Arc B580 Vs RX 6600: Which One is Better?

Intel Arc B580 vs RX 6600: Which will perform better? Let’s compare them and see which one comes out on top.

Arc B580 is the latest graphics card by Intel based on Battlemage Xe2 architecture, released on Dec 12th, 2024. It is made to run games at 1080p and 1440p and is a budget graphics card.

AMD released the Radeon RX 6600 for budget segment gamers on Oct 13th, 2021, It is based on RDNA 2 architecture, codenamed as ‘Navi 23’. It was specially made for 1080p gaming.

Graphics Card Comparison between Intel Arc B580 vs RX 6600

Arc B580	VS	RX 6600
Battlemage	GPU Codename	Navi 23
Xe2 HPG	Architecture	RDNA 2.0
Dec 12th, 2024	Release date	Oct 13th, 2021
Arc 5 (Alchemist)	Generation	RX 6000
TSMC	Foundry	TSMC
Desktop	Market Segment	Desktop
Active	Production	Active
Desktop/Discrete	Type	Desktop/Discrete
$249	Launch Price	$329

Intel B580 GPU is based on Battlemage Xe2 architecture and its launched price is $249 while AMD’s RX 6600 GPU is based on RDNA 2.0 and the launched price was $329.

Arc B580 vs RX 6600 Specs Comparison

Arc B580	VS	RX 6600
20	Xe Cores	—
160 units	Execution/Compute Units	28 CU
2560 units	Shaders/Stream Processors	1792 Units
160	TMUs (Texture Mapping Units)	112
80	ROPs (Raster Operation Pipeline)	64
160	Matrix Engines/Tensor Cores	—
20	RayTracing Cores	28
18 MB	L2 Cache	2 MB
—	L3 Cache	32 MB
2670 MHz	Base Clock	1626 MHz
2850 MHz	Boost Clock	2491 MHz

Arc B580 12GB has 2560 shaders while Radeon RX 6600 has 1792 streaming multiprocessors.

Arc B580 base clock is 2.67 GHz and the boost clock is 2.85 GHz while AMD RX 6600 has a 1626 MHz base clock and a 2491 MHz boost clock.

Intel Arc B580 has more TMUs, ROPs, and Martrix engines while the RX 7600 has fewer Shaders, more RT cores, and an L3 cache.

Intel Arc B580 vs RX 6600 Board Design Comparison

Arc B580	VS	RX 6600
19.6 billion	Transistors	11.06 billion
5 nm (TSMC N5)	Process Size	7 nm
272 mm²	Die Size	237 mm²
72.1M / mm²	Density	46.7M / mm²
—	Chip Package	BGA-1269
190W	TDP (Thermal Design Power)	132W
Dual	Slot Width	Dual
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DP 2.1	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DP 1.4
PCIe 4.0 x8	Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8
1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 8-pin

Intel Battlemage b580 has more transistors, and density, and is based on a 5 nm process size; While Rx 6600 has fewer transistors, a small die size, less density, and is based on a 7 nm process size.

Intel b580 graphics card has 190W TDP while RX 6600 GPU has 132W. Arc B580 power connector is 1x 8-pin type while RX 6600 also uses 1x 8-pin.

Arc B580 vs RX 6600 Memory Comparison

Arc B580	VS	RX 6600
12 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
192-bit	Memory Bus	128-bit
2375 MHz 19 Gbps effective	Memory Clock	1750 MHz 14 Gbps effective
456.0 GB/s	Bandwidth	224.0 GB/s

Intel Arc b580 has 12GB GDDR6 VRAM with a 192-bit memory bus, 19 Gbps memory clock, and 456 GB/s memory bandwidth.

AMD Radeon RX 6600 has 8GB GDDR6 VRAM with a 128-bit memory bus, 14 Gbps memory clock, and 224 GB/s memory bandwidth. RX 6600 is far inferior in memory specs compared to the Arc B580 GPU.

Arc B580 vs RX 6600 Theoretical Performance Comparison

Arc B580	VS	RX 6600
228 GPixel/s	Pixel Fill Rate	159.4 GPixel/s
456 GTexel/s	Texture Fill Rate	279.0 GTexel/s
29.2 TFLOPS	FP16 (Half)	17.86 TFLOPS
14.6 TFLOPS	FP32 (Float)	8.928 TFLOPS
1.825 TFLOPS	FP64 (Double)	0.558 TFLOPS

Intel Arc B580 vs Radeon RX 6600 API Features Comparison

Arc B580	VS	RX 6600
12 Ultimate (12_2)	DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6	OpenGL	4.6
3.0	OpenCL	2.1
1.4	Vulkan	1.3
6.6	Shader Model	6.8
2.1	DisplayPort	1.4
2.1	HDMI	2.1a
2.3	HDCP Version	2.3

Intel Arc B580 Vs Radeon RX 6600 Benchmark Comparison

Arc B580	VS	RX 6600
14424	Time Spy Graphics	8367
36828	Firestrike Graphics	23853
98343	OpenCL	72352
103445	Vulkan	76221
15342	Passmark	15131

Arc B580 Timespy score is 14,424 while RX 6600 Timespy score is 8,367.

Arc B580 Firestrike score is 36,828 while RX 6600 is 23,853. Intel Arc B580 Open Cl and Vulkan scores are 98,343 and 103,445 while RX 6600 has 72,352 Open Cl and 76,221 Vulkan scores.

Arc B580 Passmark score is 15,324 and RX 6600 Passmark score is 15,131.

Arc B580 vs RX 6600 Gaming Performance Comparison

The system used for both Arc B580 and RX 6600 gaming tests is an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU, 16GB DDR4-3600 MT/s RAM, and Win 10 22H2.

Arc B580 Vs RX 6600 1080p Gaming Benchmark Comparison

Arc B580 (1080p Avg. FPS)	Games Graphics Settings	RX 6600 (1080p Avg. FPS)
50	Hellblade 2 Med	46
72	A Plague Tale Requiem Ultra	55
69	The Last of Us High	70
77	Hogwarts Legacy High	70
87	Cyberpunk 2077 PL High	59
70	Avatar Frontiers of Pandora Med	55
76	Ghost of Tsushima High	70
57	Horizon Forbidden West High, TAA	55
88	Resident Evil 4 Remake High	67
81	AC Mirage Ultra High	76
103	RDR2 Ultra	97
91	Forza Horizon 5 Ultra	102

Conclusion

Intel Arc B580 performed much better in 1080p on most of the games except for Forza Horizon 5 and tied in The Last of Us.

Specs-wise Arc B580 is much better than the Radeon RX 6600 and also performed much better overall. Though the RX 6600 current price is low compared to the Arc b580 GPU; the Arc B580 offers better future-proofing for 1080p & 1440p gaming.

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