Intel's second-generation Xe2 Arc GPUs are real, and once again, they could be compelling options for gamers looking for capable video cards under 250. Confirming leaks from the past week, Intel today unveiled the 249 Arc B580 and the slightly less capable 219 B570, both of which target 1,440p gaming. They feature the company's new XeSS2 AI capabilities (which are also coming to the older Arc cards), including Super Resolution upscaling (like the original XeSS), frame generation and low latency modes. The goal, according to Intel, is to deliver more performance per dollar compared to NVIDIA's 299 RTX 4060 and AMD's Radeon 7600. It's a noble pitch, but one that's also a repeat of what Intel attempted with its previous Arc GPUs.

Artificial Intelligence and deep learning are constantly in the headlines these days, whether it be ChatGPT generating poor advice, self-driving cars, artists being accused of using AI, medical advice from AI, and more. Most of these tools rely on complex servers with lots of hardware for training, but using the trained network via inference can be done on your PC, using its graphics card. But how fast are consumer GPUs for doing AI inference? We've benchmarked Stable Diffusion, a popular AI image creator, on the latest Nvidia, AMD, and even Intel GPUs to see how they stack up. If you've by chance tried to get Stable Diffusion up and running on your own PC, you may have some inkling of how complex -- or simple!

After years of teases, promises, and hype, a third heavy-hitting player enters the graphics card game today, aiming to shake up the Nvidia/AMD duopoly. Intel's hotly anticipated Arc GPUs hit the streets today--though not in the way you might expect. Rather than debuting in desktop form, Arc's grand reveal comes via laptops, which can drive home some of the enticingly delicious advantages Intel can provide in tuned systems revolving around its Core CPUs and Arc GPUs. Today, Intel took the wraps off its Arc A-series mobile GPUs, launching only the most humble variants--the affordable Arc 3 series. The A350M and A370M will appear in laptops available for preorder today, with prices starting at $899.