Intel Arc B570 vs B580: Which One is Better?

Intel Arc B570 vs Arc B580: Which will perform better? Both have pros and cons. Let’s compare them.

Arc B570 is the latest graphics card by Intel which is based on Battle Xe2 architecture released on Jan 16th, 2025. It is the younger sibling of Arc B580, an entry-level graphics card.

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.

Graphics Card Comparison between Intel Arc B570 vs Arc B580

Arc B570	VS	Arc B580
Battlemage	GPU Codename	Battlemage
Xe2 HPG	Architecture	Xe2 HPG
Jan 16th, 2024	Release date	Dec 12th, 2024
Arc 5 (Alchemist)	Generation	Arc 5 (Alchemist)
TSMC	Foundry	TSMC
Desktop	Market Segment	Desktop
Active	Production	Active
Desktop/Discrete	Type	Desktop/Discrete
$219	Launch Price	$249

Intel B570 GPU is based on Battlemage Xe2 architecture and its launched price is $219 while Arc B580 launched price was $249.

Arc B570 vs B580 Specs Comparison

Arc B570	VS	Arc B580
18	Xe Cores	20
144 units	Execution Units	160 units
2304 Units	Shaders/CUDA Cores	2560 units
144	TMUs (Texture Mapping Units)	160
80	ROPs (Raster Operation Pipeline)	80
144	Matrix Engines/Tensor Cores	160
18	RayTracing Cores	20
13.5 MB	L2 Cache	18 MB
2500 MHz	Base Clock	2670 MHz
2750 MHz	Boost Clock	2850 MHz

Arc B580 12gb has 2560 shaders while Arc B570 has 2304 Cuda Cores.

Arc B580 base clock is 2.67 GHz and the boost clock is 2.85 GHz while the Arc B570 GPU has a 2500 MHz base clock and a 2750 MHz boost clock.

Intel Arc B580 has better specifications than Intel Arc B570 as it is the older sibling of the B500 series.

Intel Arc B570 vs Arc B580 Board Design Comparison

Arc B570	VS	Arc B580
19.6 billion	Transistors	19.6 billion
5 nm (TSMC N5)	Process Size	5 nm (TSMC N5)
272 mm²	Die Size	272 mm²
72.1M / mm²	Density	72.1M / mm²
—	Chip Package	—
150W	TDP (Thermal Design Power)	190W
Dual	Slot Width	Dual
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DP 2.1	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DP 2.1
PCIe 4.0 x8	Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8
1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 8-pin

Intel Battlemage b580 and Battlemage b570 have similar transistors, process size, die size, and density.

Intel b580 graphics card has 190W TDP while Arc B570 GPU has 150W. Both GPUs have 1x 8-pin power connectors.

Arc B570 vs Arc B580 Memory Comparison

Arc B570	VS	Arc B580
10 GB	Memory Size	12 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
160-bit	Memory Bus	192-bit
2375 MHz 19 Gbps effective	Memory Clock	2375 MHz 19 Gbps effective
380.0 GB/s	Bandwidth	456.0 GB/s

Arc B570 has 10GB GDDR6 VRAM, a 160-bit memory bus, and 380 GB/s memory bandwidth while Arc B580 has 12GB GDDR6 VRAM, a 192-bit memory bus, and 456 GB/s memory bandwidth.

Arc B570 vs Arc B580 Theoretical Performance Comparison

Arc B570	VS	Arc B580
200 GPixel/s	Pixel Fill Rate	228 GPixel/s
360 GTexel/s	Texture Fill Rate	456 GTexel/s
23.04 TFLOPS	FP16 (Half)	29.2 TFLOPS
11.52 TFLOPS	FP32 (Float)	14.6 TFLOPS
1.440 TFLOPS	FP64 (Double)	1.825 TFLOPS

Intel Arc B570 vs Arc B580 API Features Comparison

Arc B570	VS	Arc B580
12 Ultimate (12_2)	DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6	OpenGL	4.6
3.0	OpenCL	3.0
1.4	Vulkan	1.4
6.6	Shader Model	6.6
2.1	DisplayPort	2.1
2.1	HDMI	2.1
2.3	HDCP Version	2.3

Intel Arc B570 Vs ARC B580 Benchmark Comparison

Arc B570	VS	Arc B580
12855	Time Spy Graphics	14424
30765	Firestrike Graphics	36828
96244	OpenCL	98343
111953	Vulkan	103445
14932	Passmark	15342

Arc B570 Time Spy score is 12,855 while Arc B580 Timespy score is 14,424.

Arc B570 graphics Firestrike score is 30,765 while Arc B580 Firestrike score is 36,828. Intel Arc B580 Open Cl score and Vulkan score are 98,343 and 103,445 while Arc B570 has 96,244 Open Cl and 111,953 Vulkan score.

Arc B570 Passmark score is 14,932 while Arc B580 Passmark score is 15,324.

Arc B570 vs Arc B580 Gaming Performance Comparison

The system used for both Arc B570 and B580 gaming tests is a Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU, 32GB DDR5-6000 MT/s RAM, Win 11 Pro, Acer Nitro Intel Arc B570 10GB OC, and ASRock Intel Arc B580 Steel Legend 12GB OC GPU.

Arc B570 Vs Arc B580 1080p Gaming Benchmark Comparison

Arc B570 (1080p Avg. FPS)	Games Graphics Settings	Arc B580 (1080p Avg. FPS)
89	God of War Ragnarok High	102
109	Shadow of the Tomb Raider Ultra	123
65	The Last of Us High	74
74	Rachet & Clank: Rift Apart High	80
75	Cyberpunk 2077 Med/High	85
64	Indiana Jones High/Ultra	85
64	Alan Wake 2 Med, FSR2	71
80	Metro Exodus Enhanced Ultra	94
129	Doom Eternal Ultra Nightmare	141
87	The Witcher 3 Next Gen Ultra, TAAU	104
46	S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 Med	51

Arc B570 Vs Arc B580 1440p Gaming Benchmark Comparison

Arc B570 (1440p Avg. FPS)	Games Graphics Settings	Arc B580 (1440p Avg. FPS)
64	God of War Ragnarok High	77
79	Shadow of the Tomb Raider Ultra	90
51	The Last of Us High	56
61	Rachet & Clank: Rift Apart High	65
53	Cyberpunk 2077 Med/High	61
5	Indiana Jones High/Ultra	59
49	Alan Wake 2 Med, FSR2	56
54	Metro Exodus Enhanced Ultra, RT Ultra	64
104	Doom Eternal Ultra Nightmare	119
57	The Witcher 3 Next Gen Ultra, TAAU	68
36	S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 Med	41

Conclusion

In 1080p gaming, Arc B570 and Arc B580 performed really well. Arc B570 performed well and in terms of price to performance, it is considered as a good 1080p gaming card.

Arc B580 performed better in both 1080p and 1440p resolution due to a larger memory buffer and more computing power than Arc B570.

In Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Arc B570 had an issue at 1440p, during gaming ARC B570 GPU ran out of VRAM as the memory consumption was around 9777 MB while ARC B580 VRAM consumption was 11,063 MB. The game ran fine with 59 FPS on Arc B580.

Overall, Arc B580 performed well compared to Arc B570 in both 1080p and 1440p gaming at Mid/High settings.

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