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Intel Arc B580 Review - Excellent Value

Name: Intel Arc B580
Brand: Intel
Price: 250 USD

on Dec 12th, 2024,

Manufacturer: Intel

Test System

Test System - GPU 2025.1
Processor:	AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Zen 5, 5.2 GHz, 8 cores / 16 threads
Motherboard:	MSI X870E Carbon Wi-Fi BIOS 7E49v1A15
Resizable BAR:	Enabled on all supported cards (NVIDIA, AMD & Intel)
Memory:	Thermaltake TOUGHRAM XG 2x 16 GB DDR5-6200 MHz 28-36-36-76 UCLK 1:1
Cooling:	Arctic Liquid Freezer III 280 mm AIO
Thermal Paste:	Arctic MX-6
Storage:	4 TB M.2 NVMe SSD
Power Supply:	Seasonic Focus GX 1000 W ATX 3.0 / 16-pin 12VHPWR
Case:	darkFlash DRX70 Mesh
Operating System:	Windows 11 Professional 64-bit 24H2 VBS enabled (Windows 11 default)
Drivers:	NVIDIA: 566.14 WHQL AMD: 24.10.1 WHQL Intel: 101.6314 WHQL Arc B580: 101.6252 Press Driver Date of Retest

Benchmark scores in other reviews are only comparable when this exact same configuration is used.

All games and cards are tested with the drivers listed above—no performance results were recycled between test systems. Only this exact system with exactly the same configuration is used for all results in this review.
All graphics cards are tested using the same game version.
All games are set to their highest quality setting unless indicated otherwise.
AA and AF are applied via in-game settings, not via the driver's control panel.
Before starting measurements, we heat up the card for each test to ensure a steady state is tested. This ensures that the card won't boost to unrealistically high clocks for only a few seconds until it heats up, as that doesn't represent prolonged gameplay.
For better real-life applicability, all game tests use custom in-game test scenes, not the integrated benchmarks

Each game is tested at these screen resolutions:

1920x1080: Most popular monitor resolution.
2560x1440: Intermediary resolution between Full HD and 4K, with reasonable performance requirements.
3840x2160: 4K Ultra HD resolution, available on high-end monitors.

We retest all our comparison cards every few months, with the latest drivers, new games, patches and OS updates.

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