Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB vs Intel Arc B580

Compare the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB 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.

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The short answer

The Intel Arc B580 is the better value, though the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB is the faster card at 1080p.

  • Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB is about 41% faster at 1080p (gaming index 58 vs 41).
  • Intel Arc B580 is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 48%.
  • Intel Arc B580 delivers about 5% more frames per dollar at 1080p.
  • Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB carries more VRAM (16GB vs 12GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.
  • Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB draws less power (160W 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
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB58
Intel Arc B58041

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB is about 41% faster at 1080p.

Performance per dollar

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

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB

12.7

per $100 spent

Intel Arc B580

13.3

per $100 spent

Better value

Specs head-to-head

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
Intel Arc B580
Price (from)
$459.99
$309.99
1080p gaming index
58
41
VRAM
16GB GDDR6
12GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
320 GB/s
456 GB/s
Boost clock
3130 MHz
2670 MHz
Shader cores
2,048
2,560
Ray tracing cores
32
20
Tensor / AI cores
64
160
TDP
160W
190W
Recommended PSU
450W
600W
Upscaling
FSR 4.1 (ML upscaling), FSR 3 Frame Generation
XeSS 2, XeSS 2 Frame Generation
Architecture
RDNA 4 Navi 44
Battlemage BMG-G21
Process node
TSMC N4P
TSMC N5
MSRP
$349.00
$249.00

Productivity & compute

Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
Intel Arc B580
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (points)
38,316
35,391
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
3,721
3,055
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
90,248
104,351
PassMark G3D (G3D Mark)
20,087
16,022

Where to buy

Intel Arc B580from $309.99
From$309.99
3 versions in stock
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GBfrom $459.99
From$459.99
16 versions in stock

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