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Arc B580

4.4 · 113 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
12 GB
CUDA
2,560
FP32
13.67 TF
Bandwidth
456 GB/s
TDP
190W
Boost
2670 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute13.67 TFLOPS13%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth456 GB/s25%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity12 GB38%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units2,56012%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency23/10040%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy13,680pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)7,020pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,976spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute96,000pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming38
Ray tracing39
AI / Compute40
Creator / 3D38
Power efficiency23
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 53 fps
1080p
75
1440p
54
4K
29
Counter-Strike 2avg 115 fps
1080p
209
1440p
95
4K
42
Fortniteavg 104 fps
1080p
160
1440p
102
4K
51
Battlefield 5avg 96 fps
1080p
131
1440p
95
4K
61
Far Cry 5avg 103 fps
1080p
145
1440p
107
4K
57
Valorantavg 231 fps
1080p
218
1440p
247
4K
228

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
127fps
1440p
61fps
4K
42fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($249) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$2.19
1440p
$3.62
4K
$5.80
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners love the huge VRAM for the price and smooth 1440p gaming. The main gripes are driver hiccups in older games and higher power draw than expected.

Pros
  • Runs cool and quiet under heavy loads
  • Handles high-res textures with zero stutter
  • Plays modern games smoothly at high settings
  • Stays relevant longer with generous video memory
Cons
  • Drivers still have rough edges
  • Lacks high-end ray tracing performance
  • Noise under heavy gaming loads

Supported technologies

Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
Xe2
Process node
5 nm
Transistors
19.6 B
SM Count
20
Release date
2024
Launch price
$249
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
2,560
RT Cores
20
Tensor Cores
160
TMUs
160
ROPs
80
L2 cache
18 MB
Memory
Size
12 GB
Type
GDDR6
Bus width
192-bit
Bandwidth
456 GB/s
Memory clock
2375 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
2670 MHz
Boost clock
2670 MHz
FP32 (float)
13.67 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
13.67 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
214 GPixel/s
Texture rate
427.2 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
190W
Suggested PSU
350W
Power connectors
1x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
Length
272 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model
6.6
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.4
Verdict

Our verdict on the Arc B580

The Intel Arc B580 is a mid-range graphics card with generous video memory for its price, but driver maturity remains a lingering question.

Get it if you want a solid 1440p card with plenty of VRAM for modern games without breaking the bank. Skip it if you play older titles that rely on DirectX 9 or 10, where driver support can be spotty.

Buy it if…

  • You do heavy video editing and want extra VRAM for large projects.
  • You game at 1440p and care more about value than ray tracing.
  • You need a modern GPU for AV1 encoding on a budget build.
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