Intel Arc B570 vs NVIDIA H20 NVL16 Comparison

The Verdict

The data presents two fundamentally different products that share almost no common use case. The Intel Arc B570 is a client-focused graphics card with a full suite of benchmark results, while the NVIDIA H20 NVL16 is a server accelerator with no recorded benchmark scores in the database. The Arc B570 has an average benchmark score of 20,556 and sits at the 65th percentile among all GPUs. The H20 NVL16 has an average benchmark score of 0 and sits at the 50th percentile, a figure that reflects the absence of test data rather than poor performance.

For users selecting a graphics card for standard rendering workloads, DirectX, OpenGL, or Vulkan applications, the Arc B570 is the only option with measurable data. It delivers a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2,649, a Geekbench Vulkan score of 96,844, and a PassMark G3D score of 14,195. The H20 NVL16 reports no display outputs and no graphics API support, meaning it cannot function as a conventional GPU for desktop or gaming workloads.

For compute-focused deployments in server environments, the H20 NVL16 offers 96 GB of HBM3 memory with 4.03 TB/s of bandwidth and 39.54 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. The Arc B570 offers 10 GB of GDDR6 memory with 380.0 GB/s of bandwidth and 11.52 TFLOPS of FP32. The server card targets memory capacity and tensor throughput, while the client card targets rasterization and real-time graphics. The benchmark database contains no head-to-head results between these two, and each has zero wins in direct comparison, which reflects their disjoint positioning.

Where Each One Wins

The Arc B570 wins in every category that involves display output, consumer API support, or traditional graphics benchmarking. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, and it has one HDMI 2.1a and three DisplayPort 2.1 outputs. Its 2,304 shading units, 144 texture mapping units, and 80 raster operations units, combined with 18 ray tracing cores, make it suitable for real-time rendering and gaming workloads. Its pixel rate is 200.0 GPixel/s and its texture rate is 360.0 GTexel/s.

The H20 NVL16 wins in raw compute throughput and memory capacity. It has 9,984 shading units, 312 texture mapping units, and 312 tensor cores, which gives it 39.54 TFLOPS of FP32 and 79.07 TFLOPS of FP16. Its 96 GB of HBM3 memory on a 6,144-bit bus delivers 4.03 TB/s of bandwidth, roughly ten times the bandwidth of the Arc B570. The H20 NVL16 also has a higher transistor count at 80,000 million versus 19,600 million, and a larger die at 814 mm² versus 272 mm².

The H20 NVL16 has no raster operations units count listed beyond 24, and it has no ray tracing cores listed, meaning the data does not support claims about its real-time graphics capability. Its pixel rate of 47.52 GPixel/s is lower than the Arc B570's 200.0 GPixel/s, which further indicates that its design prioritizes compute over graphics. The Arc B570 wins on clock speed too, with a base and boost of 2,500 MHz versus the H20 NVL16's 1,830 MHz base and 1,980 MHz boost.

Architecture Differences

The Intel Arc B570 uses the BMG-G21 chip based on the Xe2-HPG architecture, part of the Battlemage (Arc 5) generation. It is built on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 72.1 million per mm². Its predecessor is Alchemist. The card uses a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface and draws 150 W of power with a suggested power supply of 450 W. It requires a single 8-pin power connector and occupies a dual-slot form factor.

The NVIDIA H20 NVL16 uses the GH100 chip based on the Hopper architecture, part of the Server Hopper (Hxx) generation. It is also built on a 5 nm process at TSMC but packs 80,000 million transistors on an 814 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 98.3 million per mm². Its predecessor is Server Ada and its successor is Server Blackwell. The module uses PCIe 5.0 x16 and draws 400 W of power with a suggested power supply of 800 W. It is an SXM module with no power connector listed and no display outputs.

The memory systems diverge sharply. The Arc B570 uses 10 GB of GDDR6 on a 160-bit bus at 2,375 MHz (19 Gbps effective), producing 380.0 GB/s. The H20 NVL16 uses 96 GB of HBM3 on a 6,144-bit bus at 1,313 MHz (5.3 Gbps effective), producing 4.03 TB/s. The server part operates at lower memory clock speeds but compensates with a bus width that is 38 times wider.

The compute pipelines differ in structure. The Arc B570 has 18 ray tracing cores and no tensor cores listed. The H20 NVL16 has 312 tensor cores and no ray tracing cores listed. The Arc B570 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The H20 NVL16 reports N/A for all three APIs, which aligns with its server-oriented role where graphics APIs are not relevant.

FAQ

Q: Which card has higher FP32 compute performance?

A: The NVIDIA H20 NVL16 delivers 39.54 TFLOPS of FP32, while the Intel Arc B570 delivers 11.52 TFLOPS. The H20 NVL16 is approximately 3.4 times higher based on the recorded figures.

Q: What is the memory capacity difference?

A: The H20 NVL16 has 96 GB of HBM3 memory, while the Arc B570 has 10 GB of GDDR6. The server card offers 86 GB more capacity.

Q: Does the H20 NVL16 support DirectX or Vulkan?

A: The database lists DirectX, OpenGL, and Vulkan as N/A for the H20 NVL16. The Arc B570 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Q: Which card has a higher memory bandwidth?

A: The H20 NVL16 provides 4.03 TB/s of bandwidth from its 6,144-bit HBM3 interface. The Arc B570 provides 380.0 GB/s from its 160-bit GDDR6 interface.

Q: What are the power requirements?

A: The Arc B570 has a TDP of 150 W and a suggested power supply of 450 W. The H20 NVL16 has a TDP of 400 W and a suggested power supply of 800 W.

Q: Which card has benchmark scores in the database?

A: Only the Arc B570 has recorded benchmark scores. Its average benchmark score is 20,556 across tests including 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 (2,649), Geekbench OpenCL (83,514), Geekbench Vulkan (96,844), and PassMark G3D (14,195). The H20 NVL16 has no benchmark entries.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains no head-to-head benchmark results between the Intel Arc B570 and the NVIDIA H20 NVL16. The headToHeadBenchmarks field is empty, and both cards record zero wins in direct comparison. This absence of data is itself informative: the two products occupy separate segments, and no standardized graphics test has been run on the server accelerator.

For the Arc B570, the available benchmarks show a spread across different API levels. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 2,649. In Geekbench, it scores 83,514 in OpenCL and 96,844 in Vulkan, indicating stronger performance in the Vulkan path. PassMark results show 65 in DirectX 10, 118 in DirectX 11, 72 in DirectX 12, and 164 in DirectX 9. Its PassMark G2D score is 661 and G3D score is 14,195. The GPU compute score is 7,281.

The Arc B570's average benchmark score of 20,556 places it within 0.1% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile (20,534) and within 0.1% of the Intel Arc A750 (20,582). It is 0.4% ahead of the NVIDIA Quadro M4000M (20,480) and 0.5% behind the AMD Radeon R9 M390X (20,662). These deltas are small, meaning the Arc B570 performs in a tight band around these rivals. It sits at the 65th percentile among all GPUs.

The H20 NVL16 has no benchmark scores and no nearest rivals listed. Its percentile of 50 is a placeholder from the absence of data, not a measured position. The only quantitative comparisons available come from specification fields: its FP32 throughput is 39.54 TFLOPS, its FP16 is 79.07 TFLOPS, its texture rate is 617.8 GTexel/s, and its pixel rate is 47.52 GPixel/s. The Arc B570's texture rate is 360.0 GTexel/s and pixel rate is 200.0 GPixel/s.

The largest measured win for the Arc B570 is in pixel throughput, where it leads by a factor of roughly 4.2 over the H20 NVL16. The largest specification win for the H20 NVL16 is in memory bandwidth, where it leads by a factor of roughly 10.6. The server card also leads in FP32 by a factor of roughly 3.4, in FP16 by a factor of roughly 3.4, and in texture rate by a factor of roughly 1.7. These figures come from separate benchmark and specification records, not from a shared test.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every measurable field. The Arc B570 uses the BMG-G21 chip with Xe2-HPG architecture, while the H20 NVL16 uses the GH100 chip with Hopper architecture. Both use a 5 nm TSMC process, but the transistor counts are 19,600 million for Intel and 80,000 million for NVIDIA. Die sizes are 272 mm² and 814 mm² respectively, with densities of 72.1M per mm² and 98.3M per mm².

Clock speeds differ: the Arc B570 runs at 2,500 MHz base and boost, while the H20 NVL16 runs at 1,830 MHz base and 1,980 MHz boost. Memory clocks are 2,375 MHz (19 Gbps effective) for the Arc B570 versus 1,313 MHz (5.3 Gbps effective) for the H20 NVL16. Memory capacity is 10 GB GDDR6 versus 96 GB HBM3. Bus widths are 160-bit versus 6,144-bit. Bandwidth is 380.0 GB/s versus 4.03 TB/s.

Shading units are 2,304 versus 9,984. TMUs are 144 versus 312. ROPs are 80 versus 24. The Arc B570 has 18 ray tracing cores and no tensor cores. The H20 NVL16 has 312 tensor cores and no ray tracing cores. Pixel rates are 200.0 GPixel/s versus 47.52 GPixel/s. Texture rates are 360.0 GTexel/s versus 617.8 GTexel/s. FP32 is 11.52 TFLOPS versus 39.54 TFLOPS. FP16 is 23.04 TFLOPS versus 79.07 TFLOPS.

Power consumption is 150 W versus 400 W, and suggested power supplies are 450 W versus 800 W. Slot widths are dual-slot versus SXM module. The Arc B570 has one 8-pin power connector, while the H20 NVL16 lists none. Bus interfaces are PCIe 4.0 x8 versus PCIe 5.0 x16. Display outputs are 1x HDMI 2.1a and 3x DisplayPort 2.1 for Intel, and no outputs for NVIDIA. The Arc B570 measures 272 mm in length and 115 mm in height. The H20 NVL16 has no dimensions listed. The Arc B570 launched on 2025-01-15 with a launch MSRP of 219 USD. The H20 NVL16 launched on 2025-09-01 with no launch MSRP recorded.