Intel Arc B580 VS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
intel
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory2560
Cores456 GB/s
BandwidthArc B580
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce GTX 970
Intel Arc B580
Arc B580
$249 • Dec 2024
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Specs Comparison
| Specification | Intel Arc B580 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 190 W | 148 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2670 MHz | 1178 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 456 GB/s | 224.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 5nm | 28nm |
| Architecture | Xe2 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 1664 |
| RT Cores | 20 | N/A |
| TMUs | 160 | 104 |
| ROPs | 80 | 56 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2375 MHz | 1753 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 213.6 GPixel/s | 65.97 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 427.2 GTexel/s | 224.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 13.67 GFLOPS | 3.92 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 18.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 272 mm² | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 19600 Million | 5200 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin | 2x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
Intel Arc B580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
Intel Arc B580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
Intel Arc B580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
Intel Arc B580
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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Intel Arc B580 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
Intel Arc B580
INTEL • 12GB GDDR6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5
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