Intel Arc B570 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking308not rated
Place by popularity25not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation36.80no data
Power efficiency13.57no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.7 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA107BGM-G21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date27 January 2022 (2 years ago)12 December 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 $219

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 cores20482304
Core clock speed1545 MHz1700 MHz
Boost clock speed1740 MHz2500 MHz
Number of transistors8,700 million19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate111.4360.0
Floating-point processing power7.127 TFLOPS11.52 TFLOPS
ROPs3280
TMUs64144
Tensor Cores64144
Ray Tracing Cores1618

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 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
Length242 mm272 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB10 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 January 2022 12 December 2024
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 150 Watt

RTX 3050 4 GB has 66.7% lower power consumption.

Arc B570, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB and Arc B570. We've got no test results to judge.


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