Intel Arc B580 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080

Compared 2 processors: Intel Arc B580, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Arc B580 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
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
123
78
67
51
257
182
175
135
The Witcher 3
147
128
91
46
270
243
168
91
Counter-Strike 2
162
116
83
40
317
236
175
87
Far Cry 6
108
98
76
43
194
173
160
97
Hogwarts Legacy
71
57
44
26
181
154
122
69
COD Modern Warfare 3
82
85
61
38
247
234
192
136
Ghost of Tsushima
72
61
42
25
165
141
129
80
Cyberpunk 2077
90
82
55
26
213
189
135
62
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
107
83
43
302
273
213
114
Avg FPS
1080p High109238
1080p Ultra90203
1440p Ultra67163
4K Ultra3897
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Intel Arc B580
11211
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Time Spy1465233057
Solar Bay55170154908
Port Royal786123163
Fire Strike3646474994
Night Raid121083200409
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Intel Arc B580
111561
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Background Blur284.6 frames/s319.6 frames/s
Face Detection150 frames/s225 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.67 Gpix/sec13.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.22 Gpix/sec19.5 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.35 Gpix/sec20.4 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.18 Gpix/sec2.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching397 Gpix/sec1750 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15177.3 fps43676.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Intel Arc B580
15659
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
G2D Mark7151396
DirectX 11129 fps322 fps
DirectX 1273 fps148 fps
GPU Compute7910 Ops/s21623 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Intel Arc B580
152.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)847.7 fps1955.9 fps
Car Chase779.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)605.7 fpsn/a
T-Rex2266.1 fpsn/a
ALU 23666.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2184.2 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLVulkan
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4148.9n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Intel Arc B580
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
GB6 ML Half Precision
Intel Arc B580
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
GB6 ML Quantized
Intel Arc B580
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Image Classification (SP)n/a15441
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a47173
Horizon Detectionn/a43223
Face Detection (HP)n/a92863
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a202202
Text Classification (SP)n/a3701
Machine Translation (HP)n/a7905
Object Detection (SP)n/a20955
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a69068
Style Transfer (SP)n/a349205
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Intel Arc B580
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 3, 2024 January, 7, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Generation 12.7 Blackwell 2.0
Codename BMG-G21 GB203-400
Price 249 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1700 MHz 2295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2670 MHz 2617 MHz
Shader Units 2560 10752
TMUs 160 336
ROPs 80 112
Execution Units n/a 84
Ray Tracing Cores 20 84
Tensor Cores 160 336
L1 cache 256 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 18000 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 214 Gpix/sec 293 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 427 GTex/s 879 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.7 TFLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 190 W 360 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 272 mm² 378 mm²
Transistor count 19.6 billion 45.6 billion
Transistor density 72.06 MTr/mm² 120.63 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 2375 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s 30000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Intel Arc B580
456 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 12.0
DisplayPort 2.1 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
3 (18.75%)
13 (81.25%)
Total Votes: 16

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