GUNNIR Arc A380 Gets a Huge Discount, Price Drops By 40%

GUNNIR's Intel Arc A380 graphics card pricing has dropped by up to 40% ahead of the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival holiday.

GUNNIR's Intel Arc A380 graphics card has been discounted significantly by Chinese retailer, JD. The reason for the price drop is the upcoming Chinese Dragon Boat Festival on the 18th of June & while there's some time, these discounts are being offered across various products ahead of the festival.

After an original MSRP of $180/1299 yuan, GUNNIR's Intel Arc A380 INDEX is now available for just $107.4 / 759 yuan. The Photon variant is also available for 949 RMB or $135 US, This decline is noteworthy for Chinese consumers since the Arc GPU lineup from Intel is significantly more competitive in Chinese markets than worldwide.

When keeping up with its competitors, Intel needs to catch up. NVIDIA and AMD's newer releases have overshadowed the Arc series, and Intel's next-generation Battlemage GPU lineup seems to be coming out in the second half of 2024 at the earliest. At the same time, the worsening value of the new cards such as the RTX 4060 and RX 7600 has made room for Intel's Arc A750 & Arc A770 to become attractive mainstream and budget options.

GUNNIR Intel Arc A380 Graphics Card Specifications

The Intel Arc A380 graphics card is an entry-level design featuring the full ACM-G11 GPU that utilizes the Alchemist Xe-HPG architecture. It houses the full GPU configuration, using 8 Xe-Cores or 1024 ALUs. The graphics card also features 6 GB of GDDR6 memory running at TBP, rated at around 92W. The maximum frequency for the card is rated at 2450 MHz, which shows that Intel is taking full advantage of TSMC's 6nm process node. The GUNNIR custom model features a VRAM clock of 15.5 Gbps for 186 GB/s bandwidth, while the reference model features a 16 Gbps clock for 192 GB/s bandwidth.

As for the graphics card, the GUNNIR Arc A380 Photon comes in a standard box package that features the Intel Arc 3, XeSS, and DirectX 12 Ultimate marketing logos. The graphics card is a dual-slot and dual-fan design with an aluminum heatsink underneath it. The shroud and backplate feature a friendly dual-tone black+grey color theme, plus the backplate extends beyond the PCB. There's a single 6mm nickel-plated copper heat pipe that runs through the heatsink.

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