Intel Arctic Sound-M

The Intel Arctic Sound-M is a workstation graphics card that launched in 2022. It is built on the Generation 12.5 GPU microarchitecture (codename Arctic Sound) and is manufactured on a 10 nm process.

Memory

The Arctic Sound-M has 16 GB of HBM2e memory, with a 1,200 MHz memory clock and a 4,096 bit interface. This gives it a memory bandwidth of 1,229 Gb/s, which affects how fast it can transfer data to and from memory. GPU memory stores temporary data that helps the GPU with complex math and graphics operations. More memory is generally better, as not having enough can cause performance bottlenecks.

Cores and Clock Speeds

The Arctic Sound-M includes 8,192 shading units, the processing units for handling parallel computing tasks. Complementing the processing units are 256 texture mapping units (TMUs) for efficient texture filtering and 128 render output units (ROPs) for pixel processing.

Compatibility & Power Consumption

The Arctic Sound-M is a compact, low-profile graphics card that fits into 1 PCIe expansion slot. Intel recommends a power supply of at least 900 W to handle the GPU's thermal design power (TDP) of 500 W.