Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Comparison

FAQ

Q: What are the two GPUs compared in this database?

A: The Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual, based on the BMG-G21 chip with Xe2-HPG architecture, and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell, based on the GB203 chip with Blackwell 2.0 architecture.

Q: Which GPU has more memory and bandwidth?

A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell offers 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering 896.0 GB/s bandwidth. The Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual provides 24 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, yielding 456.0 GB/s.

Q: What is the transistor count difference?

A: The NVIDIA chip contains 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die, while the Intel chip packs 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die. This gives NVIDIA a transistor density of 120.6M / mm² versus Intel's 72.1M / mm².

Q: Which GPU has a higher boost clock?

A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell boosts to 2407 MHz, slightly above the Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual's 2400 MHz boost. However, the Intel card has a higher base clock at 2000 MHz versus 1635 MHz for NVIDIA.

Q: How do their form factors compare?

A: Both are dual-slot cards with a 40 mm width. The Intel card is longer at 300 mm (11.8 inches) and slightly shorter in height at 110 mm (4.3 inches), while the NVIDIA card measures 267 mm (10.5 inches) in length and 111 mm (4.4 inches) in height.

Q: Which GPU has a higher percentile ranking?

A: The RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell sits at the 76th percentile among all GPUs, while the Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual is at the 50th percentile. The NVIDIA card's average benchmark score is 31,532.

Architecture Differences

The Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual uses the BMG-G21 chip built on Xe2-HPG architecture, part of the Battlemage (Pro Series) generation. It is fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC, containing 19,600 million transistors across a 272 mm² die. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell uses the GB203 chip with Blackwell 2.0 architecture from the Blackwell PRO W (x000) generation. It also uses a 5 nm TSMC process but packs 45,600 million transistors on a larger 378 mm² die.

The shading unit counts differ dramatically. Intel's card carries 2,560 shading units, 160 texture mapping units, and 80 raster operation pipelines. NVIDIA's card has 10,496 shading units, 328 TMUs, and 112 ROPs. Ray tracing hardware also diverges: Intel integrates 20 RT cores, while NVIDIA includes 82 RT cores. NVIDIA additionally provides 328 tensor cores, a feature absent from the Intel specification.

Memory subsystems reflect different design priorities. The Intel card uses 24 GB of GDDR6 with a 192-bit bus and 456.0 GB/s bandwidth. The NVIDIA card uses 32 GB of GDDR7 with a 256-bit bus and 896.0 GB/s bandwidth, roughly doubling the throughput. Clock behavior differs as well: Intel runs at a 2000 MHz base and 2400 MHz boost, while NVIDIA starts at 1635 MHz base and reaches 2407 MHz boost.

Compute throughput shows a wide gap. Intel delivers 12.29 TFLOPS FP32 and 24.58 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1 ratio). NVIDIA delivers 50.53 TFLOPS for both FP32 and FP16 (1:1 ratio). Pixel and texture rates follow suit: Intel achieves 192.0 GPixel/s and 384.0 GTexel/s, while NVIDIA reaches 269.6 GPixel/s and 789.5 GTexel/s.

Power envelopes also differ substantially. The Intel card is rated at 400 W TDP with an 800 W suggested PSU. The NVIDIA card draws 200 W TDP with a 550 W suggested PSU. Both use a single 16-pin power connector and a PCIe 5.0 interface, though Intel uses x8 lanes while NVIDIA uses x16 lanes. Display outputs are four mini-DisplayPort 2.1 on Intel and four DisplayPort 2.1b on NVIDIA. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

Direct benchmark comparisons are limited because the database contains recorded results only for the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell. The Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual has no benchmark entries in the database. This means the quantitative analysis below relies entirely on the NVIDIA card's measured scores and its positional data relative to other GPUs.

The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell produced an average benchmark score of 31,532. Its nearest rival, the NVIDIA TITAN RTX, scored 31,676, which puts the RTX PRO 4500 at -0.5% relative to that card. The NVIDIA GRID M60-1Q scored 31,220, placing the RTX PRO 4500 at +1% ahead of it. The NVIDIA Quadro M5000 also scored 31,206, again putting the RTX PRO 4500 at +1% ahead. The Intel Arc Pro A30M scored 31,894, meaning the RTX PRO 4500 trails that card by -1.1%.

In individual tests, the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell achieved a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 7,025. Its Geekbench Vulkan score was 221,768. PassMark results include 33,360 in G3D, 19,255 in GPU Compute, 1,336 in G2D, 397 in DirectX 9, 320 in DirectX 11, 204 in DirectX 10, and 119 in DirectX 12.

The percentile ranking of 76 indicates that the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell outperforms roughly three-quarters of all GPUs in the database. The Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual, at the 50th percentile, sits near the median of all recorded GPUs. Without direct head-to-head benchmark scores for the Intel card, the database cannot confirm a precise performance delta between the two specific cards in identical workloads.

The gap in raw specification suggests where differences would appear. The RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell holds more than a 4x advantage in FP32 throughput (50.53 versus 12.29 TFLOPS). Its texture rate is roughly 2x higher (789.5 versus 384.0 GTexel/s). Memory bandwidth is nearly 2x higher (896.0 versus 456.0 GB/s). These specification gaps typically translate into measurable benchmark disparities, but the database lacks the Intel scores to quantify them directly.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every major specification category. The Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual uses the BMG-G21 chip, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell uses the GB203 chip. Intel's architecture is Xe2-HPG, and NVIDIA's is Blackwell 2.0. Generations also differ: Battlemage (Pro Series) for Intel versus Blackwell PRO W (x000) for NVIDIA.

Transistor count shows a 26,000 million difference, with NVIDIA at 45,600 million and Intel at 19,600 million. Die size differs by 106 mm² (378 versus 272). Transistor density is 120.6M / mm² for NVIDIA and 72.1M / mm² for Intel. Base clocks differ by 365 MHz (Intel higher at 2000 MHz, NVIDIA at 1635 MHz), while boost clocks are nearly identical with NVIDIA slightly ahead at 2407 MHz versus 2400 MHz.

Memory specifications diverge completely: 32 GB GDDR7 with 256-bit bus and 896.0 GB/s for NVIDIA versus 24 GB GDDR6 with 192-bit bus and 456.0 GB/s for Intel. Memory clock also differs: 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective) for NVIDIA and 2375 MHz (19 Gbps effective) for Intel.

Compute resources are vastly different. NVIDIA has 10,496 shading units, 328 TMUs, 112 ROPs, 82 RT cores, and 328 tensor cores. Intel has 2,560 shading units, 160 TMUs, 80 ROPs, and 20 RT cores, with no tensor cores listed. Pixel rate is 269.6 GPixel/s for NVIDIA and 192.0 GPixel/s for Intel. Texture rate is 789.5 GTexel/s for NVIDIA and 384.0 GTexel/s for Intel. FP32 is 50.53 TFLOPS for NVIDIA and 12.29 TFLOPS for Intel. FP16 is 50.53 TFLOPS (1:1) for NVIDIA and 24.58 TFLOPS (2:1) for Intel.

Power figures show NVIDIA at 200 W TDP with 550 W suggested PSU, while Intel is at 400 W TDP with 800 W suggested PSU. The PCIe interface uses x16 lanes on NVIDIA and x8 on Intel, both at PCIe 5.0. Display outputs are 4x DisplayPort 2.1b on NVIDIA and 4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1 on Intel. Physical dimensions differ in length (267 mm versus 300 mm) and height (111 mm versus 110 mm), with identical 40 mm width. The NVIDIA card has a predecessor listed as Workstation Ada, while the Intel card has no predecessor. Release dates differ by about six months, with NVIDIA on 2025-03-17 and Intel on 2025-09-04. The Intel card has a launch MSRP of 1,199 USD; the NVIDIA card has no listed launch MSRP.

Where Each One Wins

The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell dominates in compute-heavy workloads based on its recorded performance and specification advantages. Its 50.53 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 50.53 TFLOPS FP16 (1:1 ratio) make it suitable for simulation, rendering, and scientific computing where floating-point throughput directly drives results. The 82 RT cores and 328 tensor cores provide dedicated hardware for ray tracing and AI acceleration, respectively. The 896.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 32 GB capacity support large datasets and high-resolution textures. The 76th percentile ranking and average benchmark score of 31,532 confirm strong overall standing in the database.

The Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual wins on power efficiency per watt, at least on paper. Its 400 W TDP delivers 12.29 TFLOPS FP32, while the NVIDIA card at 200 W TDP delivers 50.53 TFLOPS. That means NVIDIA achieves roughly 0.25 TFLOPS per watt, while Intel achieves about 0.03 TFLOPS per watt. The NVIDIA card is the clear efficiency leader in this comparison. Intel's card does have a higher base clock (2000 MHz versus 1635 MHz), which may benefit lightly threaded or latency-sensitive workloads where sustained clock speed matters more than raw throughput.

For workloads that fit within 24 GB of GDDR6 memory, the Intel card could serve as a lower-power alternative in the sense that its 400 W TDP, while higher than NVIDIA's, is still manageable with an 800 W PSU. However, the NVIDIA card requires only 550 W suggested PSU, making it easier to integrate into existing systems. The Intel card's PCIe 5.0 x8 interface provides half the lane width of NVIDIA's x16 interface, which could limit bandwidth in data-transfer-heavy tasks.

The 50th percentile ranking for the Intel card suggests it performs near the median of all GPUs in the database. The RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell at the 76th percentile clearly outperforms the majority of recorded GPUs. In specific benchmark categories, the NVIDIA card shows strength in PassMark G3D (33,360) and GPU Compute (19,255), while its DirectX 12 score of 119 is notably lower than its DirectX 9 score of 397, which may indicate driver or workload-specific behavior.

The absence of benchmark data for the Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual means the database cannot confirm any workload where it would beat the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell in measured performance. The specification comparison shows NVIDIA ahead in every compute metric: shading units, TMUs, ROPs, RT cores, tensor cores, memory capacity, memory bandwidth, FP32, FP16, pixel rate, and texture rate. The only areas where Intel shows a numerical advantage are base clock speed (2000 MHz versus 1635 MHz) and memory clock in MHz terms (2375 MHz versus 1750 MHz), though the latter does not translate to higher effective bandwidth due to the narrower bus and older memory type.

Given the data available, the RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell is the stronger card for GPU-intensive tasks such as 3D rendering, AI inference, and high-bandwidth data processing. The Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual, with its 24 GB memory and 456.0 GB/s bandwidth, remains a capable option for users whose workloads fit within its memory capacity and who do not require NVIDIA's tensor core acceleration. The database's percentile and benchmark records favor NVIDIA across the board.