The two cheapest current-generation cards, taking opposite approaches. Intel offers 12 GB and a wider memory bus; NVIDIA offers the DLSS ecosystem and lower power draw at the same price.
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The most memory you can buy at this price: 12 GB on a 192-bit bus for entry-level money. Ray tracing is respectable for the tier, but the card needs Resizable BAR to perform as intended, and driver maturity varies more than it does on NVIDIA or AMD.
The cheapest way into the RTX 50 feature set. It is an entry-level 1080p card that leans heavily on DLSS to hit modern frame-rate targets, and it uses slower GDDR6 rather than GDDR7.
Arc B580 comes out ahead of RTX 5050.
The score blends performance at 1440p (50%), performance per dollar (30%) and memory headroom (20%), each against every card CompareYourGPU tracks. Fewer than three points apart counts as level. How verdicts are calculated.
Performance, memory, power and value rows, ranked by how far apart Arc B580 and RTX 5050 are. The full sheet below has every row.
| Difference | Arc B580 | RTX 5050 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| VRAM | Better: 12 GB | 8 GB | Arc B58050% higher |
| Board power | 190 W | Better: 130 W | RTX 505046% lower |
| Memory bandwidth | Better: 456 GB/s | 320 GB/s | Arc B58043% higher |
| Performance index, 4K | Better: 20 | 16 | Arc B58025% higher |
| Performance index, 1440p | Better: 27 | 22 | Arc B58023% higher |
| Performance per 100 W | 14.2 | Better: 16.9 | RTX 505019% higher |
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| Specification | Arc B580Intel | RTX 5050NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| Launch MSRPEssentially tied | $249 | $249 |
| Current priceCompareYourGPU does not publish a price it has not verified. | $435 | Best in this row: $383 |
| Performance per $100Performance index at 1440p per $100 of verified current price. | Best in this row: 6.2 | 5.7 |
| Specification | Arc B580Intel | RTX 5050NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here. | Best in this row: 31 | 27 |
| CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here. | Best in this row: 27 | 22 |
| CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here. | Best in this row: 20 | 16 |
| CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here. | Best in this row: 24 | 21 |
| Measured suite average at 1440pNot compared: data missing for at least one cardThird-party geometric mean across their game suite, run with vendor upscaling at Quality. A different test from the estimated row below, not a check on it. | 37.2 FPS (ComputerBase) | Not tested |
| Estimated FPS at 1440pModelled estimate for a typical modern AAA game at High settings with no upscaling. Not a measurement. | Best in this row: 50-70 FPS | 40-55 FPS |
| Specification | Arc B580Intel | RTX 5050NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Xe2 (Battlemage) | Blackwell |
| GPU die | BMG-G21 | GB207 |
| Essentially tiedOnly comparable within one manufacturer. | 2,560 | 2,560 |
| Not compared: data missing for at least one card | 20 | Data unavailable |
| Essentially tied | 20 | 20 |
| Best in this row: 160 | 80 | |
| Data unavailable | Data unavailable | |
| 2,670 MHz | 2,572 MHz | |
| Game clockAMD only. | Data unavailable | Data unavailable |
| Specification | Arc B580Intel | RTX 5050NVIDIA |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd-generation Intel ray tracing units | 4th-generation RT cores | |
| XeSS 2 Super Resolution, FSR 3.1 | DLSS 4 Super Resolution, DLSS Ray Reconstruction, FSR 3.1, XeSS | |
| XeSS 2 Frame Generation | DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation | |
| Yes | Yes | |
| Video encoder | Xe Media Engine with AV1, HEVC and H.264 encode | 9th-generation NVENC with AV1 and HEVC encode |
| Video decoder | AV1, HEVC, H.264 and VVC decode | 6th-generation NVDEC with AV1, HEVC and H.264 decode |
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MSRP $249 USD
Expensive
Idealo.es (Sparkle Arc B580, 14 converging offers) · ES · new · price checked (40 days ago)
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MSRP $249 USD
Expensive
Amazon.es · ES · new · price checked (41 days ago)
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Each category is decided by the same numbers used everywhere else on the site. A category with no clear leader says so rather than picking one.
All six axes are normalised to a 0-100 scale so they can share one chart. Performance and ray tracing are CompareYourGPU’s estimated indices; value, VRAM, efficiency and features are each card’s standing relative to every other card tracked here.
| Criterion | Arc B580 | RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 27 | 22 |
| Ray tracing | 24 | 21 |
| Value | 62 | 56 |
| VRAM | 57 | 36 |
| Efficiency | 16 | 37 |
| Features | 85 | 85 |
CompareYourGPU estimate aggregated from public review coverage, not a measurement.
Modelled from the performance index. Not a measured benchmark. Real results vary widely by title.
Capacity alone is not the whole story: memory bus width and bandwidth decide how much of it the GPU can actually use.
Based on the specifications, estimated performance indices and prices on record for these cards. How verdicts are calculated.
Highest estimated performance index at 1440p of the cards compared here, at 27. It is the right answer if frame rate is the only thing you are optimising for.
Delivers the most performance per dollar of the cards compared, at $435. Choose this if the difference in price matters more to you than the difference in frame rate.
Strongest ray-traced performance here, with an estimated ray tracing index of 24 at 1440p. It also carries XeSS 2 Super Resolution, which is how ray tracing becomes practical.
Carries 12 GB, the most headroom of the cards compared at 1440p. Memory is usually what dates a card before raw speed does.
Best performance per watt of the cards compared, drawing 130 W. That means less heat, quieter fans and less pressure on your power supply.
Best balance of speed, price and memory of the cards compared: 50% performance at 1440p, 30% performance per dollar, 20% memory headroom. Not necessarily the fastest.
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