Intel Arc B580 vs Arc B390
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Intel Arc B580
BMG-G21
Intel Arc B390
Panther Lake
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the Intel Arc B580 12 GB with 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders against the 1 year and 2 months newer Arc B390 that utilizes 12 pipelines and 1536 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
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc B580
- Performs significantly better (up to 2x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Includes 12 GB of dedicated GDDR6 memory
- Shows 2x higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 67 vs 33 FPS
- 78% higher maximum theoretical performance (13.7 vs 7.7 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 2x more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (111K vs 56K)
- Features 64 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 67% more shading units (2560 vs 1536)
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc B390
- Manufactured using a more efficient 3 nm process technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 123 78 67 51 |
80 41 36 20 |
| The Witcher 3 | 147 128 91 46 |
76 63 44 19 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 162 116 83 40 |
96 70 46 23 |
| Far Cry 6 | 108 98 76 43 |
63 56 38 18 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 71 57 44 26 |
33 24 18 - |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 82 85 61 38 |
37 35 28 13 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 72 61 42 25 |
37 31 24 12 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 90 82 55 26 |
43 38 21 9 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 124 107 83 43 |
65 57 39 23 |
| 1080p High | 109 | 59 |
| 1080p Ultra | 90 | 46 |
| 1440p Ultra | 67 | 33 |
| 4K Ultra | 38 | 16 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 14685 | 6880 |
| Solar Bay | 55846 | 26783 |
| Port Royal | 7939 | 3880 |
| Fire Strike | 36801 | 16845 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 28331 | 11778 |
| Night Raid | 125066 | 72249 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 284.6 img/sec | 87.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 150 img/sec | 58.5 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2.67 Gpixels/sec | 1.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.22 Gpixels/sec | 2.68 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.35 Gpixels/sec | 4.74 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.18 Gpixels/sec | 1.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 397 Gpixels/sec | 249.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 15177.3 FPS | 10821.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 702 | 812 |
| DirectX 11 | 126 FPS | 70 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 78 FPS | 48 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 8003 Ops/s | 3669 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 |
Intel Arc B390
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-05 -> asterismx | GeekBench | 57164 |
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 | 5487 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 18608 | 16864 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 16715 | 8788 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 40348 | 25029 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 64494 | 18852 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3091 | 2115 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3530 | 4266 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 13690 | 7449 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36797 | 22207 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 197057 | 95039 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Arc B580 and Arc B390General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Build | Discrete | Integrated |
| Released | December 3, 2024 | January 5, 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $249 | - |
| Case | Desktop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 | Celestial |
| GPU Codename | BMG-G21 | Panther Lake |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 4060 | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core Ultra X9 388H or above |
| Used in CPUs | - | - Intel Core Ultra X9 378H - Intel Core Ultra X7 368H - Intel Core Ultra X9 388H - Intel Core Ultra X7 358H |
Desktop GPU rating (#49th place)
Laptop GPU ranking (#62nd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1700 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2670 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 1536 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 160 | 48 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 24 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 20 | 12 |
| Tensor Cores | 160 | 96 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 20 | 12 |
| L1 Cache | 256KB per cluster | 64KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 12MB shared | 16MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 214 GPixel/s | 60 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 427 GTexel/s | 120 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | IGP |
| TGP | 190 W | 30 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Die Size | 272 mm² | - |
| Transistor Count | 19.6 billion | - |
| Transistor Density | 72.06 MTr/mm² | - |
| Max. Temperature | - | 100°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | - |
| Memory Clock | 2375 MHz | - |
| Effective Memory Speed | 19000 Mbps | - |
| Bus | 192-bit | - |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | No | No |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | 2.1 |
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