Technical Details
Sparkle has introduced the Intel Arc Pro B50 16GB Blower graphics card (SBP50W-16G). The card features a single-slot cooling system. It is designed for workstations and multi-GPU systems.
The centrifugal fan in the cooling system blows hot air away from the components. The card measures 242 × 142 × 21.5 mm and weighs 500 grams.
The Intel Arc Pro B50 16GB Blower features a GPU with 16 Xe cores, 16 ray tracing units, and 128 XMX matrix engines. The GPU clock speed is 2600 MHz. The AI performance is 170 INT8 TOPS.
The GDDR6 memory supports a 128-bit bus, has a speed of 14 Gbps, and provides a bandwidth of 224 GB/s. The card uses a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface and does not require additional power.
Sparkle states that the power consumption of the Arc Pro B50 16GB Blower is 72 W, which is 2 W higher than Intel's nominal value for this model.
The card has four DisplayPort 2.1 outputs supporting monitors with resolutions up to 7680 × 4320 pixels at 60 Hz.
Sparkle also mentions support for Linux LLM multi-processor architecture and certified drivers for AI, design, engineering, and media content tasks.
The card supports OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 3.0, Adaptive Sync, AV1 encoding and decoding, and VP9 bitstream decoding.
The official recommended price of the Intel Arc Pro B50 is $349, but Sparkle uses a custom PCB. The company has not announced the price of the card.
Context and Background
Intel introduced the Arc Pro series, including B70 and B65 models. Sparkle is one of Intel's partners offering solutions based on these GPUs.
Industry Impact
The Sparkle Arc Pro B50 Blower offers a compact and efficient solution for workstations requiring high performance and reliability. This solution may be particularly interesting for tasks related to artificial intelligence, design, and engineering.