Intel Arc B580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER Comparison

# FAQ

Q: How does the Intel Arc B580 compare to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER in the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 benchmark?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER scores 6269.5, while the Intel Arc B580 scores 3068. The NVIDIA card outperforms the Intel card by 51.1% in this test.

Q: What is the average benchmark score for each GPU?

A: The Intel Arc B580 has an average benchmark score of 23021 across its recorded tests. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has an average benchmark score of 6270, based on its single recorded 3DMark result.

Q: Which GPU has a higher percentile ranking among all GPUs?

A: The Intel Arc B580 sits at the 68th percentile, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER ranks at the 36th percentile. This percentile reflects each card's average score relative to the entire database.

Q: How do the nearest rivals compare for each GPU?

A: For the Intel Arc B580, the closest rival is the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP with an average score of 23061, a 0.2% difference. For the NVIDIA card, the nearest rival is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER AD102 with an identical average score of 6270.

Q: What are the memory specifications of the two GPUs?

A: The Intel Arc B580 uses 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus with 456.0 GB/s bandwidth. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER uses 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus with 896.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What is the launch MSRP for each card?

A: The Intel Arc B580 has a launch MSRP of 249 USD. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has a launch MSRP of 749 USD.

# Architecture Differences

The Intel Arc B580 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER represent two distinct architectural approaches. Intel's card uses the Xe2-HPG architecture on the BMG-G21 chip, part of the Battlemage (Arc 5) generation. NVIDIA's card uses the Blackwell 2.0 architecture on the GB203 chip, part of the GeForce 50 series.

Both GPUs are fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC, but the chip designs diverge significantly. The Intel chip contains 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 72.1M per mm². The NVIDIA chip packs 45,600 million transistors onto a larger 378 mm² die, achieving a higher density of 120.6M per mm². This means NVIDIA's chip has more than double the transistor count in a die that is only about 39% larger by area.

The compute resources differ sharply. The Intel Arc B580 has 2560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 80 render output units. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has 8960 shading units, 280 TMUs, and 96 ROPs. NVIDIA's card provides 3.5 times the shading units and 1.75 times the TMUs, though its ROP advantage is more modest at 1.2 times.

Ray tracing hardware also differs. Intel includes 20 ray tracing cores, while NVIDIA includes 70 ray tracing cores. NVIDIA further adds 280 tensor cores, a feature absent from the Intel card's specification. These tensor cores enable dedicated AI acceleration, which the Intel card does not offer.

Clock speeds show an interesting inversion. The Intel Arc B580 runs at a base clock of 2670 MHz and a boost clock of 2670 MHz, meaning it maintains a fixed frequency. The NVIDIA card runs at a base clock of 2295 MHz and a boost clock of 2452 MHz, which is lower than Intel's clock but paired with far more compute units.

Memory architecture differences are substantial. Intel uses 12 GB of GDDR6 with a 192-bit bus, achieving 456.0 GB/s bandwidth. NVIDIA uses 16 GB of GDDR7 with a 256-bit bus, achieving 896.0 GB/s bandwidth. The NVIDIA card delivers nearly double the memory bandwidth despite running its memory at a lower clock speed of 1750 MHz compared to Intel's 2375 MHz, because of the wider bus and newer memory type.

The interface also differs. Intel uses PCIe 4.0 x8, while NVIDIA uses PCIe 5.0 x16. This gives the NVIDIA card more available bandwidth for data transfers, though the practical impact depends on workload.

# Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains one direct head-to-head benchmark between these two GPUs: 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. In this test, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER scores 6269.5, while the Intel Arc B580 scores 3068. The NVIDIA card wins by a delta of 51.1%.

This is a decisive margin. The NVIDIA card achieves more than double the Intel card's score in this DirectX 12 workload. Steel Nomad is a modern DX12 test that stresses the GPU with geometry, ray tracing, and compute tasks, so this result indicates that the NVIDIA architecture handles these workloads substantially better.

The Intel Arc B580 has additional recorded benchmarks that provide context for its overall performance. Its average score of 23021 comes from tests including 3DMark Steel Nomad (3068), Geekbench OpenCL (92821), Geekbench Vulkan (109672), and several Passmark tests. The Passmark scores range from 76 in DirectX 10 and DirectX 12 to 183 in DirectX 9, with a G3D score of 15748 and a GPU compute score of 7729.

The NVIDIA card's database entry only includes the single 3DMark result, so its average score of 6270 reflects just that one test. This limits direct comparisons beyond the Steel Nomad result, but the available data shows a clear performance hierarchy.

Looking at the nearest rivals for each card helps contextualize their positions. The Intel Arc B580's average score of 23021 places it within 0.2% of the AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP (23061), 0.6% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (22895), 0.7% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (23172), and 1% of the NVIDIA P106-100 (23249). This clustering suggests the Intel card performs in the range of these older or lower-tier GPUs.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's average score of 6270 places it exactly level with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER AD102 (6270, 0% delta). It also sits within 0.2% of the NVIDIA Quadro K620 (6282), 0.8% of the AMD FirePro W600 (6223), and 0.9% of the AMD Radeon R7 M350 (6327). These rival comparisons indicate that the NVIDIA card's performance aligns with the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER class.

# Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every specification category. Process node is identical at 5 nm from TSMC, but transistor count, die size, and density all favor NVIDIA. The Intel chip has 19,600 million transistors on 272 mm²; the NVIDIA chip has 45,600 million on 378 mm².

Clock speeds differ in direction. Intel runs at 2670 MHz base and boost, while NVIDIA runs at 2295 MHz base and 2452 MHz boost. Intel's fixed clock is 218 MHz higher than NVIDIA's boost clock.

Memory specifications favor NVIDIA comprehensively: 16 GB GDDR7 versus 12 GB GDDR6, 256-bit bus versus 192-bit, and 896.0 GB/s versus 456.0 GB/s bandwidth. NVIDIA's memory clock is lower at 1750 MHz versus 2375 MHz, but the bus width and memory type deliver higher effective bandwidth.

Compute units favor NVIDIA in every category. Shading units: 8960 versus 2560. TMUs: 280 versus 160. ROPs: 96 versus 80. Ray tracing cores: 70 versus 20. Tensor cores: 280 versus none. Pixel rate: 235.4 GPixel/s versus 213.6 GPixel/s. Texture rate: 686.6 GTexel/s versus 427.2 GTexel/s. FP32: 43.94 TFLOPS versus 13.67 TFLOPS. FP16: 43.94 TFLOPS (1:1) versus 27.34 TFLOPS (2:1).

Power and physical specifications differ as well. The Intel card has a TDP of 190 W, uses a single 8-pin power connector, and has a suggested PSU of 450 W. The NVIDIA card has a TDP of 350 W and uses a single 16-pin power connector. Both are dual-slot cards, but the NVIDIA card is longer (304 mm versus 272 mm), taller (137 mm versus 115 mm), and wider (48 mm versus 45 mm).

The bus interface differs: Intel uses PCIe 4.0 x8, NVIDIA uses PCIe 5.0 x16. Display outputs also vary: Intel has 1x HDMI 2.1a and 3x DisplayPort 2.1, while NVIDIA has 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Release dates differ by over a year. The Intel Arc B580 was released on 2024-12-12, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has a release date of 2025-12-31. Both are listed as Active in production status.

# Where Each One Wins

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER wins the only direct head-to-head benchmark, 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, by a 51.1% margin. This is the sole recorded win in the database. The NVIDIA card also wins on every raw specification that affects compute throughput: shading units, TMUs, ROPs, ray tracing cores, tensor cores, FP32 performance, FP16 performance, pixel rate, and texture rate.

Memory performance also favors NVIDIA. The 16 GB GDDR7 memory with 896.0 GB/s bandwidth provides more capacity and more than double the bandwidth of the Intel card's 12 GB GDDR6 at 456.0 GB/s. For workloads that are memory-bound, such as high-resolution texture streaming or large dataset processing, this advantage is substantial.

The Intel Arc B580 does not win any recorded benchmarks. However, its specification sheet shows areas where it is not disadvantaged. The Intel card runs at a higher clock speed (2670 MHz versus 2452 MHz boost), which can benefit workloads that are latency-sensitive or poorly parallelized. Its lower TDP of 190 W versus 350 W means it draws less power, though the database does not include efficiency measurements.

The Intel card also has a higher transistor density per clock in its fixed-frequency design, but the absolute compute figures favor NVIDIA overwhelmingly. In the Passmark tests, the Intel card shows varied results: DirectX 9 score of 183, DirectX 11 score of 128, and DirectX 10 and DirectX 12 scores of 76. These scores suggest the Intel card handles legacy APIs differently, but without NVIDIA equivalents in the database, no direct comparison is possible.

The percentile rankings provide another angle. The Intel Arc B580 sits at the 68th percentile of all GPUs, while the NVIDIA card sits at the 36th percentile. This discrepancy arises because the NVIDIA card's average score is based on a single high-end benchmark, while the Intel card's average includes many lower-scoring legacy tests. The percentile reflects the distribution of average scores across the database, not the head-to-head result.

# The Verdict

The data shows a clear performance hierarchy. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER outperforms the Intel Arc B580 by 51.1% in the sole direct benchmark, 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. This result aligns with the specification differences: NVIDIA's card has 3.5 times the shading units, 2.1 times the texture rate, 3.2 times the FP32 throughput, and 1.96 times the memory bandwidth.

The Intel Arc B580 is positioned differently. Its average benchmark score of 23021 places it among GPUs like the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 and AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP, with deltas under 1%. It occupies the 68th percentile of all GPUs, which is higher than the NVIDIA card's 36th percentile, but this reflects the different benchmark sets recorded for each card.

For users choosing between these cards based on the database, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER delivers superior raw performance in modern DX12 workloads, more memory capacity, higher bandwidth, and dedicated tensor cores. The Intel Arc B580 offers lower power consumption (190 W versus 350 W), a higher clock speed, and a smaller physical footprint (272 mm versus 304 mm length).

The launch MSRP of 249 USD for the Intel card and 749 USD for the NVIDIA card indicates different market segments, though the database does not provide performance-per-dollar calculations. The NVIDIA card costs three times as much at launch, but delivers more than double the 3DMark score.

The release dates also matter: the Intel Arc B580 launched on 2024-12-12, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has a release date of 2025-12-31. Both are currently listed as Active.

The verdict from the recorded data is straightforward. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER is the stronger GPU for demanding DX12 workloads, with a 51.1% lead in the head-to-head test and superior specifications across compute, memory, and AI acceleration. The Intel Arc B580 remains a viable option for users prioritizing lower power draw, compact dimensions, and a lower launch price, but it does not match the NVIDIA card's performance in the available benchmark data.