Intel announces Arc A-series discrete GPUs for laptops, desktops' to follow

Intel Arc A-series discrete GPUs come in Arc 3, Arc 5, and Arc 7 range. The Arc 3 is now available in laptops starting $899

American chipmaker Intel has announced its maiden discrete graphic processing units (GPUs) for laptops. Called Intel Arc A-series, the GPUs are based on Intel’s new Xe Hyper Performance Graphics microarchitecture (Xe HPG). The first batch of laptop GPUs include Arc 3, Arc 5, and Arc 7. The Arc 3 is now available in laptops starting $899. The Arc 5 and Arc 7 will be available for advanced laptops later this year.

Speaking of the Arc 3 series, it comes in two variants -- A350M and A370M. The A350M has six Xe-cores, six ray tracing cores, and a power envelop of 25-35W.