Arc B580 vs FirePro D300

Place in the ranking	450	106
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	92.55
Power efficiency	4.64	14.64
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Xe2 (2025)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	BMG-G21
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	18 January 2014 (11 years ago)	16 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	1280	2560
Core clock speed	850 MHz	2670 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2670 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	190 Watt
Texture fill rate	68.00	427.2
Floating-point processing power	2.176 TFLOPS	13.67 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	80
TMUs	80	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	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	242 mm	272 mm
Width	1-slot	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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1270 MHz	2375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	162.6 GB/s	456.0 GB/s

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	4x DisplayPort	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 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	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	30−35 −317%	125 +317%
1440p	16−18 −338%	70 +338%
4K	10−12 −320%	42 +320%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	1.99
1440p	no data	3.56
4K	no data	5.93

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2

143

+0%

143

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	117 +0%	117 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Valorant	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	104 +0%	104 +0%
Dota 2	140 +0%	140 +0%
Far Cry 5	69 +0%	69 +0%
Fortnite	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	36 +0%	36 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Valorant	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
World of Tanks	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	95 +0%	95 +0%
Far Cry 5	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Valorant	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	69 +0%	69 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
World of Tanks	250−260 +0%	250−260 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Far Cry 5	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Valorant	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Dota 2	78 +0%	78 +0%
Metro Exodus	46 +0%	46 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	14 +0%	14 +0%
Far Cry 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Fortnite	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Valorant	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

This is how FirePro D300 and Arc B580 compete in popular games:

Arc B580 is 317% faster in 1080p
Arc B580 is 338% faster in 1440p
Arc B580 is 320% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 44 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.66	38.56
Recency	18 January 2014	16 January 2025
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	190 Watt

FirePro D300 has 26.7% lower power consumption.

Arc B580, on the other hand, has a 299.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc B580 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D300 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D300 is a workstation graphics card while Arc B580 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.