Review
Key differences
Key distinctions and advantages between Intel Arc B390 and Intel Arc B580
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc B390
- + Celestial architecture
- + Panther Lake codename
- + System Shared memory
- + PCIe 5.0 interface
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc B580
- + Generation 12.7 architecture
- + BMG-G21 codename
- + 12GB GDDR6 memory
- + PCIe 4.0 x8 interface
Pros & Cons
- Great energy efficiency
- Hardware ray tracing support
- No discrete card needed — integrated solution
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
"A budget Intel Arc B390 integrated graphics with limited performance overall, excellent energy efficiency. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
- Generous 12GB VRAM
- Hardware ray tracing support
- Dedicated AI tensor cores
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
- No DLSS upscaling support
"A entry-level Intel Arc B580 graphics card with modest workstation performance (41/100). Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
Gaming Performance
Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Call of Duty
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Tomb Raider
| Intel Arc B390 | Intel Arc B580 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 38 | — | — | — | 78 | — | — | — |
| The Witcher 3 | 55 | — | — | — | 128 | — | — | — |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 60 | — | — | — | 116 | — | — | — |
| Far Cry 6 | 49 | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | — |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 21 | — | — | — | 57 | — | — | — |
| Call of Duty | 32 | — | — | — | 85 | — | — | — |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 25 | — | — | — | 61 | — | — | — |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 33 | — | — | — | 82 | — | — | — |
| Tomb Raider | 52 | — | — | — | 107 | — | — | — |
| Average FPS | 41 | — | — | — | 90 | — | — | — |
| Intel Arc B390 | Intel Arc B580 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 52 | 109 |
| 1080p Ultra | 41 | 90 |
| 1440p Ultra | 29 | 67 |
| 4K Ultra | 14 | 38 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
| Intel Arc B390 | Intel Arc B580 | |
|---|---|---|
| Time Spy | 6595 | 14665 |
| Solar Bay | 26399 | 55557 |
| Port Royal | 3886 | 7919 |
| Fire Strike | 16770 | 36685 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 11707 | 28324 |
| Night Raid | 68498 | 123864 |
| Intel Arc B390 | Intel Arc B580 | |
|---|---|---|
| G2D Mark | 786 | 700 |
| DirectX 11 | 70 FPS | 126 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 50 FPS | 77 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 3702 Ops/s | 7896 Ops/s |
Specifications
| Specification | Intel Arc B390 ↗ | Intel Arc B580 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 Compute Score | 64546 | 111561 |
| Background Blur | 284.6 img/sec | |
| Face Detection | 150 img/sec | |
| Horizon Detection | 2.67 Gpixels/sec | |
| Edge Detection | 5.22 Gpixels/sec | |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.35 Gpixels/sec | |
| Feature Matching | 1.18 Gpixels/sec | |
| Stereo Matching | 397 Gpixels/sec | |
| Particle Physics | 15177.3 FPS | |
| API | OpenCL |
| Specification | Intel Arc B390 ↗ | Intel Arc B580 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 ML Single Precision | 11871 | 21661 |
| GB6 ML Half Precision | 20120 | 34463 |
| GB6 ML Quantized | 7879 | 14366 |
| Image Classification (SP) | 5487 | 10654 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 16864 | 18608 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 8788 | 16715 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 25029 | 40348 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 18852 | 64494 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2115 | 3091 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4266 | 3530 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 7449 | 13690 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 22207 | 36797 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 95039 | 197057 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
| Specification | Intel Arc B390 ↗ | Intel Arc B580 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Build | Integrated | Discrete |
| Released | January 5, 2026 | December 3, 2024 |
| Case | Laptop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Celestial | Generation 12.7 |
| GPU Codename | Panther Lake | BMG-G21 |
| Recommended CPU | -Intel Core Ultra X9 388Hor above | -Intel Core Ultra 5 245Kor above |
| Specification | Intel Arc B390 ↗ | Intel Arc B580 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 300 MHz | 1700 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | 2670 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1536 | 2560 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 48 | 160 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 24 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 12 | 20 |
| Tensor Cores | 160 | |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 20 | |
| L1 Cache | 64KB per cluster | 256KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 16MB shared | 12MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
| Specification | Intel Arc B390 ↗ | Intel Arc B580 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 60 GPixel/s | 214 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 120 GTexel/s | 427 GTexel/s |
| FLOPS (FP32) | 7.7 TFLOPS | 13.7 TFLOPS |
| Specification | Intel Arc B390 ↗ | Intel Arc B580 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| TGP | 190 W | |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 272 mm² | |
| Transistor Count | 19.6 billion | |
| Transistor Density | 72.06 MTr/mm² | |
| Max. Temperature |
| Specification | Intel Arc B390 ↗ | Intel Arc B580 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Specification | Intel Arc B390 ↗ | Intel Arc B580 ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3 | 3 |
| CUDA | No | |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | No |
| DisplayPort | 2.1 | 2.1 |
