Intel Arc B580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

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Arc B580 compared with GeForce RTX 5050

	IntelArc B580	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5050
Overview
Released
Released	December 2024	July 2025
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	Intel	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Xe2 (Battlemage)	Blackwell
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,560	2,560
Boost clock
Boost clock	–	2,570 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	20 Xe-cores in 5 render slices; 160 Xe Vector Engines; Intel lists a 2670 MHz graphics clock	–
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	TSMC N5	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	20 second-generation ray tracing units	Fourth-generation RT Cores; 40 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	160 Intel XMX engines; 233 TOPS INT8	Fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 421 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	XeSS 2 with XeSS Super Resolution, XeSS Frame Generation and Xe Low Latency	DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	–	2.31 GHz
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	12 GB GDDR6 (better)	8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	192-bit (better)	128-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	456 GB/s	–
Memory detail
Memory detail	GDDR6 at 19 Gbps	–
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	190 W	130 W (better)
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 5.0
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 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 at 120 Hz over HDMI, 7680 × 4320 at 60 Hz over DisplayPort	4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin (Limited Edition)	1 × PCIe 8-pin cable, or a 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable (adapter in the box)
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	600 W	550 W
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot (Limited Edition)	–
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	1 × ninth-generation NVENC, 1 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode