Intel Launches Arc Pro A60 Graphics Card: ACM-G12 GPU, 12 GB VRAM, All In A 130W Single-Slot Design For $130

Intel has unveiled new entrants in the professional GPU lineup, the Arc Pro A60 & A60M Mobile, featuring the Alchemist architecture.

Intel Brings Enhanced Workstation Performance With the Arc A60 Pro & A60M Mobile GPU: 2048 Cores, 12 GB, 130W Single-Slot Design At $130 US

The Intel Arc Pro A60 GPU lineup is based on the Xe-HPG "Alchemist" architecture. Diving into the specifications, it features 16 Xe Cores with 256 shading units, 2048 floating point units, and 12 GB GDDR6 memory with a 192-bit memory interface.

These specs are a significant improvement over the previous generation, the Arc Pro P50, which featured only 8 Xe Cores and 8 GB GDDR6 memory. Total board power consumption is marked at 130W by Intel, which is decent and suitable for every mid-tier workstation. The card will require a single power connector to feed its GPU.

What makes the Intel Arc Pro A60 more consumer-friendly is its small form factor. The GPU comes with a single-slot design and the usual blower design. Not only will the GPU fit in most SFF PCs, but the blower design will also contribute to heat dissipation. The GPU also has ventilation cutouts at both the top and the bottom. The Arc Pro A60 has a matte black finish with the Intel Arc branding on the top.

Now coming to the mobile GPU, the A60M, features similar core specifications then it's desktop counterpart but a cut-down memory capacity of 8 GB on a 128-bit bus. This comes with a peak power consumption of 95W, much less than the A60 Pro, considering it is intended for laptops.

Both GPUs feature a PCIe 4.0 x16 configuration, which is also a vast improvement from previous Arc Pro offerings on the same architecture which were limited to a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface. The main thing to point out about these two GPUs is that they utilize the new Alchemist ACM-G12 GPU and this is the first time this chip has been seen in action after months of waiting. Here is how Intel describes the industry applications of this GPU:

Intel Arc Pro GPUs are backed by quarterly driver releases for regular performance optimizations and ISV-certifie¹ by leading workstation applications used within the architecture, engineering and construction, and design and manufacturing industries, such as:

• Autodesk 3ds Max
• Autodesk AutoCAD
• Autodesk Fusion 360
• Autodesk Inventor
• Autodesk Maya
• Bentley MicroStation
• Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS
• Nemetscheck VectorWorks
• PTC Creo
• Siemens NX
• Siemens Solid Edge

Intel’s workstation GPUs are also optimized for media and entertainment applications like Blender and run rendering and ray tracing libraries in the Intel® oneAPI Rendering Toolkit to enable the creation of high-performance, high-fidelity visual experiences at scale.

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Intel's Arc Pro A60 is going to feature a price of $175 US which is very attractive, especially for a GPU that offers 12 GB memory and has workstation and content creation-ready drivers. This is going to bring in a lot of customers from Intel. The Arc A60 Pro & the A60M are expected to be released by Q2 2023.

Intel Arc Pro GPU Lineup:

GPU Name	Architecture	Process	Xe Cores / FP32 Units	Memory Config	Memory Bandwidth	TDP
Arc Pro A60	Alchemist Xe-HPG	TSMC 6nm	16 / 2048	16 GB G6 @ 192-bit	384 GB/s	130W
Arc Pro A50	Alchemist Xe-HPG	TSMC 6nm	8 / 1024	6 GB G6 @ 96-bit	192 GB/s	75W
Arc Pro A40	Alchemist Xe-HPG	TSMC 6nm	8 / 1024	6 GB G6 @ 96-bit	192 GB/s	50W
Arc Pro A60M	Alchemist Xe-HPG	TSMC 6nm	16 / 2048	8 GB G6 @ 128-bit	256 GB/s	65-95W
Arc Pro A30M	Alchemist Xe-HPG	TSMC 6nm	8 / 1024	4 GB G6 @ 64-bit	112 GB/s	35-50W

Written by Muhammad Zuhair Haider Zaidi