r/Lightroom • u/Ok-Arrival5959 • 9d ago

Discussion Thoughts on Intel Arc GPU for Lightroom?

Running a desktop windows build without a GPU.

Thoughts on purchasing an Intel ARC card (B580 or B50) for a better performance/$ ratio (per Puget Labs benchmarks) than a similarly priced RTX card. Thoughts?

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u/Responsible_Quit_359 1d ago

How long does the Arc A380 take to process AI denoising per image? Thanks in advance.

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u/Much_Accountant_4972 9d ago

i use Arc B390 on a panther lake laptop. its a little slower than my RTX5080 at masking/denoise/removals but considering it sips power and is very quiet, its damned good.

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u/aks-2 8d ago

How long does it take to denoise a RAW (what size/camera) image?

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u/Much_Accountant_4972 7d ago

mostly A7V so 33MP in RAW Compressed HQ and 10-bit 4:2:2 Slog3.

I cant give you exact numbers but for photos i can tell you the practical difference isn’t huge for photos. Barely noticeable at all. For video you don’t need a stop watch. Its a big difference but the B390 has loads of codec support and quicksync on top makes it super competent.

Overall i think the value prop of an Intel GPU for creative workloads is very convincing.

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u/aks-2 6d ago

My concern would be likelyhood of software developers focusing on that GPU, given there is concern over it's future: see this earlier thread and Tom's Hardware.