Arc B580 vs Arc 7-Core iGPU

Place in the ranking	314	100
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	94.67
Power efficiency	no data	14.73
Architecture	Xe LPG (2023)	Xe2 (2025)
GPU code name	Meteor Lake iGPU	BMG-G21
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	14 December 2023 (1 year ago)	16 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	7	2560
Core clock speed	no data	2670 MHz
Boost clock speed	2200 MHz	2670 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	190 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	427.2
Floating-point processing power	no data	13.67 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	80
TMUs	no data	160
Tensor Cores	no data	160
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	272 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	12 GB
Memory bus width	no data	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	2375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	456.0 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12_2	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.4

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	35 −257%	125 +257%
1440p	27−30 −156%	69 +156%
4K	18−20 −139%	43 +139%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	1.99
1440p	no data	3.61
4K	no data	5.79

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	26 −450%	143 +450%
Elden Ring	55−60 −118%	120−130 +118%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 −89.3%	100−110 +89.3%
Counter-Strike 2	24 −388%	117 +388%
Forza Horizon 4	66 −127%	150−160 +127%
Metro Exodus	45−50 −100%	95−100 +100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 −92.7%	75−80 +92.7%
Valorant	70−75 −130%	160−170 +130%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 −89.3%	100−110 +89.3%
Counter-Strike 2	21 −395%	104 +395%
Dota 2	24 −483%	140 +483%
Elden Ring	55−60 −160%	140−150 +160%
Far Cry 5	33 −109%	69 +109%
Fortnite	95−100 −84.2%	170−180 +84.2%
Forza Horizon 4	54 −122%	120−130 +122%
Grand Theft Auto V	24 −129%	55−60 +129%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +33.3%	36 −33.3%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 −66.4%	200−210 +66.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 −92.7%	75−80 +92.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 −169%	140−150 +169%
Valorant	70−75 −130%	160−170 +130%
World of Tanks	210−220 −29.8%	270−280 +29.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 −89.3%	100−110 +89.3%
Counter-Strike 2	19 −400%	95 +400%
Far Cry 5	60−65 −62.3%	95−100 +62.3%
Forza Horizon 4	44 −127%	100−105 +127%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 −66.4%	200−210 +66.4%
Valorant	70−75 −130%	160−170 +130%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	27−30 −156%	69 +156%
Elden Ring	27−30 −200%	80−85 +200%
Grand Theft Auto V	27−30 −122%	60−65 +122%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 −116%	350−400 +116%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −156%	40−45 +156%
World of Tanks	120−130 −112%	250−260 +112%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −106%	70−75 +106%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 −90.6%	61 +90.6%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −191%	130−140 +191%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 −127%	100−105 +127%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −123%	85−90 +123%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −129%	55−60 +129%
Valorant	40−45 −193%	120−130 +193%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −223%	40−45 +223%
Dota 2	30−33 −160%	78 +160%
Elden Ring	12−14 −233%	40−45 +233%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−33 −117%	65−70 +117%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −283%	46 +283%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	50−55 −154%	130−140 +154%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −145%	27−30 +145%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 −117%	65−70 +117%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 −182%	45−50 +182%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −223%	40−45 +223%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −177%	60−65 +177%
Fortnite	20−22 −190%	55−60 +190%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −131%	60−65 +131%
Valorant	20−22 −245%	65−70 +245%

This is how Arc 7-Core iGPU and Arc B580 compete in popular games:

Arc B580 is 257% faster in 1080p
Arc B580 is 156% faster in 1440p
Arc B580 is 139% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Arc 7-Core iGPU is 33% faster.
in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Arc B580 is 483% faster.

All in all, in popular games: