Intel Arc B570 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

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Arc B570 compared with GeForce RTX 3050

	IntelArc B570	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3050
Overview
Released
Released	January 2025	January 2022
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	Intel	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Xe2 (Battlemage)	Ampere
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,304	2,560 or 2,304
Boost clock
Boost clock	–	1,780 MHz or 1,470 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	18 Xe-cores in 5 render slices; 144 Xe Vector Engines; Intel lists a 2500 MHz graphics clock	NVIDIA reference GPU figures; photo shows PNY's stock-clock 8 GB VERTO Dual Fan partner card. The 6 GB revision went on sale on 2 February 2024. NVIDIA also lists different OEM clocks and core counts; a complete independent OEM specification is not published here.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	TSMC N5	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	18 second-generation ray tracing units	Second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	144 Intel XMX engines; 203 TOPS INT8	Third-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	XeSS 2 with XeSS Super Resolution, XeSS Frame Generation and Xe Low Latency	NVIDIA DLSS upscaling
Base clock
Base clock	–	Original 8 GB is 1.55 GHz and 6 GB is 1.04 GHz on NVIDIA's rounded table; PNY specifies 1,552 MHz and 1,042 MHz respectively. NVIDIA rounds the original boost to 1.78 GHz; PNY gives 1,777 MHz.
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	10 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6 or 6 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	160-bit	128-bit or 96-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	380 GB/s	224 GB/s or –
Memory detail
Memory detail	GDDR6 at 19 Gbps	PNY specifies 14 Gbps GDDR6 for both capacities. Its original 8 GB page publishes 224 GB/sec bandwidth; the 6 GB PDF labels its bandwidth figure as Gbps, so an unambiguous numeric bandwidth is omitted for that revision.
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	150 W	130 W or 70 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2.1 up to UHBR 13.5, DisplayPort 2.1 up to UHBR 10; up to 4 displays	PNY 8 GB VERTO has 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a and 1 × HDMI 2.1; PNY 6 GB VERTO lists DisplayPort 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 and DVI-DL, for 3 displays. Check the chosen partner card.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 at 120 Hz over HDMI, 7680 × 4320 at 60 Hz over DisplayPort	7680 × 4320 on PNY's specifications; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR, 8K 60 Hz HDR and variable refresh rate
Power connector
Power connector	–	Original reference specification and PNY 8 GB VERTO require 1 × 8-pin; NVIDIA and PNY specify no auxiliary connector for the 6 GB version
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	–	NVIDIA specifies 550 W for the original 8 GB card and 300 W for 6 GB; requirements depend on the rest of the system
Slot width
Slot width	–	Partner designs vary; PNY's pictured 8 GB VERTO and its 6 GB VERTO are dual-slot cards
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	–	No Founders Edition card; pictured PNY 8 GB VERTO is 8.99 × 4.49 × 1.71 inches. PNY 6 GB VERTO is 186.2 × 113 × 38.50 mm.
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	2 multi-format codec engines; H.264, HEVC and AV1 encode and decode; HDR10, HDR10+ Gaming and Dolby Vision	PNY specifies seventh-generation NVIDIA Encoder and fifth-generation Decoder; its 8 GB board is PCIe 4.0 x8 and 6 GB is PCIe 4.0 x16 with x8 active