Intel Arc B580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

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Arc B580 compared with GeForce GTX 1060

	IntelArc B580	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1060
Overview
Released
Released	December 2024	July 2016
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	Intel	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Xe2 (Battlemage)	Pascal
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,560	1,280 or 1,152
Boost clock
Boost clock	–	1,708 MHz or –
Architecture
Architecture	20 Xe-cores in 5 render slices; 160 Xe Vector Engines; Intel lists a 2670 MHz graphics clock	Main figures and photo describe the original 6 GB Founders Edition. The 3 GB card has 1152 CUDA cores rather than 1280. Later 9 Gbps GDDR5 and GDDR5X cards were partner designs; unpublished general revision figures remain blank in their configurations.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	TSMC N5	16 nm FinFET (original GP106)
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	20 second-generation ray tracing units	No dedicated RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	160 Intel XMX engines; 233 TOPS INT8	No Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	XeSS 2 with XeSS Super Resolution, XeSS Frame Generation and Xe Low Latency	No NVIDIA DLSS
Base clock
Base clock	–	1506 MHz base and 1708 MHz boost for the original 6 GB and stock-clock 3 GB cards. MSI GAMING X+ 6G (9 Gbps GDDR5) has 1708 MHz boost in Silent Mode, 1784 MHz Gaming Mode and 1809 MHz OC Mode. MSI ARMOR 6GD5X OC specifies 1544 MHz base and 1759 MHz boost; these factory OC figures are not assigned to every GDDR5X card.
Cache
Cache	–	1536 KB L2 cache (original GP106)
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	12 GB GDDR6	6 GB GDDR5, 3 GB GDDR5 or 6 GB GDDR5X
Memory bus
Memory bus	192-bit	192-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	456 GB/s	192 GB/s or –
Memory detail
Memory detail	GDDR6 at 19 Gbps	Original 6 GB and 3 GB cards have 8 Gbps GDDR5, 192-bit bus and 192 GB/s bandwidth. NVIDIA confirms the later 9 Gbps GDDR5 refresh; MSI GAMING X+ lists 9026 MHz Gaming/Silent and 9126 MHz OC memory speed. MSI ARMOR 6GD5X OC verifies 6 GB GDDR5X, 192-bit bus and 8008 MHz memory speed, but publishes no bandwidth figure. Later revisions' first-sale dates are unverified.
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	190 W	120 W or –
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0
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	Original Founders Edition has 3 × DisplayPort 1.3/1.4, HDMI 2.0b and dual-link DVI; partner outputs vary
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 at 120 Hz over HDMI, 7680 × 4320 at 60 Hz over DisplayPort	7680 × 4320 (PNY stock 3 GB specification)
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin (Limited Edition)	1 × PCIe 6-pin on the original Founders Edition and stock PNY 3 GB; MSI GAMING X+ uses 1 × 8-pin, and MSI ARMOR GDDR5X OC uses 1 × 8-pin plus 1 × 6-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	600 W	400 W (PNY stock 3 GB, MSI GAMING X+ and MSI ARMOR GDDR5X OC)
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot (Limited Edition)	2-slot original Founders Edition; partner cards vary
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	272 × 115 mm, 779 g (Limited Edition)	–
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	–