Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data presents a stark contrast between these two workstation GPUs. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell holds a dominant position across the available benchmark suite, while the Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual has no recorded benchmark scores in the database, leaving its measured performance profile absent from direct comparison.

The NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell delivers a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 9,579.5. In Geekbench OpenCL, the card reaches 254,116 points, and in Geekbench Vulkan it achieves 282,631 points. These figures place the card at the 98th percentile among all GPUs in the database, indicating that it outperforms the vast majority of recorded graphics hardware. The average benchmark score across these three tests stands at 182,109.

The Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual, by contrast, has an average benchmark score of zero and sits at the 50th percentile. The database contains no benchmark entries for this card, so its measured performance cannot be directly compared with the NVIDIA card's results. What the data does show is the NVIDIA card's position relative to its nearest rivals, which provides context for interpreting its scores.

Against the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB, the RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell trails by 0.9 percent in average benchmark score. Against the NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation, it is 1.4 percent behind. Conversely, it leads the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D by 2.3 percent and the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40 GB by 2.7 percent. These tight margins around the 182,000 to 187,000 average score range suggest that the RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell competes directly with high-end data center and workstation cards from recent generations, while the Intel card's absence from this comparison leaves its competitive standing undefined.

The raw compute specifications reinforce the NVIDIA card's lead on paper. The RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell delivers 66.94 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, compared to 12.29 TFLOPS for the Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual. In FP16, the NVIDIA card again leads with 66.94 TFLOPS at a 1:1 ratio, while the Intel card offers 24.58 TFLOPS at a 2:1 ratio. The pixel rate for NVIDIA is 380.3 GPixel/s versus 192.0 GPixel/s for Intel. Texture rate shows a similar gap: 1,045.9 GTexel/s for NVIDIA versus 384.0 GTexel/s for Intel.

Where Each One Wins

The NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell wins in every measured category where data exists. Its FP32 throughput of 66.94 TFLOPS is more than five times the Intel card's 12.29 TFLOPS. The 1.34 TB/s memory bandwidth of the NVIDIA card dwarfs the Intel card's 456.0 GB/s by a factor of nearly three. The NVIDIA card's 48 GB of GDDR7 memory doubles the Intel card's 24 GB of GDDR6. The RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell also fields 14,080 shading units, 440 texture mapping units, 160 raster output units, 110 ray tracing cores, and 440 tensor cores. The Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual counters with 2,560 shading units, 160 TMUs, 80 ROPs, and 20 ray tracing cores, with no tensor cores listed.

The Intel card does hold advantages in certain physical and power characteristics. Its base clock runs at 2000 MHz versus 1740 MHz for the NVIDIA card, and its boost clock of 2400 MHz edges out the NVIDIA card's 2377 MHz. The Intel card also draws a higher power envelope at 400 W TDP compared to 300 W for the NVIDIA card, which means the Intel part consumes more power while delivering lower compute throughput. The Intel card uses a 192-bit memory bus with GDDR6 memory clocked at 2375 MHz (19 Gbps effective), while the NVIDIA card uses a 384-bit bus with GDDR7 memory at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective).

In terms of physical footprint, the Intel card is longer at 300 mm (11.8 inches) versus 267 mm (10.5 inches) for the NVIDIA card. Both cards share the same height (110 mm for Intel, 111 mm for NVIDIA) and width (40 mm for both). Both are dual-slot designs with a single 16-pin power connector. The Intel card requires a suggested 800 W power supply, while the NVIDIA card asks for 700 W.

The Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual supports four mini-DisplayPort 2.1 outputs, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell uses four standard DisplayPort 2.1b outputs. Both cards support PCIe 5.0, but the Intel card uses an x8 interface while the NVIDIA card uses the full x16 width.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from fundamentally different silicon designs. The Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual uses the BMG-G21 chip built on the Xe2-HPG architecture, part of the Battlemage (Pro Series) generation. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell uses the GB202 chip on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture, from the Blackwell PRO W (x000) generation.

Both cards are fabricated by TSMC on a 5 nm process node, but the transistor counts differ enormously. The NVIDIA GB202 chip packs 92,200 million transistors on a 750 mm² die, achieving a transistor density of 122.9 million per square millimeter. The Intel BMG-G21 contains 19,600 million transistors on a 272 mm² die, for a density of 72.1 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA die is nearly three times larger and holds more than four times the transistor count.

The memory subsystems reflect different design priorities. The Intel card uses 24 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, delivering 456.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA card uses 48 GB of GDDR7 on a 384-bit bus, delivering 1.34 TB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA memory clock runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective data rate, while the Intel memory clock runs at 2375 MHz with 19 Gbps effective. The NVIDIA card's wider bus and newer memory technology provide a substantial bandwidth advantage.

Compute resources also diverge sharply. The NVIDIA card fields 14,080 shading units, 440 TMUs, 160 ROPs, 110 ray tracing cores, and 440 tensor cores. The Intel card has 2,560 shading units, 160 TMUs, 80 ROPs, and 20 ray tracing cores, with no tensor core count listed. The NVIDIA card's FP16 performance matches its FP32 performance at a 1:1 ratio, indicating full-rate FP16 execution, while the Intel card halves its FP16 rate at a 2:1 ratio.

Both cards support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The NVIDIA card uses a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface, while the Intel card uses PCIe 5.0 x8. The NVIDIA card was released on 2025-03-17, with the Intel card following on 2025-09-04. The NVIDIA card lists its predecessor as Workstation Ada, while the Intel card has no predecessor listed. Both cards are currently marked as Active in production status.

The Verdict

The recorded data points to a clear hierarchy. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell sits at the 98th percentile of all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 182,109 across three tests. Its closest rivals, the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB and RTX 5000 Ada Generation, sit within 1.4 percent of its average score, while it leads the GeForce RTX 4090 D and A100 SXM4 40 GB by margins of 2.3 percent and 2.7 percent respectively. This places the card firmly in the upper tier of professional workstation graphics.

The Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual, with no recorded benchmarks and a 50th percentile placement, cannot be positioned relative to the NVIDIA card based on measured data. Its specifications indicate a substantially lower compute ceiling: 12.29 TFLOPS FP32 versus 66.94 TFLOPS, 456.0 GB/s memory bandwidth versus 1.34 TB/s, and 24 GB of memory versus 48 GB. The Intel card also requires a 400 W TDP and an 800 W suggested power supply, while delivering less than a fifth of the FP32 throughput of the NVIDIA card.

The NVIDIA card also carries a 300 W TDP with a 700 W suggested power supply, making it more power-efficient per unit of compute. Its 1:1 FP16 ratio allows full-rate half-precision work, while the Intel card's 2:1 ratio halves its FP16 throughput. The NVIDIA card's 440 tensor cores provide dedicated AI acceleration hardware that the Intel card does not list.

For users selecting a GPU for heavy FP32 or FP16 compute, ray tracing, or AI workloads, the data supports the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell as the higher-performing option. The Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual may serve as a lower-compute alternative with a longer physical card, a higher base clock, and support for mini-DisplayPort 2.1 outputs, but the absence of benchmark data for the Intel card means its real-world performance cannot be verified against the NVIDIA card from the database alone.

The launch MSRP for the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell is 5,099 USD, while the Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual has a launch MSRP of 1,199 USD. The NVIDIA card's release date of 2025-03-17 precedes the Intel card's 2025-09-04 release by nearly six months.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher FP32 compute throughput?

A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell delivers 66.94 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, while the Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual provides 12.29 TFLOPS.

Q: How much memory does each card have, and what type?

A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell has 48 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 384-bit bus, while the Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual has 24 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus.

Q: What is the memory bandwidth difference?

A: The NVIDIA card offers 1.34 TB/s of bandwidth, while the Intel card offers 456.0 GB/s.

Q: Which card has the higher boost clock?

A: The Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual boosts to 2400 MHz, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell boosts to 2377 MHz.

Q: How does the NVIDIA card compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell trails the NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80 GB by 0.9 percent and the RTX 5000 Ada Generation by 1.4 percent, while leading the GeForce RTX 4090 D by 2.3 percent and the A100 SXM4 40 GB by 2.7 percent in average benchmark score.

Q: What are the power requirements for each card?

A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell has a 300 W TDP and a suggested 700 W power supply, while the Intel Arc Pro B60 Dual has a 400 W TDP and a suggested 800 W power supply. Both use a single 16-pin power connector.