Intel Arc B580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

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Arc B580 compared with GeForce RTX 3060

	IntelArc B580	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3060
Overview
Released
Released	December 2024	February 2021
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	Intel	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Xe2 (Battlemage)	Ampere
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,560	3,584
Boost clock
Boost clock	–	1,780 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	20 Xe-cores in 5 render slices; 160 Xe Vector Engines; Intel lists a 2670 MHz graphics clock	NVIDIA reference GPU specifications; photo shows Gainward's stock-clock 12 GB Ghost partner card. NVIDIA announced worldwide partner availability of the 8 GB revision from November 2022.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	TSMC N5	8 nm (Gainward Ghost datasheet)
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	20 second-generation ray tracing units	Second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	160 Intel XMX engines; 233 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; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	–	1.32 GHz; NVIDIA rounds boost to 1.78 GHz, while Gainward's stock-clock 12 GB Ghost and 8 GB Pegasus both specify 1,777 MHz
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	12 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR6 or 8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	192-bit	192-bit or 128-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	456 GB/s	360 GB/s or 240 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	GDDR6 at 19 Gbps	15 Gbps GDDR6. Original 12 GB is 192-bit with 360 GB/s bandwidth (Gainward Ghost); later 8 GB is 128-bit with 240 GB/s (Gainward Pegasus).
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	190 W	170 W (better)
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	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3; 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; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR or 8K 60 Hz HDR
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin (Limited Edition)	Varies by partner card; Gainward's 12 GB Ghost and 8 GB Pegasus each specify 1 × PCIe 8-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	600 W	550 W on NVIDIA's reference specification, based on an Intel Core i9-10900K system
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot (Limited Edition)	Varies by partner card; no Founders Edition model
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	Seventh-generation NVENC, fifth-generation NVDEC; hardware AV1 decode, no AV1 encode