Intel Arc B570 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 OEM

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Generation 12.7 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGM206SBGM-G21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2016 (8 years ago)12 December 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$219

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 cores10242304
Core clock speed937 MHz1700 MHz
Boost clock speed1203 MHz2500 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 million19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data150 Watt
Texture fill rate76.99360.0
Floating-point processing powerno data11.52 TFLOPS
ROPs3280
TMUs64144
Tensor Coresno data144
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data272 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB10 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed5 GB/s2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/s384.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA5.2-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

Arc B570 has a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 950 OEM and Arc B570. We've got no test results to judge.


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