Intel Arc B580 'Battlemage' GPU Review & Benchmarks vs. NVIDIA RTX 4060, AMD RX 7600, & More

The Intel Arc B580 GPU is now shipping, debuting Intel's Battlemage GPU architecture in the first graphics cards of its new generation. This follows Intel's prior Alchemist Arc GPUs, including the A750, A770, A580, and A380, which had periods of hardship early on with driver issues. The B580 is a complete rework of Intel Arc. Its MSRP is $250 and the new video card is targeting the NVIDIA RTX 4060 and AMD RX 7600 in price comparison. Our benchmarks and review of the B580 card test it for 4K, 1440p, and 1080p rasterization performance, ray tracing benchmarks, efficiency, and idle power consumption.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intel Arc Battlemage B580 GPU Review
02:42 - Price Comparison & B580 Alternatives
04:24 - Test Methodology & Updates
07:23 - FFXIV 4K GPU Benchmarks
08:43 - FFXIV 1440p GPU Comparison
09:29 - FFXIV Dawntrail 1080p Benchmarks
10:54 - Starfield 1080p - B580 vs RTX 4060, 7600
11:35 - Resident Evil 4 - 4K Benchmarks
11:59 - Resident Evil 4 - 1440p Best GPUs
12:32 - Resident Evil 4 - 1080p GPU Comparison
13:01 - Baldur's Gate 3 4K Video Card Benchmark
13:50 - Baldur's Gate 3 1440p Best Graphics Cards
14:37 - Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty 1440p Benchmarks
15:17 - Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty 1080p
15:33 - Black Myth Wukong 1080p
16:29 - Black Myth Wukong 1440p
17:08 - Dragon's Dogma 2 - 1440p
17:43 - Dragon's Dogma 2 - 1080p
18:04 - Dying Light 2 1440p
18:35 - Dying Light 2 1080p
19:02 - Ray Tracing GPU Benchmarks
19:44 - RT: RE4 4K
20:16 - RT: Resident Evil 4 1440p
21:18 - RT: Resident Evil 4 1080p
21:54 - RT: Dying Light 2 1080p
22:38 - RT: Dragon's Dogma 2 1080p
23:12 - RT: Dragon's Dogma 2 1440p
23:32 - RT: C77 PHL 1080p Medium
24:57 - RT: Wukong 1080p (Experimental)
26:06 - Frametimes: Baldur's Gate 3 4K
26:51 - Frametimes: Dying Light 2 1440p
27:14 - Frametimes: RT Cyberpunk 1080p
27:54 - Frametimes: Starfield 1080p
28:22 - Frametimes: FFXIV 1440p
28:44 - Power & Efficiency Testing (Experimental)
29:52 - Power: Idle
30:47 - Efficiency: BG3 1440p
31:54 - Efficiency: FFXIV 1440p
32:50 - Efficiency: FFXIV 1080p
33:10 - Efficiency: BMWK 1080p
33:33 - Efficiency: C77 PHL RT
33:55 - Conclusion

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[billyeveryteen]

Imagine telling your 2004, 2010, or 2015 selves that your build is rocking an AMD CPU and an Intel GPU.

[GamersNexus]

Also, I am sitting next to Der8auer right now -- video soon!

[shadowless]

I absolutely love the fact you include the GTX 1000 series in these new benchmarks, I am one of the people thinking about upgrading from a 1070 and given its age a lot of reviewers aren't showing it anymore. Thank you so much!

[alistairblaire]

Actually better than I expected. I hope Intel continues to invest in their GPU division.

[TamiyaGuy]

As someone who's been running a GTX 1070 for the past, like, seven years now? Thank you _so much_ for including these older cards in your benchmark. It really gives some context as to a) what users of older hardware can expect for the scenarios they're thinking "This hardware's showing its age, time for an upgrade", and b) just how far, nonsense pricing and low generational uplift aside, we've come in the past half decade or so.

You've often spoken (quite rightly) of the importance of reducing e-waste, and it's things like this that prove you absolutely practice what you preach. Thanks!

[Garage]

I truly hope any rumors Intel is going to kill their GPU division are false. They have made such huge strides and are on the right path. They are making a product the community wants and people will root for. If they can keep prices low and improve performance for another generation or two, they'll be up there as an easy choice for any gamer.

[proy]

Steve is smiling in the thumbnail. This should be good.

[johni-dbxv]

Wild that $250 is what counts as a budget GPU these days, but glad there's good competition and performance (and healthy amounts of VRAM!) here again.

[Dissimulate]

12 GB VRAM is crazy for a $250 GPU. This is huge for memory-intensive tasks that do not depend as much on processing.

[TechwithTonyUK]

Cannot wait to rent one from NZXT for $99 a month, for the rest of my life!

[Bouipi]

that fact they fix 38 / 40 bugs, that amazing, they took people productive criticism well. looking forward to seeing them progress further, especially seeing if they'll go low profile for the workplace area

[marcola]

"Starfield not working on ARC was Intel doing you a favor" lol

[jonleemonty]

The fact that that Intel is using the Open Source Mesa driver for their cards is a huge win!

[anthony]

what a refreshing change a GPU review that was mainly positive and a card that actually offers some value for budget gamers

[iamdarkyoshi]

Hey Steve, I recently posted your revamped website in a discussion group that had mentioned the lack of good written articles, and your team's effort for written content got nothing but absolute praise. Very clean layout, incredibly quick loading times and well formatted articles. The progress bar at the top is a cool touch.

I typically prefer video content, but your written content definitely has some fans too!

[EmoEmu]

I like that they keep the design so low-key. It looks a lot classier than all the SUPER GAMERY designs.

[DragonBane]

While Intel's CPU division are getting cooked in a fire, Intel's GPU division are cooking up something fire!

[mrgeebee]

I have A770 since release and I have never seen a GPU company that updates the drivers so fast.

[ryanspencer]

Now I really want to see the B700 series.

[Milan____]

Really flabbergasted that I'm even considering buying an Intel "Our CPUs will make GPUs obsolete" GPU