AMD FirePro D700 vs Intel Arc B580 Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data includes two overlapping benchmark results for these cards, and both are decisive wins for the Intel Arc B580. In Geekbench OpenCL, the Intel card scores 92,821 against the AMD FirePro D700’s 23,716. That is a delta of -74.4% from the perspective of the AMD card, meaning the Intel part is roughly four times faster in raw compute throughput. The gap is nearly identical in Geekbench Vulkan, where the Arc B580 posts 109,672 versus 27,968 for the FirePro D700, a -74.5% delta. These are not close contests; the Intel card dominates both APIs by a wide margin.

For context on where these scores sit relative to their own peer groups, the database shows the FirePro D700 has an average benchmark score of 25,842 and sits at the 71st percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD FirePro W7100 at 25,856 (-0.1%), the AMD Radeon R9 M395X at 25,891 (-0.2%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile at 25,740 (+0.4%), and the AMD Radeon Pro W5700 at 25,726 (+0.5%). The FirePro D700 is essentially neck-and-neck with those cards; the largest delta is only half a percent. That tells you the AMD card is a solid mid-pack performer for its era, but it is not a standout.

The Intel Arc B580, by contrast, has an average benchmark score of 23,021 and sits at the 68th percentile. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP at 23,061 (-0.2%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 at 22,895 (+0.6%), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 at 23,172 (-0.7%), and the NVIDIA P106-100 at 23,249 (-1%). While the FirePro D700’s average score is actually higher than the Arc B580’s average (25,842 vs 23,021), that is driven by the specific mix of tests in each card’s benchmark suite. The head-to-head results, which use identical tests, show the Intel card is vastly faster in both OpenCL and Vulkan.

The Arc B580 also has a broader benchmark footprint, with results in 3DMark Steel Nomad (3,068), Passmark DirectX 10 (76), DirectX 11 (128), DirectX 12 (76), DirectX 9 (183), G2D (709), G3D (15,748), and GPU Compute (7,729). The FirePro D700 has no data for those tests, so no direct comparison is possible there. What the head-to-head data makes clear is that the Intel card wins both available matchups by roughly 74% in each case.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from completely different design eras and philosophies. The AMD FirePro D700 is built on GCN 1.0 architecture, using the Tahiti chip, and manufactured on a 28 nm process at TSMC. It packs 4,313 million transistors on a die size of 352 mm², giving it a transistor density of 12.3 million per square millimeter. The Intel Arc B580 uses the Xe2-HPG architecture with the BMG-G21 chip, built on a 5 nm process also at TSMC. It crams 19,600 million transistors into a smaller die of 272 mm², yielding a transistor density of 72.1 million per square millimeter. That is nearly six times the density of the older AMD part, which explains how Intel fits so much more logic into less silicon.

The FirePro D700 has 2,048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 32 raster output units. It has no dedicated ray tracing cores or tensor cores. The Arc B580 has 2,560 shading units, 160 TMUs, and 80 ROPs, plus 20 ray tracing cores. The Intel card’s pixel rate is 213.6 GPixel/s versus 27.20 GPixel/s for the AMD card, and its texture rate is 427.2 GTexel/s versus 108.8 GTexel/s. FP32 compute is 13.67 TFLOPS for Intel versus 3.482 TFLOPS for AMD, a roughly fourfold advantage. The Intel card also supports FP16 at 27.34 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio), while the FirePro D700 has no listed FP16 capability.

API support differs significantly. The FirePro D700 supports DirectX 12 (11_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.170. The Arc B580 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The Intel card is built for modern graphics workloads with full ray tracing and the latest API feature sets, while the AMD card is limited to an older DirectX feature level.

Where Each One Wins

The Intel Arc B580 wins both head-to-head benchmarks outright, and by enormous margins. In Geekbench OpenCL, it scores 92,821 versus 23,716, a 74.4% advantage. In Geekbench Vulkan, it scores 109,672 versus 27,968, a 74.5% advantage. This makes the Intel card the clear choice for any compute-heavy or Vulkan-based workload. It also has a much higher FP32 throughput (13.67 TFLOPS vs 3.482 TFLOPS), higher pixel and texture rates, and more memory bandwidth (456.0 GB/s vs 263.0 GB/s). If your work involves modern rendering, ray tracing, or general-purpose GPU compute, the data points squarely at the Intel card.

The AMD FirePro D700 does not win any recorded benchmark in this comparison. Its only advantages are in non-performance areas: it has a higher percentile rank among all GPUs (71st vs 68th), and its average benchmark score is higher (25,842 vs 23,021), but those figures are not from head-to-head tests and reflect different benchmark suites. In the two tests where both cards ran the same workload, the AMD card is decisively behind. It also has a different set of display outputs (6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 and 1x SDI) versus the Intel card’s 1x HDMI 2.1a and 3x DisplayPort 2.1, which might matter for specific multi-display or broadcast setups, but that is a feature consideration, not a performance win.

For gaming or modern compute, the Arc B580 is the only rational pick based on these numbers. For legacy professional workloads that rely on the FirePro’s specific output configuration or older driver optimizations, the AMD card might still have a niche, but the raw performance gap is too large to ignore.

Specification Differences

| Specification | AMD FirePro D700 | Intel Arc B580 |

|---|---|---|

| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | Xe2-HPG |

| Process Node | 28 nm | 5 nm |

| Transistors | 4,313 million | 19,600 million |

| Die Size | 352 mm² | 272 mm² |

| Transistor Density | 12.3M / mm² | 72.1M / mm² |

| Base Clock | None listed | 2670 MHz |

| Boost Clock | None listed | 2670 MHz |

| Memory Clock | 1370 MHz, 5.5 Gbps effective | 2375 MHz, 19 Gbps effective |

| Memory Size | 6 GB | 12 GB |

| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |

| Memory Bus Width | 384 bit | 192 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | 263.0 GB/s | 456.0 GB/s |

| Shading Units | 2048 | 2560 |

| TMUs | 128 | 160 |

| ROPs | 32 | 80 |

| RT Cores | None | 20 |

| Pixel Rate | 27.20 GPixel/s | 213.6 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 108.8 GTexel/s | 427.2 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 3.482 TFLOPS | 13.67 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | None listed | 27.34 TFLOPS (2:1) |

| TDP | 274 W | 190 W |

| Suggested PSU | 600 W | 450 W |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |

| Display Outputs | 6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2, 1x SDI | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1 |

| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |

| Vulkan | 1.2.170 | 1.4 |

| Length | 279 mm (11 inches) | 272 mm (10.7 inches) |

| Height | Not listed | 115 mm (4.5 inches) |

| Width | Not listed | 45 mm (1.8 inches) |

| Production Status | End-of-life | Active |

| Release Date | 2014-01-17 | 2024-12-12 |

| Predecessor | FirePro Terascale | Alchemist |

| Successor | Radeon Instinct | None listed |

FAQ

Q: Which card has higher memory bandwidth?

A: The Intel Arc B580 has 456.0 GB/s, versus 263.0 GB/s for the AMD FirePro D700. Even though the AMD card has a wider 384-bit bus, the Intel card’s faster GDDR6 memory at 19 Gbps effective over its 192-bit bus delivers substantially more bandwidth.

Q: Does the Intel Arc B580 support ray tracing?

A: Yes, it has 20 dedicated ray tracing cores. The AMD FirePro D700 has no ray tracing cores listed.

Q: Which card is more power efficient?

A: The Intel Arc B580 has a 190 W TDP and a suggested PSU of 450 W. The AMD FirePro D700 has a 274 W TDP and a suggested PSU of 600 W. The Intel card delivers far higher performance while drawing less power.

Q: Can the AMD FirePro D700 run modern APIs?

A: It supports DirectX 12 (11_1), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.170. That is functional for many modern titles, but it lacks the DirectX 12 Ultimate features and Vulkan 1.4 support of the Intel card.

Q: What is the transistor density difference?

A: The Intel Arc B580 has 72.1 million transistors per square millimeter, while the AMD FirePro D700 has 12.3 million per square millimeter. That is a nearly sixfold difference, reflecting the jump from 28 nm to 5 nm manufacturing.

Q: Which card has more VRAM?

A: The Intel Arc B580 has 12 GB of GDDR6, double the 6 GB of GDDR5 on the AMD FirePro D700.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous: the Intel Arc B580 wins every head-to-head benchmark by roughly 74%. It has higher FP32 compute (13.67 TFLOPS vs 3.482 TFLOPS), higher pixel and texture rates, faster memory, more VRAM, and modern API support with ray tracing. It does all of this while using less power (190 W vs 274 W) and a smaller suggested PSU (450 W vs 600 W). The AMD FirePro D700 is a 2014-era professional card built on a 28 nm process, and while it still holds its own against its immediate peers from that generation, it cannot compete with a 2024 GPU.

If your workload involves Vulkan rendering, OpenCL compute, modern DirectX 12 titles, or any ray-traced content, the Intel Arc B580 is the only sensible choice based on the recorded data. The AMD card’s only remaining advantages are its 6x mini-DisplayPort 1.2 with SDI output, which could suit a specific broadcast or multi-display professional setup, and its higher percentile ranking among all GPUs (71st vs 68th). But that percentile is based on a different benchmark suite and does not reflect the head-to-head results.

For the vast majority of users, the Intel Arc B580 is the clear winner. It is faster, more efficient, newer, and equipped for current and future software. The AMD FirePro D700 belongs in a legacy system or a niche professional environment that specifically requires its output configuration. Otherwise, pick the Intel card without hesitation.