GeForce RTX 3070 vs Intel Arc B580

Compare the GeForce RTX 3070 and Intel Arc B580 on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.

From$425.27
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From$309.99
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The short answer

The Intel Arc B580 is the better value, though the GeForce RTX 3070 is the faster card at 1080p.

  • GeForce RTX 3070 is about 14% faster at 1080p (gaming index 47 vs 41).
  • Intel Arc B580 is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 37%.
  • Intel Arc B580 delivers about 20% more frames per dollar at 1080p.
  • Intel Arc B580 carries more VRAM (12GB vs 8GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.
  • Intel Arc B580 draws less power (190W vs 220W), so it runs cooler and asks less of your PSU.

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.

1080p gaming
GeForce RTX 307047
Intel Arc B58041

GeForce RTX 3070 is about 14% faster at 1080p.

Performance per dollar

1080p gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.

GeForce RTX 3070

11.1

per $100 spent

Intel Arc B580

13.3

per $100 spent

Better value

Specs head-to-head

GeForce RTX 3070
Intel Arc B580
Price (from)
$425.27
$309.99
1080p gaming index
47
41
VRAM
8GB GDDR6
12GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
456 GB/s
Boost clock
1725 MHz
2670 MHz
Shader cores
5,888
2,560
Ray tracing cores
46
20
Tensor / AI cores
184
160
TDP
220W
190W
Recommended PSU
650W
600W
Upscaling
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction
XeSS 2, XeSS 2 Frame Generation
Architecture
Ampere GA104
Battlemage BMG-G21
Process node
Samsung 8N
TSMC N5
MSRP
$499.00
$249.00

Productivity & compute

GeForce RTX 3070
Intel Arc B580
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (points)
31,058
35,391
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
3,180
3,055
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
113,349
104,351
PassMark G3D (G3D Mark)
22,092
16,022
Render-Blender (samples/min)
3,378
1,814

Where to buy

Intel Arc B580from $309.99
From$309.99
3 versions in stock
GeForce RTX 3070from $425.27
From$425.27
16 versions in stock

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