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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT vs Intel Arc B580

Radeon RX 9060 XT
VS
Intel Arc B580
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Navi 44
Intel Arc B580
BMG-G21

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB with 32 pipelines and 2048 shaders against the 6 months older Intel Arc B580 12 GB that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
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)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
16 GB GDDR6
VS
12 GB GDDR6
96.6
(Very good)
Value Index
62.8
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of Arc B580 over RX 9060 XT
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 9060 XT
  • Performs better (up to 25%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 87% higher maximum theoretical performance (25.6 vs 13.7 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 42% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 95 vs 67 FPS
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
  • Includes 4 GB more video memory
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc B580
  • Features 96 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
  • Has 43% higher memory bandwidth: 456 vs 320 GB/s
  • Has 25% more shading units (2560 vs 2048)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RX 9060 XT
vs
Arc B580

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
178
111
95
67
123
78
67
51
The Witcher 3
166
148
106
57
147
128
91
46
Counter-Strike 2
266
189
133
71
162
116
83
40
Far Cry 6
144
123
106
63
108
98
76
43
Hogwarts Legacy
105
87
65
33
71
57
44
26
CoD: Modern Warfare III
143
135
96
62
82
85
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
107
87
70
41
72
61
42
25
Cyberpunk 2077
111
94
62
27
90
82
55
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
185
163
120
61
124
107
83
43
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 156 109
1080p Ultra 126 90
1440p Ultra 95 67
4K Ultra 54 38
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RX 9060 XT +25%
13955
Arc B580
11186
Time Spy 16348 14685
Solar Bay 65705 55846
Port Royal 9693 7939
Fire Strike 38876 36801
Wild Life Extreme 27791 28331
Night Raid 147165 125066
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RX 9060 XT
107640
Arc B580 +4%
111561
Background Blur 269.5 img/sec 284.6 img/sec
Face Detection 151 img/sec 150 img/sec
Horizon Detection 3.6 Gpixels/sec 2.67 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 4.67 Gpixels/sec 5.22 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 5.27 Gpixels/sec 6.35 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.08 Gpixels/sec 1.18 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 395.3 Gpixels/sec 397 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 13165.7 FPS 15177.3 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RX 9060 XT +25%
20124
Arc B580
16082
G2D Mark 1166 702
DirectX 11 185 FPS 125 FPS
DirectX 12 58 FPS 78 FPS
GPU Compute 11246 Ops/s 8018 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 9042 & 3835 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RX 9060 XT
1628.45
Arc B580 +36%
2207.95
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 394 & 372 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Radeon RX 9060 XT
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-23 -> AquiyoshiGeekbench 6 OpenCL102797
📘 2026-07-23 -> AquiyoshiSteel Nomad Light14313
Add View all (2)
Intel Arc B580
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-07 (Mike)Geekbench 6 OpenCL113977
📘 2026-07-07 (Mike)Steel Nomad Light11944
📘 2026-06-17 (Mike)Geekbench 6 OpenCL103868
Add View all (3)

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RX 9060 XT +20%
25924
Arc B580
21661
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 9060 XT +17%
40429
Arc B580
34463
GB6 ML Quantized
RX 9060 XT +55%
22275
Arc B580
14366
Image Classification (SP) 12380 10654
Image Segmentation (HP) 15402 18608
Image Super Resolution (Q) 32024 16715
Face Detection (HP) 50457 40348
Pose Estimation (Q) 113796 64494
Text Classification (SP) 4460 3091
Machine Translation (HP) 7481 3530
Object Detection (SP) 11256 13690
Depth Estimation (Q) 53978 36797
Style Transfer (SP) 235750 197057
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 9060 XT and Intel Arc B580

General

Vendor Amd Intel
Build Discrete Discrete
Released June 4, 2025 December 3, 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $349 $249
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Generation 12.7
GPU Codename Navi 44 BMG-G21
Rival Equivalent - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) - GeForce RTX 4060
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above
Desktop GPU rating (38th and 50th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1700 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost Clock 3130 MHz 2670 MHz
Shading Units 2048 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 128 160
Render Output Units (ROPs) 64 80
Compute Units (Pipelines) 32 20
Tensor Cores 64 160
Ray-tracing Cores 32 20
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 256KB per cluster
L2 Cache 4MB shared 12MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 4 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 200 GPixel/s 214 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 401 GTexel/s 427 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 9060 XT +87%
25.6 TFLOPS
Arc B580
13.7 TFLOPS
Differences in GPUs' instructions per clock make TFLOPS values not directly comparable.

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 160 W 190 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
Die Size 199 mm² 272 mm²
Transistor Count 29.7 billion 19.6 billion
Transistor Density 149.25 MTr/mm² 72.06 MTr/mm²
Max. Temperature 110°C -

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Memory Clock 2518 MHz 2375 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 20100 Mbps 19000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 192-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s
Arc B580 +43%
456 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.2 3.0
CUDA No No
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1

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Total votes: 99

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