<s>
Intel	B-Device
Arc	I-Device
is	O
a	O
brand	O
of	O
graphics	B-Architecture
processing	I-Architecture
units	I-Architecture
designed	O
by	O
Intel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
discrete	B-Device
GPUs	I-Device
mostly	O
marketed	O
for	O
the	O
high-margin	O
PC	O
gaming	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-Device
Arc	I-Device
is	O
competing	O
with	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
GeForce	B-Application
and	O
AMD	O
's	O
Radeon	B-Device
lines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
missed	O
their	O
initial	O
Q2	O
2022	O
release	O
target	O
,	O
with	O
most	O
discrete	O
Arc	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
not	O
launching	O
until	O
October	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
officially	O
launched	O
the	O
Arc	O
Pro	O
workstation	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
on	O
August	O
8	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
under	O
the	O
previous	O
codename	O
"	O
DG2	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
generation	O
of	O
Intel	B-Device
Arc	I-Device
GPUs	B-Architecture
(	O
codenamed	O
"	O
Alchemist	O
"	O
)	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
30	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TSMC	O
manufactures	O
the	O
die	O
,	O
using	O
their	O
N6	B-Algorithm
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alchemist	O
uses	O
the	O
Intel	B-General_Concept
Xe	I-General_Concept
GPU	B-Architecture
architecture	O
,	O
or	O
more	O
specifically	O
,	O
the	O
Xe-HPG	O
variant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alchemist	O
supports	O
hardware-based	O
ray	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
,	O
XeSS	O
or	O
supersampling	B-Algorithm
based	O
on	O
neural	O
networks	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
DLSS	B-Device
)	O
,	O
and	O
DirectX	O
12	O
Ultimate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AV1	B-Application
fixed-function	O
hardware	O
encoder	O
is	O
included	O
in	O
Alchemist	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Intel	B-Algorithm
Quick	I-Algorithm
Sync	I-Algorithm
Video	I-Algorithm
core	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
confirmed	O
ASTC	O
support	O
has	O
been	O
removed	O
from	O
hardware	O
starting	O
with	O
Alchemist	O
and	O
future	O
Intel	B-Device
Arc	I-Device
GPU	B-Architecture
microarchitectures	O
will	O
also	O
not	O
support	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-Device
Arc	I-Device
Alchemist	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
SR-IOV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-Device
Arc	I-Device
Alchemist	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
Direct3D	B-Application
9	O
natively	O
,	O
instead	O
falling	O
back	O
on	O
the	O
D3D9On12	O
wrapper	O
which	O
translates	O
Direct3D	B-Application
9	O
calls	O
to	O
their	O
Direct3D	B-Application
12	O
equivalents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-Device
Arc	I-Device
support	O
OpenCL	O
3.0	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
this	O
GPU	B-Architecture
can	O
work	O
in	O
the	O
grid	B-Architecture
World	B-Operating_System
Community	I-Operating_System
Grid	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
also	O
revealed	O
future	O
generations	O
of	O
Intel	B-Device
Arc	I-Device
GPUs	B-Architecture
under	O
development	O
:	O
Battlemage	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
Xe2	O
)	O
,	O
Celestial	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
Xe3	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Druid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
XeSS	O
is	O
a	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
deep	O
learning	O
image	O
upsampling	B-Algorithm
technology	O
developed	O
primarily	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
video	O
games	O
as	O
a	O
competitor	O
to	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
DLSS	B-Device
and	O
AMD	O
's	O
FSR	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
XeSS	O
is	O
not	O
restricted	O
to	O
Intel	B-Device
Arc	I-Device
graphics	B-Device
cards	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
utilize	O
XMX	O
instructions	O
exclusive	O
to	O
Intel	B-Device
Arc	I-Device
graphics	B-Device
cards	I-Device
,	O
but	O
will	O
fall	O
back	O
to	O
utilizing	O
DP4a	O
instructions	O
on	O
competing	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
that	O
have	O
support	O
for	O
DP4a	O
instructions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XeSS	O
is	O
trained	O
with	O
64	O
samples	O
per	O
pixel	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
Nvidia	B-Device
DLSS	I-Device
's	O
16	O
samples	O
per	O
pixel	O
(	O
16K	B-Device
reference	O
images	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Performance	O
on	O
Intel	B-Device
Arc	I-Device
GPUs	B-Architecture
has	O
suffered	O
from	O
poor	O
driver	O
support	O
,	O
particularly	O
at	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
investigation	O
by	O
Gamers	O
Nexus	O
discovered	O
43	O
known	O
driver	O
issues	O
with	O
Arc	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
,	O
prompting	O
a	O
response	O
and	O
acknowledgement	O
of	O
the	O
issues	O
from	O
Intel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
beta	O
driver	O
from	O
October	O
2022	O
accidentally	O
reduced	O
the	O
memory	O
clock	O
by	O
9%	O
on	O
the	O
Arc	O
A770	B-Device
from	O
2187MHz	O
to	O
2000MHz	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
17%	O
reduction	O
in	O
memory	O
bandwidth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Officially	O
,	O
Intel	B-Device
Arc	I-Device
only	O
supports	O
the	O
DirectX	O
11	O
,	O
DirectX	O
12	O
and	O
Vulkan	B-Application
APIs	I-Application
in	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
Arc	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
perform	O
worse	O
in	O
older	O
games	O
that	O
are	O
based	O
exclusively	O
on	O
DirectX	O
9	O
such	O
as	O
CS:GO	B-Application
,	O
League	B-Application
of	I-Application
Legends	I-Application
and	O
StarCraft	B-Application
II	I-Application
when	O
compared	O
to	O
similar	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
from	O
Nvidia	O
and	O
AMD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Intel	O
,	O
the	O
driver	O
update	O
made	O
Arc	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
up	O
to	O
1.8x	O
faster	O
in	O
DirectX	O
9	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
February	O
2023	O
driver	O
update	O
further	O
improved	O
Intel	B-Device
Arc	I-Device
's	O
performance	O
on	O
DX9	O
based	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
