B580 Vs 3060: Which One is Better?

Intel Arc B580 vs 3060: Which will perform better? Both have pros and cons. Let’s compare them.

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

Nvidia released the Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 on Sep 1st, 2021. It is based on Ampere architecture and is good for 1080p gaming as it is Nvidia’s budget graphics card.

Graphics Card Comparison between Intel Arc B580 vs 3060

Arc B580	VS	RTX 3060
Battlemage	GPU Codename	GA104
Xe2 HPG	Architecture	Ampere
Dec 12th, 2024	Release date	Sep 1st, 2021
Arc 5 (Alchemist)	Generation	GeForce 30
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 Nvidia RTX 3060 is based on Ampere architecture and its launched price was $329.

Arc B580 vs 3060 Specs Comparison

Arc B580	VS	RTX 3060
20	Xe Cores	—
—	SM	28
160 units	Execution Units	—
2560 units	Shaders/CUDA Cores	3584 Units
160	TMUs (Texture Mapping Units)	112
80	ROPs (Raster Operation Pipeline)	64
160	Matrix Engines/Tensor Cores	112
20	RayTracing Cores	28
18 MB	L2 Cache	3 MB
2670 MHz	Base Clock	1320 MHz
2850 MHz	Boost Clock	1777 MHz

Arc B580 12GB has 2560 shaders while Geforce RTX 3060 has 3584 Cuda Cores.

Arc B580 base clock is 2.67 GHz and the boost clock is 2.85 GHz while RTX 3060 Gddr6 has a 1320 MHz base clock and a 1777 MHz boost clock, while some 3rd party RTX 3060s tend to have higher boost clocks.

Intel Arc B580 vs RTX 3060 Board Design Comparison

Arc B580	VS	RTX 3060
19.6 billion	Transistors	17.4 billion
5 nm (TSMC N5)	Process Size	8 nm
272 mm²	Die Size	392 mm²
72.1M / mm²	Density	44.4M / mm²
—	Chip Package	BGA-2713
190W	TDP (Thermal Design Power)	170W
Dual	Slot Width	Dual
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DP 2.1	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DP 1.4a
PCIe 4.0 x8	Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 8-pin

Intel Battlemage b580 has more transistors, less density, and is based on a 5 nm process size; While Nvidia Geforce RTX 3060 has fewer transistors compared to B580, has less density and an 8 nm process size.

Intel b580 graphics card has 190W TDP while RTX 3060 GPU has 170W. Arc B580 power connector is 1x 8-pin type while RTX 3060 also uses 1x 8-pin.

Arc B580 vs RTX 3060 Memory Comparison

Arc B580	VS	RTX 3060
12 GB	Memory Size	12 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
192-bit	Memory Bus	192-bit
2375 MHz 19 Gbps effective	Memory Clock	1875 MHz 15 Gbps effective
456.0 GB/s	Bandwidth	360.0 GB/s

Nvidia RTX 3060 and Intel Arc B580 VRAM are 12GB GDDR6 memory. Intel B580 memory clock is 19 Gbps, memory bus is 192 bit, and memory bandwidth is 456 GB/s. On the other hand, RTX 3060 has a 15 Gbps memory clock, a 192-bit memory bus, and 360 GB/s Memory bandwidth.

Arc B580 vs 3060 Theoretical Performance Comparison

Arc B580	VS	RTX 3060
228 GPixel/s	Pixel Fill Rate	113.7 GPixel/s
456 GTexel/s	Texture Fill Rate	199.0 GTexel/s
29.2 TFLOPS	FP16 (Half)	12.74 TFLOPS
14.6 TFLOPS	FP32 (Float)	12.74 TFLOPS
1.825 TFLOPS	FP64 (Double)	0.199 TFLOPS

Intel Arc B580 vs GeForce RTX 3060 API Features Comparison

Arc B580	VS	RTX 3060
12 Ultimate (12_2)	DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6	OpenGL	4.6
3.0	OpenCL	3.0
1.4	Vulkan	1.3
—	CUDA	8.6
6.6	Shader Model	6.8
2.1	DisplayPort	1.4a
2.1	HDMI	2.1
2.3	HDCP Version	2.3

Intel Arc B580 Vs RTX 3060 Benchmark Comparison

Arc B580	VS	RTX 3060
14424	Time Spy Graphics	9411
36828	Firestrike Graphics	23876
98343	OpenCL	94125
103445	Vulkan	89506
15342	Passmark	16910

RTX 3060 Time Spy score is 9,411 while Arc B580 Timespy score is 14,424.

RTX 3060 graphics Firestrike score is 23,876 while Arc B580 Firestrike score is 36,828. Intel Arc B580 Open Cl score and Vulkan score are 98,343 and 103,445 while RTX 3060 has 94,125 Open Cl and 89,506 Vulkan score.

RTX 3060 Passmark score is 16,910 while Arc B580 Passmark score is 15,324.

Arc B580 vs RTX 3060 Gaming Performance Comparison

The system used for both Arc B580 and RTX 3060 gaming tests is a Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, (2x 16GB)32GB DDR5-6000 MT/s (CL30) RAM, and Win 11 Pro.

Arc B580 Vs RTX 3060 1080p Gaming Benchmark Comparison

Arc B580 (1080p Avg. FPS)	Games Graphics Settings	RTX 3060 (1080p Avg. FPS)
56	God of War Ragnarok Ultra	56
41	Black Myth Wukong V.High, DLSS/XeSS Qual	43
63	Marvel Rivals Ultra	54
77	Ghost of Tsushima V.High	52
81	Cyberpunk 2077 PL Ultra	59
50	Indiana Jones Supreme	58
67	Warhammer 40K SM 2 Ultra	55
71	Horizon Forbidden West Ultra	53
50	Final Fantasy XVI Ultra, DLSS/FSR Qual	45
44	Hellblade 2 High, DLSS/TSR Qual	48
45	Starfield Ultra	42
53	S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 Epic, DLSS/TSR Qual	54

Conclusion

In 1080p gaming, RTX 3060 and Arc B580 were performing well but on some games, the graphical setting needs to either be turned down or an upscaling method can be used for games.

I would say at 1080p, ARC B580 performed better than RTX 3060 in 7 out of 12 games, on 2 they performed similarly, and other 3 games, B580 lost to RTX 3060. Overall, ARC B580 performed well at 1080p but not by much.

Overall, both Arc B580 and RTX 3060 performed well in 1080p but still, Arc B580 had a small lead against RTX 3060.

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