Intel Arc B580 vs GeForce RTX 5060
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Intel Arc B580
BMG-G21
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
GB206-250
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Intel Arc B580 12 GB with 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders against the 5 months newer GeForce RTX 5060 8 GB that utilizes 30 pipelines and 3840 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 40 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060
- Performs better (up to 25%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 27% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 85 vs 67 FPS
- 40% higher maximum theoretical performance (19.2 vs 13.7 TFLOPS)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
- Has 50% more shading units (3840 vs 2560)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 123 78 67 51 |
142 94 84 58 |
| The Witcher 3 | 147 128 91 46 |
166 137 100 53 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 162 116 83 40 |
238 188 131 74 |
| Far Cry 6 | 108 98 76 43 |
125 116 93 53 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 71 57 44 26 |
94 79 59 30 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 82 85 61 38 |
117 108 80 51 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 72 61 42 25 |
85 71 55 30 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 90 82 55 26 |
99 89 56 27 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 124 107 83 43 |
156 141 106 57 |
| 1080p High | 109 | 136 |
| 1080p Ultra | 90 | 114 |
| 1440p Ultra | 67 | 85 |
| 4K Ultra | 38 | 48 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 14685 | 13743 |
| Solar Bay | 55846 | 64583 |
| Port Royal | 7939 | 8691 |
| Fire Strike | 36801 | 37587 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 28331 | 26179 |
| Night Raid | 125066 | 134132 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 284.6 img/sec | 209.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 150 img/sec | 134.3 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2.67 Gpixels/sec | 4.67 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.22 Gpixels/sec | 6.13 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.35 Gpixels/sec | 6.39 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.18 Gpixels/sec | 1.36 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 397 Gpixels/sec | 607.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 15177.3 FPS | 18827.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 702 | 1147 |
| DirectX 11 | 126 FPS | 200 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 78 FPS | 77 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 8003 Ops/s | 10392 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 5060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-20 -> bang | GeekBench | 143443 |
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 | 8362 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 18608 | 22831 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 16715 | 22375 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 40348 | 41955 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 64494 | 84685 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3091 | 3296 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3530 | 5083 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 13690 | 11023 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36797 | 38817 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 197057 | 155103 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Arc B580 and GeForce RTX 5060General
| Vendor | Intel | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | December 3, 2024 | April 15, 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $249 | $299 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | BMG-G21 | GB206-250 |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 4060 | - Radeon RX 9060 XT |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (49th and 41st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1700 MHz | 2280 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2670 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 3840 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 160 | 120 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 20 | 30 |
| Tensor Cores | 160 | 120 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 20 | 30 |
| 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 | 120 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 427 GTexel/s | 300 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 5.0 x8 |
| TGP | 190 W | 145 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 272 mm² | 181 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 19.6 billion | 21.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 72.06 MTr/mm² | 120.99 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | - | 89°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR7 |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2375 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 19000 Mbps | 28000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | No | 12.0 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | 2.1b |
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