Intel Arc B370 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB Comparison

Intel Arc B370 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB represent two entirely different approaches to graphics processing, with the former designed as an integrated solution and the latter as a discrete add-in board. The recorded benchmark data shows a single head-to-head comparison in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, where the NVIDIA card delivers a score of 4019 against 1184 for the Intel part, a delta of -70.5 percent for the Arc B370. This single data point frames the analysis, but the specification sheets reveal far deeper structural differences between the two products.

Where Each One Wins

The benchmark results indicate a clear and unambiguous winner in raw graphics performance. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB takes the only recorded head-to-head win, scoring 4019 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, which is 3.4 times higher than the Intel Arc B370's 1184. The delta percentage of -70.5 percent for the Intel part confirms that it trails by a substantial margin in this DirectX 12 workload. The NVIDIA card also holds a percentile rank of 29 among all GPUs in the database, while the Intel Arc B370 sits at the 5th percentile, placing it far down the performance distribution.

The Intel Arc B370 does not win any of the recorded benchmark comparisons, but its design goals point toward a different type of win condition. Its 25 W TDP and integrated form factor mean it occupies no expansion slot and requires no power connectors, making it suitable for compact portable devices where power draw is the primary constraint. The NVIDIA card, by contrast, is a dual-slot solution with a 180 W TDP and a single 8-pin power connector, requiring a 450 W suggested power supply. In the context of the database, the Intel part wins on integration efficiency, while the NVIDIA part wins on every measurable performance metric.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs use fundamentally different silicon. The Intel Arc B370 is built on the Xe3-LPG architecture using the Panther Lake chip, fabricated on a 3 nm process at Intel's own foundry. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB uses the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with the GB206 chip, produced on a 5 nm process at TSMC. The transistor counts diverge sharply: the NVIDIA chip contains 21,900 million transistors on a 181 mm² die, giving a density of 121.0M per mm², while the Intel part's transistor count and die size are listed as unknown in the database.

The execution resources tell the same story. The Intel Arc B370 has 1280 shading units, 40 texture mapping units, 20 raster output units, and 10 ray tracing cores, with no tensor core count listed. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB has 4608 shading units, 144 TMUs, 48 ROPs, 36 RT cores, and 144 tensor cores. That is 3.6 times more shading units, 3.6 times more TMUs, 2.4 times more ROPs, and 3.6 times more RT cores on the NVIDIA side. The compute throughput scales accordingly: the NVIDIA card delivers 23.70 TFLOPS FP32 and 23.70 TFLOPS FP16 (1:1), while the Intel part manages 6.144 TFLOPS FP32 and 12.29 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1).

Memory architecture is another major divergence. The Intel Arc B370 uses system shared memory, with its size, type, bus width, and bandwidth all dependent on the host platform. The NVIDIA card has 16 GB of dedicated GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, delivering 448.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The Intel part's memory clock is also system dependent, while the NVIDIA card runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective. The API support is identical at DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, but the underlying hardware capabilities could not be more different.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has a higher 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB scores 4019, while the Intel Arc B370 scores 1184. The NVIDIA card leads by 2835 points, a delta of -70.5 percent for the Intel part.

Q: How do the shading unit counts compare between the two GPUs?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB has 4608 shading units, while the Intel Arc B370 has 1280. The NVIDIA card provides 3.6 times more shading units than the Intel part.

Q: What memory configurations do these GPUs use?

A: The Intel Arc B370 relies on system shared memory with bandwidth described as system dependent. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB has 16 GB of dedicated GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What is the power draw difference between the two cards?

A: The Intel Arc B370 has a 25 W TDP and requires no power connectors, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB has a 180 W TDP and uses a single 8-pin power connector with a 450 W suggested power supply.

Q: How do the pixel and texture rates compare?

A: The NVIDIA card achieves 123.5 GPixel/s and 370.4 GTexel/s, versus 48.00 GPixel/s and 96.00 GTexel/s for the Intel Arc B370. The NVIDIA card is 2.6 times faster in pixel fill and 3.9 times faster in texture fill.

Q: What is the release timing for each GPU?

A: The Intel Arc B370 has a release date of 2026-01-26, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB was released on 2025-04-15. The NVIDIA card arrived earlier in the database's recorded timeline.

Specification Differences

| Specification | Intel Arc B370 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB |

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

| Architecture | Xe3-LPG | Blackwell 2.0 |

| Chip | Panther Lake | GB206 |

| Process Node | 3 nm | 5 nm |

| Foundry | Intel | TSMC |

| Transistors | unknown | 21,900 million |

| Die Size | unknown | 181 mm² |

| Transistor Density | null | 121.0M / mm² |

| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 2407 MHz |

| Boost Clock | 2400 MHz | 2572 MHz |

| Memory Size | System Shared | 16 GB |

| Memory Type | System Shared | GDDR7 |

| Memory Bus Width | System Shared | 128 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | System Dependent | 448.0 GB/s |

| Memory Clock | System Shared | 1750 MHz 28 Gbps effective |

| Shading Units | 1280 | 4608 |

| TMUs | 40 | 144 |

| ROPs | 20 | 48 |

| RT Cores | 10 | 36 |

| Tensor Cores | null | 144 |

| Pixel Rate | 48.00 GPixel/s | 123.5 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 96.00 GTexel/s | 370.4 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 6.144 TFLOPS | 23.70 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 12.29 TFLOPS (2:1) | 23.70 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 25 W | 180 W |

| Slot Width | IGP | Dual-slot |

| Power Connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |

| Suggested PSU | null | 450 W |

| Bus Interface | IGP | PCIe 5.0 x8 |

| Display Outputs | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI 2.1b3x DisplayPort 2.1b |

| Dimensions | null | 241 mm 9.5 inches length, 111 mm 4.4 inches height, 40 mm 1.6 inches width |

| Release Date | 2026-01-26 | 2025-04-15 |

| Launch MSRP | null | 429 USD |

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records exactly one shared benchmark: 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB scores 4019, and the Intel Arc B370 scores 1184. The delta percentage of -70.5 percent indicates the Intel part trails by more than two-thirds of the NVIDIA card's score. In absolute terms, the NVIDIA card is 2835 points ahead, a lead of 239 percent over the Intel part's result.

Beyond the single head-to-head test, the NVIDIA card has additional benchmark entries that the Intel part lacks. In PassMark tests, the RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB records 22618 in G3D, 11224 in GPU Compute, 1206 in G2D, 238 in DirectX 9, 219 in DirectX 11, 144 in DirectX 10, and 89 in DirectX 12. The Intel Arc B370 has no entries for these workloads in the database, so no direct comparison is possible for those tests. The NVIDIA card's average benchmark score across all recorded tests is 4970, while the Intel part's average is 1184, matching its single Steel Nomad result.

The nearest rival data places each GPU in different competitive brackets. The Intel Arc B370 sits near the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570 (avg score 1186, delta -0.2 percent), ATI Radeon HD 5770 (avg score 1190, delta -0.5 percent), AMD Radeon HD 7650M (avg score 1192, delta -0.7 percent), and AMD FirePro M2000 (avg score 1168, delta 1.4 percent). The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB sits near the NVIDIA Quadro 4000 (avg score 4979, delta -0.2 percent), AMD Radeon R7 Graphics (avg score 4998, delta -0.6 percent), AMD Radeon R7 M360 (avg score 4931, delta 0.8 percent), and AMD Radeon R7 M265 (avg score 4929, delta 0.8 percent). These brackets show the two products operating in entirely different performance classes, separated by roughly a factor of four in average score.

The Verdict

The recorded data indicates that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB is the clear choice for any workload requiring high graphics throughput. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 4019 is more than triple the Intel Arc B370's 1184, and its 29th percentile rank places it well above the Intel part's 5th percentile. The NVIDIA card provides 3.6 times the shading units, 3.6 times the TMUs, 2.4 times the ROPs, 3.6 times the RT cores, and 3.9 times the texture fill rate. Its dedicated 16 GB GDDR7 memory with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth removes any dependence on system memory performance. The 23.70 TFLOPS FP32 throughput is 3.9 times the Intel part's 6.144 TFLOPS.

The Intel Arc B370, however, occupies a niche the NVIDIA card cannot serve. Its 25 W TDP, integrated form factor, lack of power connectors, and system shared memory make it appropriate for portable devices where the NVIDIA card's 180 W TDP, dual-slot footprint, and 450 W suggested power supply are impossible constraints. The Intel part's 3 nm process node also represents a more advanced manufacturing technology, though the database does not record transistor counts to quantify the density advantage. For users with a discrete PCIe slot, a 450 W power supply, and a need for high-end rendering performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB is the only sensible option based on the data. For ultra-low-power integrated graphics in a mobile platform, the Intel Arc B370 is the designated part. The two do not compete for the same use case, and the benchmark gap reflects that fundamental positioning.