ASRock Arc B570 Challenger 10GB GDDR6
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
What Buyers Say
ASRock Arc B570 Challenger 10GB GDDR6
The ASRock Challenger Arc B570 is widely praised as a great budget 1440p GPU, offering excellent value, cool and quiet operation, and easy installation. Users upgrading from older cards like the GTX 1060 or RTX 2060 report significant performance gains, though some note stuttering in certain games and a known CPU overhead issue. A few negative reviews focus on price increases from MSRP and a vague one-star complaint, but the overall sentiment is strongly positive.
Pros
- Excellent value for money
- Cool and quiet operation
- Easy installation
- Great 1440p performance
- Good upgrade from older GPUs
Cons
- Price increased from MSRP
- CPU overhead issue with older CPUs
- Stuttering in some games
- VRAM limit can be hit
- Driver issues with older games
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
The Gigabyte RTX 5080 WINDFORCE is widely praised for its excellent cooling, quiet operation, and strong 4K gaming performance. Many users highlight its compact size ideal for small form factor builds and the value at MSRP. A few note minor coil whine and some quality control concerns, but overall sentiment is very positive.
Pros
- Excellent cooling performance
- Quiet operation
- Strong 4K gaming performance
- Compact size for SFF builds
- Good value at MSRP
Cons
- Minor coil whine on some units
- Quality control issues reported
- High price above MSRP
- Modest generational performance uplift
- Large size for some cases
Scores
Specifications
| ASRock Arc B570 Challenger | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | Arc B570 | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Brand | Intel | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Xe2-HPG (Battlemage) | Blackwell |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | — | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 10 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR7★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | — | 84★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | — | 56.279998779296875★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | — | 56.279998779296875★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 600 | 360★ |
| Recommended PSU | 600★ | 850 |
| Power Connectors | 8-Pin | 1 x 16-Pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan | Triple Fan★ |
| Fans | 2 | 3★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 8K (4320p) | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 132★ | 304 |
| Slot Width | 2★ | 2.5 |
| Form Factor | ATX | ATX |
| Weight | 0.99 kg | 0.56 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | XeSS | DLSS 4 |
| AV1 Encode | ✓ | ✓ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate | 12 |
| RGB | ✓★ | ✗ |
Pros & Cons
ASRock Arc B570 Challenger 10GB GDDR6
- Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong connectivity (87th percentile)87th %ile
- Strong feature (84th percentile)84th %ile
- Below average efficiency (15th percentile)15th %ile
- Below average compute (26th percentile)
- Below average raster (34th percentile)
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
- Strong compute (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong raster (95th percentile)95th %ile
Pricing
ASRock Arc B570 Challenger 10GB GDDR6
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE 16GB GDDR7
No current pricing available
Verdict
Scores 96 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 19 of 38 specs.
