Arc B580 vs HD Graphics 405

Place in the ranking	1163	101
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	94.86
Power efficiency	8.49	14.75
Architecture	Generation 8.0 (2014−2015)	Xe2 (2025)
GPU code name	Braswell GT1	BMG-G21
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 April 2015 (9 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	128	2560
Core clock speed	200 MHz	2670 MHz
Boost clock speed	600 MHz	2670 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	190 Watt
Texture fill rate	9.600	427.2
Floating-point processing power	0.1536 TFLOPS	13.67 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	80
TMUs	16	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	Ring Bus	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	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	12 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2375 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	456.0 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

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 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	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	+	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	15 −727%	124 +727%
1440p	1−2 −6800%	69 +6800%
4K	0−1	43

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	2.01
1440p	no data	3.61
4K	no data	5.79

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
−5233%

160−170

+5233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −5150%	210−220 +5150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −5233%	160−170 +5233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −5233%	160−170 +5233%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −4900%	50−55 +4900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −5300%	270−280 +5300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −5355%	600−650 +5355%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −4900%	300−310 +4900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −5384%	1700−1750 +5384%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −5150%	210−220 +5150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −5233%	160−170 +5233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −5233%	160−170 +5233%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −4900%	50−55 +4900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −5300%	270−280 +5300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −5355%	600−650 +5355%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −4900%	300−310 +4900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −4900%	500−550 +4900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −5384%	1700−1750 +5384%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −5150%	210−220 +5150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −5233%	160−170 +5233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −5233%	160−170 +5233%
Hitman 3	5−6 −5300%	270−280 +5300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −5355%	600−650 +5355%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −4900%	300−310 +4900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −4900%	500−550 +4900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −5384%	1700−1750 +5384%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−4900%

50−55
+4900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −4900%	50−55 +4900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −4900%	50−55 +4900%
Hitman 3	6−7 −4900%	300−310 +4900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −5233%	160−170 +5233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −4900%	100−105 +4900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
−5233%

160−170

+5233%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −4900%	50−55 +4900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3
−4900%

100−105

+4900%

This is how HD Graphics 405 and Arc B580 compete in popular games:

Arc B580 is 727% faster in 1080p
Arc B580 is 6800% faster in 1440p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.74	40.69
Recency	1 April 2015	16 January 2025
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	190 Watt

HD Graphics 405 has 3066.7% lower power consumption.

Arc B580, on the other hand, has a 5398.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc B580 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 405 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 405 is a notebook 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.