Intel Arc B570 vs GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

Compare the Intel Arc B570 and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB 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.

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The short answer

The Intel Arc B570 is the better buy here: it's both faster at 1080p and gives more performance per dollar.

  • Intel Arc B570 is about 3% faster at 1080p (gaming index 37 vs 35).
  • Intel Arc B570 is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 84%.
  • Intel Arc B570 delivers about 90% more frames per dollar at 1080p.
  • GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB carries more VRAM (12GB vs 10GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.
  • Intel Arc B570 draws less power (150W vs 170W), 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
Intel Arc B57037
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB35

Intel Arc B570 is about 3% faster at 1080p.

Performance per dollar

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

Intel Arc B570

14.1

per $100 spent

Better value

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

7.4

per $100 spent

Specs head-to-head

Intel Arc B570
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
Price (from)
$259.99
$479.00
1080p gaming index
37
35
VRAM
10GB GDDR6
12GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
380 GB/s
360 GB/s
Boost clock
2500 MHz
1777 MHz
Shader cores
2,304
3,584
Ray tracing cores
18
28
Tensor / AI cores
144
112
TDP
150W
170W
Recommended PSU
450W
550W
Upscaling
XeSS 2, XeSS 2 Frame Generation
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction
Architecture
Battlemage BMG-G21
Ampere GA106
Process node
TSMC N5
Samsung 8N
MSRP
$219.00
$329.00

Productivity & compute

Intel Arc B570
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
2,645
1,974
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
94,006
78,476
PassMark G3D (G3D Mark)
14,112
16,713
Render-Blender (samples/min)
1,409
2,302

Where to buy

Intel Arc B570from $259.99
From$259.99
1 version in stock
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBfrom $479.00
From$479.00
7 versions in stock

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