Intel Arc B580 vs GeForce RTX 4060
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Intel Arc B580
BMG-G21
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
AD107
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Intel Arc B580 12 GB with 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders against the 1 year and 7 months older GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB that utilizes 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc B580
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Features 64 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 68% higher memory bandwidth: 456 vs 272 GB/s
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4060
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 123 78 67 51 |
128 78 66 47 |
| The Witcher 3 | 147 128 91 46 |
143 117 82 44 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 162 116 83 40 |
208 157 111 58 |
| Far Cry 6 | 108 98 76 43 |
105 98 76 45 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 71 57 44 26 |
78 65 47 26 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 82 85 61 38 |
98 90 64 43 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 72 61 42 25 |
73 61 45 27 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 90 82 55 26 |
82 75 43 22 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 124 107 83 43 |
128 119 85 46 |
| 1080p High | 109 | 116 |
| 1080p Ultra | 90 | 96 |
| 1440p Ultra | 67 | 69 |
| 4K Ultra | 38 | 40 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 14685 | 10615 |
| Solar Bay | 55846 | 49340 |
| Port Royal | 7939 | 6054 |
| Fire Strike | 36801 | 28540 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 28331 | 20610 |
| Night Raid | 125066 | 121368 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 284.6 img/sec | 186.9 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 150 img/sec | 112.7 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2.67 Gpixels/sec | 3.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.22 Gpixels/sec | 5.16 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.35 Gpixels/sec | 4.94 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.18 Gpixels/sec | 1.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 397 Gpixels/sec | 446.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 15177.3 FPS | 14935.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 702 | 1036 |
| DirectX 11 | 125 FPS | 174 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 78 FPS | 76 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 8018 Ops/s | 9150 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Intel Arc B580
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-07 (Mike) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 113977 |
| 📘 2026-07-07 (Mike) | Steel Nomad Light | 11944 |
| 📘 2026-06-17 (Mike) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 103868 |
GeForce RTX 4060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 105636 |
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | Cinebench 2024 | 10606 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 10654 | 7696 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 18608 | 13706 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 16715 | 23289 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 40348 | 31126 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 64494 | 78361 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3091 | 3315 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3530 | 3491 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 13690 | 9386 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36797 | 36778 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 197057 | 148120 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Arc B580 and GeForce RTX 4060General
| Vendor | Intel | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | December 3, 2024 | May 18, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $249 | $299 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | BMG-G21 | AD107 |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 4060 | - Radeon RX 7700 XT |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core i5 14600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (50th and 54th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1700 MHz | 1830 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2670 MHz | 2460 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 3072 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 160 | 96 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 20 | 24 |
| Tensor Cores | 160 | 96 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 20 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 256KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 12MB shared | 24MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 214 GPixel/s | 118 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 427 GTexel/s | 236 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| TGP | 190 W | 115 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 272 mm² | 159 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 19.6 billion | 18 billion |
| Transistor Density | 72.06 MTr/mm² | 113.21 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2375 MHz | - |
| Effective Memory Speed | 19000 Mbps | - |
| Bus | 192-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | No | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | 1.4a |
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