Arc B580 vs GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 122 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 93.26 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 14.57 |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) | Xe2 (2024) |
| GPU code name | GB206 | BMG-G21 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | May 2025 (recently) | 13 December 2024 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $249 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 3328 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 952 MHz | 2670 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1455 MHz | 2670 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 21,900 million | 19,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 190 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 151.3 | 427.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 9.684 TFLOPS | 13.67 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 80 |
| TMUs | 104 | 160 |
| Tensor Cores | 104 | 160 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 26 | 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 5.0 x16 | 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 | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 2375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 456.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
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 | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1 |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | - |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 190 Watt |
RTX 5060 Mobile has 322.2% lower power consumption.
Arc B580, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile and Arc B580. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile is a notebook card while Arc B580 is a desktop one.
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