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Intel Arc Pro B70 Review

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Re: Intel Arc Pro B70 Review

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These seem amazing for hobbyist, but that TDP given the perf might be an issue deploying a lot of them

Its performance is pretty unbalanced. If you're using it for the couple of things that it's good at, the TDP is competitive.

Re: Intel Arc Pro B70 Review

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Time to first token is a very important performance metric, as I figured out using a Mac Studio M3 Ultra (that is quite slow on this aspect).

But 32GB for a TDP of 230W is perhaps not super interesting. Especially because you probably want to have more than one card. It's a lot of heat. You could use the cards for heating up a building, but heatpumps exist.

Re: Intel Arc Pro B70 Review

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Can you use those AI cards for gaming too? Or the makers intentionally nerf them, in order to better segment the markets/product lines?

The drivers often need per game optimisations these will be missing but I doubt Intel would nerf them, just rely on you not paying a lot for RAM the game won't use.
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