc Pro B70 GPU has finally arrived, with 32 Xe cores and 32GB of GDDR6 memory, making the 'Big Battlemage' debut all about AI.

NewsIntel Arc B770, aka Big Battlemage, has reportedly been canceled due to AI

February 3, 2026 | A new report citing sources at Intel is saying that the company has canceled the Intel Arc B770 in favor of the workstation, AI-focused Arc...

NewsIntel's partners confirm that there's still no Arc B770 'Big Battlemage' GPU

January 15, 2026 | The Intel Arc B770 desktop GPU was a CES 2026 no-show, and according to a new report Intel's partners have yet to see the B770 up close.

$1179 USD

7 days ago: $1179 USD30 days ago: $1179 USD

$1179 USD

BuyBuy at Amazon

£1296.50

7 days ago: £1296.7030 days ago: £1312.11

CheckCheck Price at Amazon

Check Price

CheckCheck Price at Amazon

Check Price

CheckCheck Price at Newegg

Check Price

CheckCheck Price at Newegg

Check Price

CheckCheck Price at PC Case Gear

Intel Battlemage News

NewsIntel's Arc Pro B70 'Big Battlemage' GPU falls behind RTX 5060 Ti in gaming performance

May 5, 2026 | The Intel Arc Pro B70 is the 32GB AI workstation version of what could have been the 'Big Battlemage' gaming GPU many have been waiting for.

NewsIntel Arc Pro B70 'Big Battlemage' gaming performance tested, a lot faster than the Arc Pro B60

March 30, 2026 | Gaming performance on the Intel Arc Pro B70 shows us that an Intel Arc B770 'Big Battlemage' GPU would have been a decent 1440p performer.

NewsIntel finally announces 'Big Battlemage' with new Arc Pro B70 and Arc Pro B65 graphics cards

March 26, 2026 | The Intel Arc Pro B70 GPU has finally arrived, with 32 Xe cores and 32GB of GDDR6 memory, making the 'Big Battlemage' debut all about AI.

NewsIntel Arc B770, aka Big Battlemage, has reportedly been canceled due to AI

February 3, 2026 | A new report citing sources at Intel is saying that the company has canceled the Intel Arc B770 in favor of the workstation, AI-focused Arc...

NewsIntel's partners confirm that there's still no Arc B770 'Big Battlemage' GPU

January 15, 2026 | The Intel Arc B770 desktop GPU was a CES 2026 no-show, and according to a new report Intel's partners have yet to see the B770 up close.

NewsIntel's discrete Arc B770 'Big Battlemage' GPU was a no show at CES, is it time to move on?

January 13, 2026 | The Intel Arc B770 GPU was a no show at CES 2026 as Intel put all of its PC gaming focus on its new Panther Lake-powered Core Ultra Series 3...

NewsIntel Arc B770, aka Big Battlemage, could be a 300W GPU

December 9, 2025 | New shipping manifests indicate that Intel is testing a new desktop GPU with a 300W TDP rating, and it could be the long-rumored Intel Arc B770...

NewsIntel confirms that the more powerful 'Big Battlemage' GPU exists, Intel Arc B770 coming soon?

December 7, 2025 | A new update to Intel VTune Profiler adds support for the BMG-31 GPU chip, aka Big Battlemage, aka the Intel Arc B770 desktop graphics card.

NewsIntel getting closer to launching its more powerful Arc B770 'Battlemage' GPU

September 9, 2025 | A new shipping manifest with potential Intel Arc B770 packaging has been spotted, pointing to Big Battlemage finally making its way to PC gamers...

NewsIntel Arc Celestial discrete GPUs, or Battlemage-next, reach 'pre-silicon validation'

May 7, 2025 | Discrete Xe3 'Celestial' GPUs have passed an important development milestone, but it remains to be seen if we see a third generation of Intel...

NewsIntel's high-end Battlemage GPU, the Arc B770, could be unveiled at Computex 2025

May 6, 2025 | According to new reports it looks like Intel is actively producing Intel Arc B770 Limited Edition GPUs for a potential Computex 2025 reveal...

NewsNew rumor keeps hope alive that Intel might have a more powerful Battlemage GPU still incoming

May 1, 2025 | Shipment manifests of components sent to Intel Vietnam - which has produced reference graphics cards in the past - hint that BMG-G31 is still...

NewsSPARKLE confirms Intel to launch Arc Battlemage GPU with 24GB of GDDR6 in May-June, at Computex

April 21, 2025 | SPARKLE confirms that Intel will be launching a new Arc Battlemage GPU with 24GB of VRAM sometime between May and June, right in time for Computex...

NewsHigh hopes for Intel Battlemage B770, or other beefy 2nd-gen Arc GPU have seemingly been dashed

March 28, 2025 | Rumors of a higher-end BMG-G31 GPU for the Battlemage generation have been around for a while, but apparently Intel killed this idea quite some...

NewsSick of NVIDIA's RTX 5000 stock shortages? High-end Intel Battlemage GPU rumor may cheer you up

January 31, 2025 | Already fed up with NVIDIA's next-gen GPUs having sold out in a flash? A hint of a B770 has been dropped, perhaps to offer the RTX 5070 some...

NewsIntel Arc B570, Team Blue's entry-level Battlemage desktop gaming GPU, is out today

January 16, 2025 | Intel's second desktop Battlemage GPU is here, with the Intel Arc B570 joining the Arc B580 this week. Stay tuned for our full review.

NewsMSI's Claw 8 and Claw 7 AI+ Intel Arc 'Battlemage' gaming handhelds impress at CES 2025

January 10, 2025 | Hands on with the new MSI Claw gaming handhelds at CES 2025. Powered by Lunar Lake and Intel Arc 'Battlemage,' they have no trouble running...

NewsIntel is prepping to launch a new Arc 'Battlemage' GPU with 24GB of VRAM in 2025

December 29, 2024 | An Intel Arc Pro Battlemage GPU with 24GB of VRAM is on track for 2025, targeting the AI and Pro market where VRAM capacity is king.

NewsGPU-Z v2.61.0 released: supports AMD's next-gen Navi 48 'RDNA 4' GPU series, Battlemage GPUs

December 19, 2024 | GPU-Z 2.61.0 released: supports Intel's new Arc B580 and B570 'Battlemage' GPUs, as well as preliminary support for AMD's new RDNA 4-based Navi...

NewsIntel's Xe3 'Battlemage-next' architecture has been finalized, team already working on Xe4

December 5, 2024 | On PCWorld's The Full Nerd Podcast, Intel's Tom Petersen has confirmed that Intel is already working on Xe4 and that Xe3 or 'Battlemage-next...

NewsIntel has been testing Battlemage GPU drivers 24/7 to ensure a smooth launch

December 3, 2024 | 'Quality Assurance has been as if our life depended on it because I think it does,' Intel's Tom Petersen said when asked about Battlemage launch...

NewsIntel Arc B580 'Battlemage' GPU announced - 1440p Ultra gaming for $249

December 3, 2024 | It's official, the Intel Arc B580 GPU is launching on December 12, 2044, the first desktop Battlemage card - and it's built for 1440p gaming...

NewsIntel launching two Battlemage GPUs - Arc B570 with 10GB and Arc B580 with 12GB of VRAM

December 1, 2024 | Spec sheets for the ASRock Intel Arc B570 Challenger 10GB OC and ASRock Intel Arc B580 Steel Legend 12GB OC point to two Battlemage GPUs coming...

NewsIntel Arc Battlemage is official, full reveal coming December 3

December 1, 2024 | Intel is planning to make a big GPU announcement this week, and all signs point to it being the first next-gen desktop Battlemage Intel Arc...

NewsIntel plans to release more desktop GPUs after the first Arc Battlemage card debuts in December

November 28, 2024 | The first desktop Battlemage GPU product, the Intel Arc B580, is around the corner and it looks like Intel still has plans for more Arc GPU...

NewsIntel Arc B580 Limited Edition 'Battlemage' graphics card spotted for $250, more specs emerge

November 28, 2024 | We could be looking at an Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition GPU launch in December and a $250 price point for Intel's first Battlemage desktop...

NewsIntel Arc 'Battlemage' B80 GPU spotted - ASRock Steel Legend and Challenger models leak

November 24, 2024 | ASRock Intel Arc B580 Steel Legend and ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger cards have leaked, the first next-gen Battlemage GPUs from Intel.

NewsIntel Arc B580 'Battlemage' GPU appears, and the budget card could be here in December

November 18, 2024 | Packaging for the new Intel Arc B580 budget desktop gaming GPU has appeared in a shipping manifest, with rumors pointing to a December launch...

NewsIntel Arc Battlemage GPU leaks: AIBs have 'almost ZERO desire to gamble on Arc' again

October 20, 2024 | Intel's next-gen Battlemage GPU update: top Battlemage GPU will offer RTX 4070 levels of performance, but AIBs have almost 'zero desire' in...

NewsIntel Battlemage desktop GPU reveal could be imminent - mark October 29 in your diary

October 16, 2024 | Inside two weeks we could know what the 2nd-gen of Arc looks like, and whether Battlemage graphics cards are going to really pep up the budget...

NewsIntel Battlemage desktop GPU benchmark spotted, scores similar to current-gen Arc

September 27, 2024 | A Geekbench OpenCL benchmark result for a next-gen Intel Arc Battlemage GPU has appeared online and it raises more questions than it answers...

NewsMSI Claw 8 is the first Windows 11 gaming handheld with Intel's new Lunar Lake 'Battlemage' GPU

September 5, 2024 | MSI Claw 8 AI+ is set to launch in January 2025, MSI's next-gen PC gaming handheld features an 8-inch display, Lunar Lake, and Xe2 'Battlemage...

NewsIntel says Xe2 'Battlemage' GPU inside of Lunar Lake CPUs is the 'world's best built-in GPU'

September 4, 2024 | Intel's new Core Ultra 200V series 'Lunar Lake' CPUs have next-gen Xe2 'Battlemage' integrated GPUs with over 50%+ more performance.

NewsIntel says it is 'ready to take our second crack' on the GPU market with next-gen Battlemage

August 22, 2024 | Intel hypes its next-gen Xe2 GPU: says they are 'ready to take our second crack at GPU market with next-gen Battlemage discrete graphics cards...

NewsIntel Arc Battlemage graphics card tease: 14 Xe2 GPU cores, 12GB GDDR6 at 19Gbps on 192-bit bus

August 9, 2024 | Intel's next-generation Arc Battlemage 'Xe2' graphics card spotted: 14 Xe2 GPU cores, 12GB of GDDR6 at 19Gbps on a 192-bit memory bus.

NewsIntel's next-gen Arc Battlemage 'Xe2' GPUs rumored to launch in Q4 2024

August 9, 2024 | Intel's next-generation Arc Battlemage 'Xe2' GPUs rumored for a Q4 2024 launch, with a 50% performance improvement over Arc Alchemist.

NewsIntel's next-gen Arc Battlemage 'Xe2' discrete GPUs rumored to be on TSMC's 4nm process node

July 7, 2024 | Intel's next-gen Arc Battlemage 'Xe2' desktop GPUs are coming, with a new report disclosing Intel will use TSMC's 4nm node for desktop Battlemage...

NewsIntel Arc Battlemage X2 and X3 GPUs spotted: up to 448 EUs on a 256-bit memory bus

June 30, 2024 | Intel's next-generation Arc Battlemage X2 and X3 GPUs teased: up to 448 EUs and 256-bit memory bus, with Battlemage 'X3' using the BMG-G10 GPU...

NewsIntel Open Image Denoise software now supports Arrow Lake, Lunar Lake CPUs, Battlemage Xe2 GPUs

June 18, 2024 | Intel's Open Image Denoise software now supports its upcoming Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake integrated GPUs, next-gen Battlemage 'Xe2' GPU architecture...

NewsIntel's next-gen Xe2 'Battlemage' GPU: 50% perf uplift, Lunar Lake first, discrete GPUs later

June 5, 2024 | Intel's next-gen Xe2 GPU is official: will start on upcoming Lunar Lake CPUs while next-gen Arc Battlemage GPUs will arrive in discrete form...

NewsIntel next-gen Lunar Lake CPU preview: over 100 TOPS for AI, 50% faster Battlemage GPU, more

May 20, 2024 | Intel's next-gen Lunar Lake CPU previewed: over 100 TOPS of AI performance, 50% faster Battlemage 'Xe2' GPU, faster CPU than Zen 4, Snapdragon...

NewsIntel's next-gen Battlemage Xe2 and Celestial Xe3 GPUs rumored to be delayed, even cancelled

May 5, 2024 | Intel's next-gen Arc Battlemage Xe2 and Arc Celestial Xe3 GPUs could be delayed or outright cancelled according to the latst rumors.

NewsEarly benchmarks show Intel's next-gen Battlemage GPU could deliver 2X performance increase

May 1, 2024 | Intel's upcoming Lunar Lake CPU architecture for mobile will include the next-gen Arc 'Battlemage' GPU architecture, and early benchmarks show...

NewsIntel Battlemage rumor is good news for a change - GPUs could arrive in time for Black Friday

April 9, 2024 | Might we even hope for an October launch for Intel's 2nd-gen Arc graphics cards? Possibly, despite other rumors of a delay to early 2025.

NewsTT Show Episode 29 - RDNA 4, Intel Battlemage, GTA 6, Steam on Xbox, and AI goes nuclear

April 5, 2024 | On Episode 29 of The TT Show Jak and Kosta also look at another impressive OLED display, the perils of space debris, and creepy robots being...

NewsIntel Battlemage GPUs have shown up in shipping manifests, the Arc follow up is coming soon

March 31, 2024 | Intel looks to be in the final stages of prepping the Battlemage GPU launch in 2024, so we're expected a full announcement of next-gen Arc graphics...

NewsIntel's next-gen Battlemage Xe2-HPG GPU with up to 24 GPU cores, 12GB VRAM spotted

March 25, 2024 | Intel's next-gen Battlemage 'Xe2-HPG' GPU shows up with 20 + 24 GPU cores, 12GB of VRAM running in SiSoft Sandra benchmark database.

NewsIntel next-gen flagship Battlemage GPU leaked specs: performance similar to RTX 4070 SUPER

January 28, 2024 | Intel's next-gen flagship Battlemage desktop GPU rumored to feature 512 EUs, TSMC 5nm process node, 16GB of VRAM on a 256-bit memory bus.

NewsIntel rumored to not have next-gen Battlemage GPUs for laptops, only discrete graphics cards

January 28, 2024 | Intel's next-gen Battlemage GPUs for laptops already cancelled, will be made in desktop and workstation form only... Battlemage is also PCIe...

NewsIntel Arc driver offers 30% boosts for DX11 games, sparking excitement for Battlemage GPUs

January 24, 2024 | Intel has teased that its imminent driver release is going to offer an average of 30% better fps for some DX11 games, which is pretty impressive...

NewsIntel Arc Battlemage Xe2 GPUs confirmed: in the lab already, next-gen Celestial Xe3 GPUs teased

January 10, 2024 | Intel says its engineering team is now working on next-gen Arc Battlemage Xe2 GPUs, while the next-next-gen Celestial Xe3 GPU was teased at...

NewsIntel's apparently on track to launch Battlemage GPUs in 2024

December 20, 2023 | A slide from an Intel presentation shows that Battlemage graphics cards are coming in 2024, though there's still a slight element of doubt.

NewsIntel's Battlemage GPUs might be a 'fireball' spell rather than just 'burning hands'

October 17, 2023 | But maybe not a 'meteor swarm' as we won't get high-end graphics cards, a leaker tells us, but we might get a spectrum of low-to-mid GPUs as...

NewsNext-gen Intel Arc Battlemage 'BGM-G10' GPU has been spotted in a lab during a tour

August 29, 2023 | As part of an Intel Tech Tour someone spotted some next-gen Intel Arc GPUs - codenamed Battlemage - in the company's 'Failure Analysis Lab'.

NewsIntel Battlemage GPUs could be faster than hoped, and may give an RTX 4070 a run for its money

August 17, 2023 | Clues dug up by a leaker suggest Battlemage will have a beefy enough flagship, perhaps good enough to match the RTX 4070 - or even beat it?

NewsIntel Battlemage rumor suggests 2nd-gen GPUs might be too little, too late, sadly

July 7, 2023 | Intel Arc rumors are indicating that if Battlemage GPUs aren't already a lost cause, these graphics cards are seriously floundering.

NewsIntel GPU ASIC team tease: next-gen Battlemage, Celestial GPUs coming

September 5, 2022 | Intel GPU ASIC team has moved onto next-gen Battlemage and Celestian GPU architectures, Intel GPU team says 'we're not going anywhere'.

NewsIntel Arc Alchemist aXXX, Battlemage bXXX, Celestial cXXX naming tease

September 26, 2021 | We can expect Intel to have the Intel Arc a170, Intel Arc a150, Intel Arc a130 graphics cards -- could be the potential naming.

NewsIntel ARC GPU roadmap: Alchemist, Battlemage, Celestial, Druid teased

August 19, 2021 | Intel details its multi-year roadmap for its new ARC series graphics cards: Alchemist drops in Q1 2022, Druid is years away.

Intel Battlemage Reviews

ReviewASUS Zenbook S14 Laptop Review - Lunar Lake and Intel Xe2 "Battlemage"

September 24, 2024 | The new ASUS Zenbook S14 laptop takes efficiency to another level with Intel Lunar Lake, offering 16 hours of battery in a thin and light work...