Intel Arc B580 vs GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
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Intel Arc B580
BMG-G21
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Intel Arc B580 12 GB with 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders against the 1 year and 5 months older GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB 16 GB that utilizes 34 pipelines and 4352 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
Scores marked with a red asterisk (**) represent initial estimates from early testing.
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc B580
- Has 58% higher memory bandwidth: 456 vs 288 GB/s
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
- Performs better (up to 21%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 61% higher maximum theoretical performance (22.1 vs 13.7 TFLOPS)
- Shows 28% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 86 vs 67 FPS
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Achieves 22% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (135K vs 111K)
- Has 70% more shading units (4352 vs 2560)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 123 78 67 51 |
144 94 83 62 |
| The Witcher 3 | 147 128 91 46 |
172 141 99 53 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 162 116 83 40 |
245 190 132 76 |
| Far Cry 6 | 108 98 76 43 |
129 117 92 56 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 71 57 44 26 |
95 81 62 32 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 82 85 61 38 |
118 112 81 52 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 72 61 42 25 |
88 75 57 31 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 90 82 55 26 |
105 92 56 26 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 124 107 83 43 |
161 147 111 59 |
| 1080p High | 109 | 140 |
| 1080p Ultra | 90 | 117 |
| 1440p Ultra | 67 | 86 |
| 4K Ultra | 38 | 50 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 14685 | 13456 |
| Solar Bay | 55846 | 62446 |
| Port Royal | 7939 | 8119 |
| Fire Strike | 36801 | 34258 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 28331 | 25587 |
| Night Raid | 125066 | 135657 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 284.6 img/sec | 232.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 150 img/sec | 138.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2.67 Gpixels/sec | 4.68 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.22 Gpixels/sec | 6.06 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.35 Gpixels/sec | 6.99 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.18 Gpixels/sec | 1.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 397 Gpixels/sec | 652.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 15177.3 FPS | 19534.7 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 702 | 1079 |
| DirectX 11 | 126 FPS | 199 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 78 FPS | 89 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 8003 Ops/s | 11976 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Intel Arc B580
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-07 (Mike) | GeekBench | 113977 |
| 📘 2026-07-07 (Mike) | Steel Nomad Light | 11944 |
| 📘 2026-06-17 (Mike) | GeekBench | 103868 |
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
No benchmark results yet
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 | - |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 18608 | - |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 16715 | - |
| Face Detection (HP) | 40348 | - |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 64494 | - |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3091 | - |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3530 | - |
| Object Detection (SP) | 13690 | - |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36797 | - |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 197057 | - |
| Framework | ONNX | - |
| Backend | DirectML | - |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Arc B580 and GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GBGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | December 3, 2024 | July 18, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $249 | $499 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | BMG-G21 | AD106 |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 4060 | - |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core i5 14600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (49th and 39th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1700 MHz | 2310 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2670 MHz | 2535 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 4352 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 160 | 136 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 20 | 34 |
| Tensor Cores | 160 | 136 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 20 | 34 |
| L1 Cache | 256KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 12MB shared | 32MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 214 GPixel/s | 122 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 427 GTexel/s | 345 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| TGP | 190 W | 165 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 272 mm² | 188 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 19.6 billion | 22 billion |
| Transistor Density | 72.06 MTr/mm² | 117.02 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2375 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 19000 Mbps | 18000 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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