Updated
Updated · Wccftech · Jun 11
Maxsun's $949 Arc Pro B70 Delivers 32GB AI Muscle, Beating Arc B60 by 52%
Updated
Updated · Wccftech · Jun 11

Maxsun's $949 Arc Pro B70 Delivers 32GB AI Muscle, Beating Arc B60 by 52%

3 articles · Updated · Wccftech · Jun 11

Summary

  • Reviewed at $949, Maxsun’s Intel Arc Pro B70 pairs the new Big Battlemage BMG-G31 GPU with 32GB of GDDR6 and targets local AI, workstation and prosumer workloads.
  • Benchmarks showed the card averaging 52% faster than the Arc Pro B60 in 3DMark and about 70% ahead in Blender, while Intel rates it at up to 367 INT8 TOPS.
  • AI testing found the single-GPU 32GB setup well suited to 40B-plus models and usable for optimized 120B LLMs, with the review recommending it mainly for models up to 80B.
  • Gaming results were also strong despite the Pro branding, with the B70 roughly 40% faster than the Arc B580 in Cyberpunk 2077 and often 50% to 2x ahead of older Alchemist-based cards.
  • That mix of 32GB VRAM, stable Arc Pro drivers and sub-$1,000 pricing positions the B70 as a rare value option against far pricier Nvidia professional cards.

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