Arc B580 VS Radeon RX 6700 XT
We are comparing the Arc B580 ( Intel ) head-to-head with the Radeon RX 6700 XT ( AMD ) . You’ll get the key pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.
Note: This comparison of Arc B580 vs. Radeon RX 6700 XT is based on Comparigon's analysis and is for informational purposes only.
Last Updated: August 20, 2026
KEY DIFFERENCES OF Arc B580 AND Radeon RX 6700 XT
Here’s how Arc B580 and Radeon RX 6700 XT stack up against each other in their most impactful areas. Use these bullets to see at a glance which graphics card excels where.
Reasons to consider the Arc B580
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3% higher Boost Clock (2670 MHz vs 2581 MHz)
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14% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (14656 vs 12813)
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28% higher 3DMark Port Royal score (7909 vs 6190)
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27% higher Blender score (1928 vs 1518)
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3% higher FP32 Compute (13.67 TFLOPS vs 13.21 TFLOPS)
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6700 XT
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13% higher 4K Ultra FPS (43 vs 38)
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13% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (76 vs 67)
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17% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (105 vs 90)
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24% higher PassMark G3D Mark score (19742 vs 15906)
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18% higher PassMark GPU Compute score (9278 vs 7888)
SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF Arc B580 AND Radeon RX 6700 XT
Below is the detailed specification table comparing Arc B580 and Radeon RX 6700 XT.
Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.
If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.
| Specification | Arc B580 | Radeon RX 6700 XT |
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General Info
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| GPU Name: | Arc B580 | Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| GPU Type: | Discrete | Discrete |
| Codename: | BMG-G21 | Navi 22 |
| Vendor: | Intel | AMD |
| Foundry: | TSMC | TSMC |
| Architecture: | Xe2-HPG | RDNA 2.0 |
| Generation: | Battlemage (Arc 5) | Navi II (RX 6000) |
| Release Date: | December 13, 2024 | March 3, 2021 |
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Board Design
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| Bus Interface: | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| PCIe Version: | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Lanes: | 8 | 16 |
| Process Size: | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistors: | 19.6 billion | 17 billion |
| Density: | 72.1 MTr/mm² | 50.75 MTr/mm² |
| Die Size: | 272 mm² | 335 mm² |
| Board Length: | 272 mm | 267 mm |
| Board Width: | 45 mm | 40 mm |
| Board Height: | 115 mm | 110 mm |
| Total Graphics Power (TGP): | 190 W | 230 W |
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Graphics Processor
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| Compute Units: | 20 | 40 |
| Shading Units: | 2560 | 2560 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): | 160 | 160 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs): | 80 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores: | 160 | — |
| Ray Tracing Cores: | 20 | 40 |
| Base Clock: | 2670 MHz | 2321 MHz |
| Boost Clock: | 2670 MHz | 2581 MHz |
| L1 Cache: | 256 KB (per EU) | 128 KB per Array |
| L2 Cache: | 18 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 Cache: | — | 96 MB |
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Raw Performance
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| Pixel Fill Rate: | 213.6 GPixel/s | 165.2 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate: | 427.2 GTexel/s | 413.0 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance: | 13.67 TFLOPs | 13.21 TFLOPs |
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Memory
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| Memory Type: | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size: | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Bus Width: | 192-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock: | 2375 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed: | 19000 Mbps | 16000 Mbps |
| Bandwidth: | 456 GB/s | 384 GB/s |
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APIs
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| DirectX: | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan: | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL: | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL: | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| Ray Tracing: | 1 | 1 |
| DisplayPort: | 2.1 | 1.4a |
| HDMI: | 2.1a | 2.1 |
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Gaming FPS
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| 1080p Ultra (FPS): | 90 | 105 |
| 1440p Ultra (FPS): | 67 | 76 |
| 4K Ultra (FPS): | 38 | 43 |
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Benchmarks
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3D Mark
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| Steel Nomad Lite | 11172 | 11432 |
| Time Spy | 14656 | 12813 |
| Solar Bay | 55492 | 50228 |
| Port Royal | 7909 | 6190 |
| Fire Strike | 36724 | 35839 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 28289 | 22915 |
| Night Raid | 123401 | 130531 |
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GeekBench 6 OpenCL
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| Compute Score | 111561 | 110742 |
| Background Blur | 284.6 img/sec | 245.8 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 150 img/sec | 153.3 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2.67 Gpixels/sec | 3.99 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.22 Gpixels/sec | 5.82 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.35 Gpixels/sec | 4.37 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.18 Gpixels/sec | 1.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 397 Gpixels/sec | 474.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 15177.3 | 13872.6 |
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Passmark Graphics
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| G3D Mark | 15906 | 19742 |
| G2D Mark | 700 | 953 |
| DirectX 11 | 126 | 173 |
| DirectX 12 | 77 | 77 |
| GPU Compute | 7888 | 9278 |
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GFXBench 5
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| Aztec Ruins High (4K) | 152.90 | 173.60 |
| Aztec Ruins Normal | 847.70 | 943.90 |
| Car Chase | 779.30 | 840.00 |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 608.20 | 743.30 |
| T-Rex | 2266.10 | 2906.30 |
| Tessellation | 4148.90 | 2414.40 |
| ALU 2 | 3674.60 | 3886.30 |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 184.20 | 290.80 |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
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Blender (Rendering)
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| Blender Score | 1928 | 1518 |
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GeekBench 6 ML
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| Single Precision | 21661 | 21026 |
| Half Precision | 34463 | 21983 |
| Quantized | 14366 | 16106 |
| Image Classification | 10654 | 9076 |
| Image Segmentation | 18608 | 10972 |
| Image Super Resolution | 16715 | 24228 |
| Face Detection | 40348 | 32365 |
| Pose Estimation | 64494 | 100249 |
| Text Classification | 3091 | 2204 |
| Machine Translation | 3530 | 4803 |
| Object Detection | 13690 | 9882 |
| Depth Estimation | 36797 | 37762 |
| Style Transfer | 197057 | 210688 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
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FurMark
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| 1080p Vulkan | 9028 | 9153 |
| 1440p Vulkan | 6544 | 6300 |
| 2160p Vulkan | 3434 | 3237 |
| 1080p OpenGL | 8421 | 10146 |
| 1440p OpenGL | 6278 | 6900 |
| 2160p OpenGL | 3146 | 3596 |
Tip: ▲ indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while ▼ indicates a lower-is-better advantage.
PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF Arc B580 AND Radeon RX 6700 XT
The charts below visualize how Arc B580 and Radeon RX 6700 XT stack up in key performance metrics.
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Release Timeline of Arc B580 and Radeon RX 6700 XT
Radeon RX 6700 XT was released 3 years, 9 months, 10 days earlier than Arc B580.
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Domain Score Summary
Note: Scores (0 to 100) are generated by Comparigon’s scoring algorithm and are intended as a high-level guide. They may not map 1-to-1 with the individual spec-by-spec comparisons shown in the table.
Our Verdict
In conclusion, the Arc B580 is clearly better overall compared to the Radeon RX 6700 XT. Its strongest advantages are in AI & Machine Learning, Hardware Architecture, Workstation and Energy Efficiency. They are still fairly close in Gaming Performance.
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