Intel Arc B580 vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

Compared 2 processors: Intel Arc B580, vs AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Arc B580 and AMD Radeon RX 6900 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
123
78
67
51
213
142
118
87
The Witcher 3
147
128
91
46
208
183
139
72
Counter-Strike 2
162
116
83
40
302
208
149
81
Far Cry 6
108
98
76
43
172
148
133
83
Hogwarts Legacy
71
57
44
26
130
105
83
46
COD Modern Warfare 3
82
85
61
38
183
177
130
84
Ghost of Tsushima
72
61
42
25
131
111
91
55
Cyberpunk 2077
90
82
55
26
148
129
87
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
107
83
43
225
205
156
82
Avg FPS
1080p High109190
1080p Ultra90156
1440p Ultra67121
4K Ultra3870
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Intel Arc B580
11211
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
20263
Time Spy1465220781
Solar Bay5517086741
Port Royal786110519
Fire Strike3646457323
Night Raid121083159759
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Intel Arc B580
111561
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
124121
Background Blur284.6 frames/s231.6 frames/s
Face Detection150 frames/s152.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.67 Gpix/sec4.26 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.22 Gpix/sec5.75 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.35 Gpix/sec5.87 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.18 Gpix/sec1.12 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching397 Gpix/sec618.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15177.3 fps17973.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Intel Arc B580
15659
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
26727
G2D Mark7151051
DirectX 11129 fps278 fps
DirectX 1273 fps113 fps
GPU Compute7910 Ops/s14962 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Intel Arc B580
152.9 fps
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
305.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)847.7 fps1379.6 fps
Car Chase779.3 fps1317.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)605.7 fps1205.3 fps
T-Rex2266.1 fps4360 fps
ALU 23666.8 fps6645 fps
Driver Overhead 2184.2 fps325.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4148.93954.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 3, 2024 December, 8, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Generation 12.7 RDNA 2.0
Codename BMG-G21 Navi 21
Price 249 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1700 MHz 1825 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2670 MHz 2250 MHz
Shader Units 2560 5120
TMUs 160 320
ROPs 80 128
Ray Tracing Cores 20 80
Tensor Cores 160 n/a
L1 cache 256 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 18000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 214 Gpix/sec 288 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 427 GTex/s 720 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.7 TFLOPS 23 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 190 W 300 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 272 mm² 520 mm²
Transistor count 19.6 billion 26 billion
Transistor density 72.06 MTr/mm² 50 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2375 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Intel Arc B580
456 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
512 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 AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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