RTX 5060 vs Arc B580
A $50 price gap between NVIDIA's entry 1080p card and Intel's memory-heavy alternative. One has the stronger software ecosystem, the other has 50 percent more VRAM.
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
$299 MSRP · 8 GB · 145 W · index 29 at 1440p
A low-power 1080p card with modern features and a memory pool that is already tight. It suits a small, quiet build far better than it suits a long-term high-settings gaming plan.
Intel Arc B580
$249 MSRP · 12 GB · 190 W · index 27 at 1440p
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.
Full specification comparison
Every row that can be compared marks a winner. Rows where the two cards match, or where a figure is not published, say so.
| Specification | RTX 5060NVIDIA | Arc B580Intel |
|---|---|---|
| Price and value | ||
| Launch MSRP | $299 | Best in this row: $249 |
| Current priceCompareYourGPU does not publish a price it has not verified. | Check current price | Check current price |
| Performance per $100Performance index at 1440p per $100 of launch MSRP. | 9.7 | Best in this row: 10.8 |
| Performance | ||
| CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here. | Best in this row: 35 | 31 |
| CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here. | Best in this row: 29 | 27 |
| CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here. | Best in this row: 22 | 20 |
| CompareYourGPU estimate, 100 = fastest card here. | Best in this row: 28 | 24 |
| Measured suite average at 1440pThird-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. | Best in this row: 43.5 FPS (ComputerBase) | 37.2 FPS (ComputerBase) |
| Estimated FPS at 1440pModelled estimate for a typical modern AAA game at High settings with no upscaling. Not a measurement. | Best in this row: 50-75 FPS | 50-70 FPS |
| Memory | ||
| 8 GB | Best in this row: 12 GB | |
| GDDR7 | GDDR6 | |
| 128-bit | Best in this row: 192-bit | |
| Essentially tied | 448 GB/s | 456 GB/s |
| Memory speed | Best in this row: 28 Gbps | 19 Gbps |
| Graphics processor | ||
| Architecture | Blackwell | Xe2 (Battlemage) |
| GPU die | GB206 | BMG-G21 |
| Only comparable within one manufacturer. | Best in this row: 3,840 | 2,560 |
| Not compared: data missing for at least one card | Data unavailable | 20 |
| Best in this row: 30 | 20 | |
| 120 | Best in this row: 160 | |
| Not compared: data missing for at least one card | 2,280 MHz | Data unavailable |
| 2,497 MHz | 2,670 MHz | |
| Game clockAMD only. | Data unavailable | Data unavailable |
| Power | ||
| Best in this row: 145 W | 190 W | |
| Vendor figure where published, otherwise board power plus 300 W of headroom. | 550 W | Best in this row: 500 W (estimate) |
| Performance per 100 W | Best in this row: 20.0 | 14.2 |
| Power connectors | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Technologies | ||
| 4th-generation RT cores | 2nd-generation Intel ray tracing units | |
| DLSS 4 Super Resolution, DLSS Ray Reconstruction, FSR 3.1, XeSS | XeSS 2 Super Resolution, FSR 3.1 | |
| DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation | XeSS 2 Frame Generation | |
| Yes | Yes | |
| Video encoder | 9th-generation NVENC with AV1 and HEVC encode | Xe Media Engine with AV1, HEVC and H.264 encode |
| Video decoder | 6th-generation NVDEC with AV1, HEVC and H.264 decode | AV1, HEVC, H.264 and VVC decode |
| Display outputs | ||
| DisplayPort | 3x 2.1b | 3x 2.1 |
| HDMI | 1x 2.1b | 1x 2.1a |
| USB-C | None | None |
| Physical | ||
| Length | Data unavailable | Data unavailable |
| Height from bracket | Data unavailable | Data unavailable |
| Not compared: data missing for at least one card | Data unavailable | 2 slots |
| Release | ||
| Launch date | May 19, 2025 | December 13, 2024 |
| Generation | RTX 50 | Arc B-Series (Battlemage) |
| Availability | In production | In production |
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Winner by category
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.
The shape of the trade-off
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.
- RTX 5060
- Arc B580
| Criterion | RTX 5060 | Arc B580 |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | 29 | 27 |
| Ray tracing | 28 | 24 |
| Value | 86 | 100 |
| VRAM | 36 | 57 |
| Efficiency | 61 | 16 |
| Features | 85 | 85 |
Performance, memory and value
- 29
- 27
CompareYourGPU estimate aggregated from public review coverage, not a measurement.
- 50-75 FPS
- 50-70 FPS
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.
Which one should you buy?
The short version: the RTX 5060 is faster, but the Arc B580 offers better value at the prices on record. Which of those matters more is the decision.
Highest estimated performance index at 1440p of the cards compared here, at 29. 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 $249. 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 28 at 1440p. It also carries DLSS 4 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 145 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.
RTX 5060 vs Arc B580: common questions
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