Intel has unveiled two new additions to its Intel Arc Pro A-series professional GPUs, namely the Intel Arc Pro A60 and Pro A60M. These GPUs offer enhanced performance and are specifically designed for professional workstation users. Key features include up to 12GB of video memory (VRAM), support for four displays with high dynamic range (HDR), and Dolby Vision support.
Intel Announces Intel Arc Pro A60 and Pro A60M GPUs
The significance of these new products lies in their notable improvements over existing Intel Arc Pro GPUs. Compared to their predecessors, the Intel Arc Pro A60 and A60M offer double the number of PCIe lanes (16), twice the memory bandwidth (384 gigabytes per second), twice the dedicated AI Xe Matrix Extensions (XMX) engines (256), and twice the number of ray tracing units (16).
They also provide comprehensive media encode and decode support, including AV1. These features make Intel Arc Pro GPUs highly suitable for tasks such as computer-aided design and modeling (CAD/CAM), AI inferencing, and media processing in professional business environments.
Intel ensures regular performance optimizations through quarterly driver releases for the Intel Arc Pro GPUs and certifies them for use with leading workstation applications in various industries, such as architecture, engineering, construction, design, and manufacturing. Applications 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, and Siemens Solid Edge are among the ISV-certified software.
Intel also optimizes its workstation GPUs for media and entertainment applications like Blender and utilizes rendering and ray tracing libraries in the Intel oneAPI Rendering Toolkit to enable the creation of high-performance, visually immersive experiences on a large scale.
The Intel Arc Pro A60 GPU for workstation desktops will be available through Intel authorized distributors in the coming weeks, while the Intel Arc Pro A60M GPU for mobile systems will be available from original equipment manufacturers (OEM) partners in the coming months. HP currently offers workstation designs featuring the Intel Arc Pro A40 GPU, with Dell and Lenovo expected to release their designs in the third quarter of 2023.
Furthermore, the Intel Arc Pro GPU family is validated for use with Intel NUC 13 Extreme small form factor (SFF) PCs, which feature unlocked 125W 13th Gen Intel Core processors.
Intel Arc Pro desktop products come with a three-year limited warranty.
