AMD Radeon RX 9070 vs Intel Arc B580

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 9070, vs Intel Arc B580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 9070 and Intel Arc B580
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
235
158
133
102
123
78
67
51
The Witcher 3
237
213
157
82
147
128
91
46
Counter-Strike 2
315
214
160
80
162
116
83
40
Far Cry 6
191
168
147
94
108
98
76
43
Hogwarts Legacy
143
121
95
55
71
57
44
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
222
211
156
105
82
85
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
109
66
72
61
42
25
Cyberpunk 2077
171
154
107
47
90
82
55
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
266
242
186
98
124
107
83
43
Avg FPS
1080p High214109
1080p Ultra17890
1440p Ultra13967
4K Ultra8138
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
22542
Intel Arc B580
11211
Time Spy2700414652
Solar Bay10507855170
Port Royal161587861
Fire Strike6055936464
Night Raid170494121083
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 9070
149949
Intel Arc B580
111561
Background Blur377.5 frames/s284.6 frames/s
Face Detection221.3 frames/s150 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.4 Gpix/sec2.67 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.99 Gpix/sec5.22 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.52 Gpix/sec6.35 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.18 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching606 Gpix/sec397 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8521.2 fps15177.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 9070
24877
Intel Arc B580
15659
G2D Mark1274715
DirectX 11281 fps129 fps
DirectX 1272 fps73 fps
GPU Compute14704 Ops/s7910 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 9070
n/a
Intel Arc B580
152.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a847.7 fps
Car Chasen/a779.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a605.7 fps
T-Rexn/a2266.1 fps
ALU 2n/a3666.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a184.2 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a4148.9
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
37056
Intel Arc B580
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
AMD Radeon RX 9070
54866
Intel Arc B580
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
AMD Radeon RX 9070
29946
Intel Arc B580
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15375n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)37834n/a
Horizon Detection43910n/a
Face Detection (HP)67858n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)172939n/a
Text Classification (SP)4469n/a
Machine Translation (HP)8499n/a
Object Detection (SP)15393n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)66890n/a
Style Transfer (SP)365633n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
AMD Radeon RX 9070
2688.73
Intel Arc B580
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 3, 2024
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Generation 12.7
Codename Navi 48 XL BMG-G21
Price n/a 249

GPU

GPU Frequency 1330 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 2670 MHz
Shader Units 3584 2560
TMUs 224 160
ROPs 128 80
Execution Units 56 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 56 20
Tensor Cores 112 160
L1 cache 128 KB/core 256 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 18000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 323 Gpix/sec 214 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 564 GTex/s 427 GTex/s
FLOPS 36.1 TFLOPS 13.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 220 W 190 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 356.5 mm² 272 mm²
Transistor count 53.9 billion 19.6 billion
Transistor density 151.19 MTr/mm² 72.06 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2518 MHz 2375 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20100 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 9070
640 GB/s
Intel Arc B580
456 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA No n/a
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9070 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
5 (55.56%)
4 (44.44%)
Total Votes: 9

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