Intel Arc B570 vs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Compared 2 processors: Intel Arc B570, vs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Arc B570 and AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
113
66
59
38
84
46
33
20
The Witcher 3
126
110
80
40
60
46
27
16
Counter-Strike 2
152
108
79
39
96
67
46
19
Far Cry 6
97
88
67
34
65
55
40
19
Hogwarts Legacy
61
50
37
18
38
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
65
67
47
28
51
45
29
19
Ghost of Tsushima
63
53
37
21
37
28
21
10
Cyberpunk 2077
76
68
45
18
36
33
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
108
94
68
40
69
61
36
18
Avg FPS
1080p High9660
1080p Ultra7846
1440p Ultra5830
4K Ultra3115
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Intel Arc B570
9819
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
4786
Time Spy125384951
Solar Bay4861319979
Port Royal6725367
Fire Strike3121215577
Night Raid13145365281
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Intel Arc B570
85640
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
53081
Background Blur223.7 frames/s130.3 frames/s
Face Detection115.2 frames/s70.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.14 Gpix/sec1.59 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.95 Gpix/sec2.21 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.81 Gpix/sec2.02 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec0.65 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching294.6 Gpix/sec223 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics11270.6 fps7470.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Intel Arc B570
13841
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
9578
G2D Mark651810
DirectX 11117 fps90 fps
DirectX 1272 fps38 fps
GPU Compute7291 Ops/s4502 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Intel Arc B570
130.3 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
52.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)719.5 fps360.9 fps
Car Chase646 fps373.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)526.2 fps278.5 fps
T-Rex1989.9 fps1305.6 fps
ALU 23033.7 fps1331.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2134.7 fps259.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3045.31300.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 3, 2024 January, 19, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Generation 12.7 RDNA 2.0
Codename BMG-G21 Navi 24
Price 219 199

GPU

GPU Frequency 1700 MHz 2310 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2500 MHz 2815 MHz
Shader Units 2304 1024
TMUs 144 64
ROPs 80 32
Ray Tracing Cores 18 16
Tensor Cores 288 No
L1 cache 256 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 12000 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 200 Gpix/sec 90 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 360 GTex/s 180 GTex/s
FLOPS 11.5 TFLOPS 5.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x4
TGP 150 W 107 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 6 nm
Transistor Size 272 mm² 107 mm²
Transistor count 19.6 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 72.06 MTr/mm² 46.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2375 MHz 2248 MHz
Bus 160 bit 64 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s 18000 MB/s
Memory Size 10 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Intel Arc B570
380 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
143.9 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 2.1 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Arc B570 the clear winner in this comparison.

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