Intel Arc B580 12GB GDDR6
The 12GB GDDR6 frame buffer and 20 ray tracing units on the Battlemage architecture provide capable 1440p gaming with hardware-accelerated AV1 encoding for streamers. Its 456GB/s memory bandwidth and XeSS upscaling deliver solid price-to-performance in a segment often constrained by 8GB cards. This GPU is best for budget-conscious gamers building a system for 1440p titles and content creators who need a dedicated AV1 encoder without a premium cost.
GPU Arc B580
VRAM 12GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 2250 MHz
TDP 190 W
Memory Bus 192 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
30 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)
- Below average compute (14th percentile)
- Below average connectivity (16th percentile)
- Below average social proof (31st percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | Arc B580 |
| Brand | Intel |
| Architecture | Battlemage |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 3 |
Memory
| VRAM | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 192 |
Compute
| RT Cores | 20 |
| Base Clock | 2100 |
| Boost Clock | 2250 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 3.891 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 1.946 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 16019 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 190 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express |
| Max Resolution | 8K |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | XeSS |
| AV1 Encode | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Intel Arc B580 | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | Gigabyte AERO GV-N507TAERO OC-16GD | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Arc B580 | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 12GB GDDR6 | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2250 | 2407 | 2482 | 2588 | 2730 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 190 | 575 | 300 | 300 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 192 | 512 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Arc B580 | 49.5 | 39 | 50.4 | 34.8 | 13.8 | 72.2 | 6.8 | 39.3 | 15.9 | 30.5 | 48.2 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.9 | 90.1 | 97.6 | 98.7 | 97.5 | 96.2 | 72.7 | 25 | 99.3 | 99.1 | 3.5 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 79.2 | 92.2 | 85.5 | 88.7 | 87.9 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 73.1 | 94 | 88.8 | 21.1 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N507TAERO OC-16GD Compare | 79.2 | 88.3 | 85.5 | 88.7 | 87.9 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 73.1 | 94 | 95.5 | 21.6 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85.1 | 97.5 | 88.6 | 94.2 | 93.2 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 58 | 94 | 99.1 | 19.2 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.8 | 96.1 | 91.6 | 83.9 | 95.5 | 83.9 | 91.5 | 52.9 | 98.7 | 78.3 | 18.6 |
Usage Scores
- Overall30.3
- AI/LLM27.3
- Budget52.9
- Gaming 4k30.6
- Ray Tracing38.1
- Workstation25.4
- Gaming 1080p36.5
- Gaming 1440p36.6
- Content Creation25
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