Intel Arc B580 vs GeForce RTX 3070
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Intel Arc B580
BMG-G21
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
GA104
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Intel Arc B580 12 GB with 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders against the 4 years and 2 months older GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB that utilizes 46 pipelines and 5888 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
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc B580
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3070
- Performs better (up to 27%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 48% higher maximum theoretical performance (20.3 vs 13.7 TFLOPS)
- Shows 31% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 88 vs 67 FPS
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 2 technology
- Has 2.3x more shading units (5888 vs 2560)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 123 78 67 51 |
147 99 86 61 |
| The Witcher 3 | 147 128 91 46 |
168 143 100 54 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 162 116 83 40 |
244 194 137 77 |
| Far Cry 6 | 108 98 76 43 |
132 121 96 54 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 71 57 44 26 |
97 80 62 35 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 82 85 61 38 |
121 113 85 52 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 72 61 42 25 |
89 74 56 31 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 90 82 55 26 |
106 94 59 28 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 124 107 83 43 |
165 153 113 60 |
| 1080p High | 109 | 141 |
| 1080p Ultra | 90 | 119 |
| 1440p Ultra | 67 | 88 |
| 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 | 13644 |
| Solar Bay | 55846 | 64452 |
| Port Royal | 7939 | 8312 |
| Fire Strike | 36801 | 34056 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 28331 | 28488 |
| Night Raid | 125066 | 122159 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 284.6 img/sec | 161.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 150 img/sec | 117.2 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2.67 Gpixels/sec | 5.89 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.22 Gpixels/sec | 8.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.35 Gpixels/sec | 6.65 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.18 Gpixels/sec | 1.25 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 397 Gpixels/sec | 550.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 15177.3 FPS | 17613.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 702 | 1005 |
| DirectX 11 | 125 FPS | 183 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 78 FPS | 84 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 8018 Ops/s | 11007 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 3070
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-11-15 (mit) | Cinebench 2024 | 9652 |
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 | 7624 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 18608 | 23420 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 16715 | 17898 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 40348 | 40535 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 64494 | 83624 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3091 | 2724 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3530 | 4481 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 13690 | 10304 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36797 | 30418 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 197057 | 180089 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Arc B580 and GeForce RTX 3070General
| Vendor | Intel | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | December 3, 2024 | October 22, 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $249 | $499 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | BMG-G21 | GA104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 4060 | - Radeon RX 7800 XT |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core i7 12700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (50th and 44th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1700 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2670 MHz | 1725 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 5888 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 160 | 184 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 96 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 20 | 46 |
| Tensor Cores | 160 | 184 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 20 | 46 |
| L1 Cache | 256KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 12MB shared | 4MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 214 GPixel/s | 166 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 427 GTexel/s | 317 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 190 W | 220 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 272 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 19.6 billion | 17 billion |
| Transistor Density | 72.06 MTr/mm² | 43.37 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2375 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 19000 Mbps | 14000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 256-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 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | 1.4a |
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