Virtually unnoticed, Intel has added 4 new graphics card variants to the Mesa driver. New IDs level to the Arc B750 and B770, that are anticipated to hit the market later this yr.
Intel has quietly added 4 new gadget IDs for as-yet-unannounced graphics playing cards to the Mesa driver setting for Linux. Up to now, so innocent – however the identifiers “0xe220,” “0xe221,” “0xe222,” and ‘0xe223’ all have the prefix “BMG” for Battlemage.
The crux of the matter: Since Intel explicitly labels the earlier Arc B570 and B580 with “BMG-G21” and this G21 chip is lacking from the brand new entries, that is seen as a touch that the BMG-G31 remains to be round.
BMG-G31 is the presumed chip for the Arc B770, which is more likely to be probably the most highly effective Battlemage graphics card.
An Arc B750, which was beforehand thought of to have been discarded, can be mentioned to be primarily based on the extra highly effective BMG-G31.
By the way, the Mesa driver serves as an essential indicator for upcoming {hardware} releases, as producers sometimes solely present the mandatory software program assist shortly earlier than market launch – which is one more reason why the ID entries are inflicting a stir.
Two fashions every for gaming and workstations
The anticipated new graphics playing cards are primarily based on the bigger BGM-G31 chip, which is alleged to supply considerably extra processing models than the present fashions.
The most recent leakssuggest that the Arc B770, because the flagship mannequin, may function as much as 32 Xe2 cores, 16 GB of GDDR6 reminiscence, and a 256-bit reminiscence bus. This configuration would allow a reminiscence bandwidth of 608 GB/s.
Videocardzalso reviews that BMG-G31 will likely be geared up with a PCIe 5.0 interface. Each the Arc B750 and Arc B770 are anticipated to hit the market within the fourth quarter of 2025.
The alleged Battlemage portfolio at a look
Arc B570
Arc B580
Arc B750*
Arc B770*
Chip
BMG-G2116 Xe² cores2,304 ALUs
BMG-G2120 Xe² cores2,560 ALUs
BMG-G3124 Xe² cores3,072 ALUs
BMG-G3132 Xe² cores4,096 ALUs
Reminiscence
10 GB GDDR6160-bit320 GB/s
12 GB GDDR6192-bit456 GB/s
12 GB GDDR6192-bit456 GB/s
16 GB GDDR6256-bit608 GB/s
TDP
150 watts
190 watts
220 watts
250 watts
Along with the Arc B770 and Arc B750, matching Professional variants for the skilled market are anticipated.
A few of these fashions are to be geared up with as much as 24 GB VRAM as a way to stay aggressive within the AI and workstation sector. Intel lately introduced the Arc Professional B50 and B60 for workstations at Computex 2025, that are additionally primarily based on the Battlemage structure.
