Intel Arc B580 vs A770: Which One is Better?

Intel Arc B580 vs A770: 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, a budget graphics card.

Intel Arc A770 belongs to the Intel Alchemist series GPUs. It is based on Xe HPG architecture and was released on Oct 12, 2022.

Graphics Card Comparison between Intel Arc B580 vs Arc A770

Arc B580	VS	Arc A770
Battlemage	GPU Codename	Alchemist
Xe2 HPG	Architecture	Xe HPG
Dec 12th, 2024	Release date	Oct 12th, 2022
Arc 5 (Alchemist)	Generation	Arc 7 (Alchemist)
TSMC	Foundry	TSMC
Desktop	Market Segment	Desktop
Active	Production	Active
Desktop/Discrete	Type	Desktop/Discrete
$249	Launch Price	$289

Intel B580 GPU is based on Battlemage Xe2 architecture and its launched price is $249 while Arc A770 is based on Alchemist Xe HPG architecture and its launched price was $289.

Arc B580 vs Arc A770 Specs Comparison

Arc B580	VS	Arc A770
20	Xe Cores	32
160 units	Execution Units	512 units
2560 units	Shaders	4096 Units
160	TMUs (Texture Mapping Units)	256
80	ROPs (Raster Operation Pipeline)	128
160	Matrix Engines	512
20	RayTracing Cores	32
18 MB	L2 Cache	16 MB
2670 MHz	Base Clock	2100 MHz
2850 MHz	Boost Clock	2400 MHz

Arc B580 12gb has 2560 shaders while Intel Arc A770 has 4096 units.

Intel Arc A770 has a 2.1 GHz base and 2.4 GHz boost clock while the Arc B580 base clock is 2.67 GHz and the boost clock is 2.85 GHz.

Intel Arc A770 has more Tmus, Rops, Xe cored, matrix engines, and RT cores than Arc B580.

Intel Arc B580 vs Arc A770 Board Design Comparison

Arc B580	VS	Arc A770
19.6 billion	Transistors	21.7 billion
5 nm (TSMC N5)	Process Size	6 nm
272 mm²	Die Size	406 mm²
72.1M / mm²	Density	53.4M / mm²
—	Chip Package	—
190W	TDP (Thermal Design Power)	225W
Dual	Slot Width	Dual
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DP 2.1	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DP 2.0
PCIe 4.0 x8	Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

Intel Arc A770 graphics have more transistors, a huge die size, less density, and is based on a 6nm Process size, While Intel Battlemage b580 has less no of transistors, a smaller die size, more density, and is based on 5 nm process size.

Intel b580 graphics card has 190W TDP while Arc A770 GPU has 225W. Arc B580 power connector is 1x 8-pin type while Arc A770 uses 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin.

Arc B580 vs A770 Memory Comparison

Arc B580	VS	Arc A770
12 GB	Memory Size	8/16 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
192-bit	Memory Bus	256-bit
2375 MHz 19 Gbps effective	Memory Clock	2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective
456.0 GB/s	Bandwidth	512.0 GB/s

Intel Arc A770 Vram is 16GB and 8GB GDDR6 while Intel Arc B580 Vram is 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, Arc A770 has a 16 Gbps memory clock, a 256-bit memory bus, and 512 GB/s Memory bandwidth.

Arc B580 vs Arc A770 Theoretical Performance Comparison

Arc B580	VS	Arc A770
228 GPixel/s	Pixel Fill Rate	307.2 GPixel/s
456 GTexel/s	Texture Fill Rate	614.4 GTexel/s
29.2 TFLOPS	FP16 (Half)	39.32 TFLOPS
14.6 TFLOPS	FP32 (Float)	19.66 TFLOPS
1.825 TFLOPS	FP64 (Double)	2.458 TFLOPS

Intel Arc B580 vs Intel Arc A770 API Features Comparison

Arc B580	VS	Arc A770
12 Ultimate (12_2)	DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6	OpenGL	4.6
3.0	OpenCL	3.0
1.4	Vulkan	1.3
6.6	Shader Model	6.6
2.1	DisplayPort	2.0
2.1	HDMI	2.1
2.3	HDCP Version	2.3

Intel Arc B580 Benchmark Vs Intel Arc A770 Benchmark Comparison

Arc B580	VS	Arc A770
14424	Time Spy Graphics	13924
36828	Firestrike Graphics	30761
98343	OpenCL	106967
103445	Vulkan	94309
15342	Passmark	12998

Intel Arc A770 Time Spy score is 13,924 while Arc B580 Timespy score is 14424.

Intel Arc A770 graphics Firestrike score is 30,761 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 A770 has 106,967 Open Cl and 94,309 Vulkan score.

Arc A770 Passmark score is 12,998 while Arc B580 Passmark score is 15,324.

Arc B580 vs Intel Arc A770 Gaming Performance Comparison

The system used for both Arc B580 and Arc A770 gaming tests is a Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU, 32GB DDR5-6000 MT/s RAM, ASRock Intel Arc B580 Steel Legend 12GB OC, and Win 11 Pro.

The graphic driver used for Arc A770 is version 32.0.101.6325 and for Arc B580 is version 32.0.101.6252 (Source: Intel Arc Testing YT Channel).

Arc B580 Vs Arc A770 1080p gaming benchmark comparison

Arc B580 (1080p Avg. FPS)	Games Graphics Settings	Arc A770 (1080p Avg. FPS)
110	God of War Ragnarok High, Xess UQ+	92
156	Doom Eternal Nightmare	130
106	Ghost of Tsushima High, Xess UQ+	92
157	GhostWire Tokyo High	130
77	Cyberpunk 2077 High/Ultra	65
56	StarField High	44
136	RDR 2 Ultra	81
114	Hunt Showdown 1896 V. High	97
86	Racher & Clank: Rift Apart High, Xess UQ+	78
83	Horizon Forbidden West V.High, Xess UQ+	59
103	The Witcher 3 Next Gen Ultra	86
72	Alan Wake 2 FSR2, Med	51

Arc B580 Vs Arc A770 1440p gaming benchmark comparison

Arc B580 (1440p Avg. FPS)	Games Graphics Settings	Arc A770 (1440p Avg. FPS)
83	God of War Ragnarok High, Xess UQ+	80
122	Doom Eternal Nightmare	105
84	Ghost of Tsushima High, Xess UQ+	73
110	GhostWire Tokyo High	93
53	Cyberpunk 2077 High/Ultra	46
46	StarField High	37
103	RDR 2 Ultra	65
77	Hunt Showdown 1896 V. High	69
75	Racher & Clank: Rift Apart High, Xess UQ+	67
66	Horizon Forbidden West V.High, Xess UQ+	52
67	The Witcher 3 Next Gen Ultra	58
54	Alan Wake 2 High	50

Conclusion

Arc B580 12GB beats the Intel Arc A770 in all games whether you play games at 1080p or 1440p. There are some games that needed XeSS, and they all ran fine.

Overall Arc B580 performed much better due to its latest architecture compared to Arc A770 and price-wise it is just the best option for budget gamers.

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