Arc B580 vs Radeon Vega 7

Place in the ranking	534	100
Place by popularity	12	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	93.08
Power efficiency	11.43	14.69
Architecture	GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)	Xe2 (2025)
GPU code name	Cezanne	BMG-G21
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)	16 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$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 cores	448	2560
Core clock speed	300 MHz	2670 MHz
Boost clock speed	1900 MHz	2670 MHz
Number of transistors	9,800 million	19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	190 Watt
Texture fill rate	53.20	427.2
Floating-point processing power	1.702 TFLOPS	13.67 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	80
TMUs	28	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	IGP	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	272 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	No outputs	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 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	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	23 −443%	125 +443%
1440p	25 −176%	69 +176%
4K	15 −187%	43 +187%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	1.99
1440p	no data	3.61
4K	no data	5.79

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 −921%	143 +921%
Elden Ring	14 −436%	75−80 +436%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 −342%	100−110 +342%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 −736%	117 +736%
Forza Horizon 4	29 −417%	150−160 +417%
Metro Exodus	21 −362%	95−100 +362%
Red Dead Redemption 2	27 −193%	75−80 +193%
Valorant	29 −462%	160−170 +462%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 −342%	100−110 +342%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 −643%	104 +643%
Dota 2	17 −724%	140 +724%
Elden Ring	16 −794%	140−150 +794%
Far Cry 5	28 −146%	69 +146%
Fortnite	40−45 −300%	170−180 +300%
Forza Horizon 4	24 −442%	130−140 +442%
Metro Exodus	15 −140%	36 +140%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	46 −341%	200−210 +341%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 −276%	75−80 +276%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −530%	140−150 +530%
Valorant	14 −1064%	160−170 +1064%
World of Tanks	58 −381%	270−280 +381%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 −342%	100−110 +342%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 −579%	95 +579%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −200%	95−100 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	21 −424%	110−120 +424%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	60−65 −238%	200−210 +238%
Valorant	25 −552%	160−170 +552%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	9−10 −667%	69 +667%
Elden Ring	10−11 −740%	80−85 +740%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 −583%	40−45 +583%
World of Tanks	50−55 −378%	250−260 +378%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −469%	70−75 +469%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 −90.6%	61 +90.6%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −725%	130−140 +725%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −433%	80−85 +433%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −691%	85−90 +691%
Valorant	18−20 −584%	130−140 +584%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	1−2 −4100%	40−45 +4100%
Dota 2	18−20 −333%	78 +333%
Elden Ring	4−5 −900%	40−45 +900%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −1433%	46 +1433%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 −500%	130−140 +500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −428%	95−100 +428%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −700%	45−50 +700%
Counter-Strike 2	1−2 −4100%	40−45 +4100%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −578%	60−65 +578%
Fortnite	7−8 −729%	55−60 +729%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −400%	45−50 +400%
Valorant	7−8 −886%	65−70 +886%

This is how Vega 7 and Arc B580 compete in popular games:

Arc B580 is 443% faster in 1080p
Arc B580 is 176% faster in 1440p
Arc B580 is 187% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Arc B580 is 4100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, Arc B580 surpassed Vega 7 in all 43 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.48	40.60
Recency	13 April 2021	16 January 2025
Chip lithography	7 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	190 Watt

Vega 7 has 322.2% lower power consumption.

Arc B580, on the other hand, has a 442.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc B580 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Vega 7 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Vega 7 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.