Intel Arc B580 vs GeForce RTX 5050

Compare the Intel Arc B580 and GeForce RTX 5050 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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From$299.99
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The short answer

The Intel Arc B580 is the faster card at 1080p, with the two closely matched on price-to-performance.

  • Intel Arc B580 is about 7% faster at 1080p (gaming index 41 vs 39).
  • GeForce RTX 5050 is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 3%.
  • Intel Arc B580 delivers about 3% more frames per dollar at 1080p.
  • Intel Arc B580 carries more VRAM (12GB vs 8GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.
  • GeForce RTX 5050 draws less power (130W vs 190W), 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 B58041
GeForce RTX 505039

Intel Arc B580 is about 7% 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 B580

13.3

per $100 spent

Better value

GeForce RTX 5050

12.9

per $100 spent

Specs head-to-head

Intel Arc B580
GeForce RTX 5050
Price (from)
$309.99
$299.99
1080p gaming index
41
39
VRAM
12GB GDDR6
8GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
456 GB/s
320 GB/s
Boost clock
2670 MHz
2572 MHz
Shader cores
2,560
2,560
Ray tracing cores
20
20
Tensor / AI cores
160
80
TDP
190W
130W
Recommended PSU
600W
550W
Upscaling
XeSS 2, XeSS 2 Frame Generation
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation
Architecture
Battlemage BMG-G21
Blackwell GB207
Process node
TSMC N5
TSMC 4N
MSRP
$249.00
$249.00

Productivity & compute

Intel Arc B580
GeForce RTX 5050
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
3,055
2,321
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
104,351
89,631
PassMark G3D (G3D Mark)
16,022
16,885

Where to buy

Intel Arc B580from $309.99
From$309.99
3 versions in stock
GeForce RTX 5050from $299.99
From$299.99
7 versions in stock

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