this Curved B580 (via video card) has been tested on Geekbench across OpenCL and Vulkan APIs, beating its predecessor A580an increase of more than 30%. From the looks of it, the tests were likely conducted by an examiner before the embargo, which is scheduled to be lifted on December 12. of benchmark Not perfect for real world performance.
The test bench is equipped with Intel’s flagship Core Ultra 9 285K, 48GB of fast DDR5-8400 memory, and a Gigabyte Z890 AORUS PRO ICE motherboard. As a strong contender in the sub-$300 market, Intel claims that its Arc B580 is 10% faster than similar products RTX 4060 Also cheaper. Once the ban is lifted, we’ll verify Intel’s first-party performance metrics in our review. However, it’s unfair to say the value proposition isn’t strong – especially if the drivers are as stable as Intel claims.
Continuing with benchmarking, we ranked the publicly available OpenCL and Vulcan Scores for the most relevant GPUs and compared to the Arc B580. Performance is mixed because we are looking at two different APIs that perform differently in different architectures. For a direct generation-to-generation comparison, the B580 is nearly 30% faster than the A580 in Vulkan, and if we switch to OpenCL, the speed drops to about 10%.
| graphics processor | OpenCL | Compared to B580 | Vulcan | Compared to B580 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curved B580 | 98343 | 100% | 103445 | 100% |
| RTX 4060 | 101732 | 103.45% | 97127 | 93.89% |
| RX7600 | 82107 | 83.49% | 99776 | 96.45% |
| RX 6700XT | 99475 | 101.15% | 107908 | 104.31% |
| Curved A580 | 89928 | 91.44% | 79341 | 76.70% |
| Curved A750 | 97208 | 98.85% | 85521 | 82.67% |
Interestingly, the Arc B580 loses to the RTX 4060 in OpenCL, but more than makes up for itself in Vulkan with a slim 6% lead. AMD’s RX7600 Both APIs are lagging behind, which can be attributed to the architectural changes we mentioned above. Still, the B580 lags behind RX 6700XTbut the latter is a three-year-old GPU and is more expensive.
There’s no magic formula for converting synthetic numbers into real-world FPS. Again, if we go by paper specs and synthetic testing, Battlemage (as seen on Lunar Lake) is slower than Alchemist (Meteor Lake), but is actually 42% faster in-game (720p) based on our testing . Extensive testing.
If the drivers can hold up, Intel can reignite the once-forgotten budget GPU market, and we hope they do. Battlemage has a secret wildcard: hardware support XeSS frame generation Comparable to Nvidia’s DLSS FG. Intel currently has an advantage over AMD with its new XeSS 2 suite of upgrades and interpolation technologies, but that may change with RDNA 4, which is rumored to be adopted. AI-enabled FSR.