Intel Arc B580 vs AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking234not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation48.40no data
Power efficiency12.67no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Generation 12.7 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 14BGM-G21
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 December 2019 (5 years ago)12 December 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)$169 $249

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 cores14082560
Core clock speed1607 MHz1700 MHz
Boost clock speed1845 MHz2670 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 million19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt190 Watt
Texture fill rate162.4427.2
Floating-point processing power5.196 TFLOPS13.67 TFLOPS
ROPs3280
TMUs88160
Tensor Coresno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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
Length180 mm272 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-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 amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s460.8 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x 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 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 December 2019 12 December 2024
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 190 Watt

RX 5500 XT has 46.2% lower power consumption.

Arc B580, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5500 XT and Arc B580. We've got no test results to judge.


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