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Review

Intel Arc B580
Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
Gaming
34
16
Workstation
41
29
AI/ML
38
21
Energy Efficiency
47
86
Quick Comparison Final Score
37
32
❖

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages between Intel Arc B580 and Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc B580

  • + Generation 12.7 architecture
  • + BMG-G21 codename
  • + 12GB GDDR6 memory
  • + PCIe 4.0 x8 interface

Reasons to consider the Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

  • + Apple M GPU architecture
  • + System Shared memory
  • + Custom interface
  • + Integrated GPU (no discrete card)

Pros & Cons

Intel Arc B580
  • 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."

Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
  • Great energy efficiency
  • No discrete card needed — integrated solution
  • Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
  • No hardware ray tracing

"A budget Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) integrated graphics with limited performance overall, excellent energy efficiency. Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."

Gaming Performance

Forza Horizon 5

1080p High
78
Intel Arc B580 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

The Witcher 3

1080p High
128
Intel Arc B580 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Counter-Strike 2

1080p High
116
Intel Arc B580 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Far Cry 6

1080p High
98
Intel Arc B580 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Hogwarts Legacy

1080p High
57
Intel Arc B580 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Call of Duty

1080p High
85
Intel Arc B580 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Ghost of Tsushima

1080p High
61
Intel Arc B580 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Cyberpunk 2077

1080p High
82
Intel Arc B580 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)

Tomb Raider

1080p High
107
Intel Arc B580 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
FPS Table
Intel Arc B580 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
1080p High1080p Ultra1440p Ultra4K Ultra 1080p High1080p Ultra1440p Ultra4K Ultra
Forza Horizon 5 78 — — — — — — —
The Witcher 3 128 — — — — — — —
Counter-Strike 2 116 — — — — — — —
Far Cry 6 98 — — — — — — —
Hogwarts Legacy 57 — — — — — — —
Call of Duty 85 — — — — — — —
Ghost of Tsushima 61 — — — — — — —
Cyberpunk 2077 82 — — — — — — —
Tomb Raider 107 — — — — — — —
Average FPS 90——— ————
Average FPS by Resolution
Intel Arc B580 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
1080p High 109 —
1080p Ultra 90 —
1440p Ultra 67 —
4K Ultra 38 —
Margin of Error Low —

Benchmarks

3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Intel Arc B580 +118%
11180
Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
5120
Intel Arc B580 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
Time Spy 14665 —
Solar Bay 55557 16208
Port Royal 7919 —
Fire Strike 36685 —
Wild Life Extreme 28324 12727
Night Raid 123864 —
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
Intel Arc B580
15914
Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
—
Intel Arc B580 Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
G2D Mark 700 —
DirectX 11 126 FPS —
DirectX 12 77 FPS —
GPU Compute 7896 Ops/s —
Blender
Blender GPU
Intel Arc B580 +137%
2106.04
Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core)
890.28

Specifications

GeekBench 6 OpenCL
Specification Intel Arc B580 ↗ Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) ↗
GB6 Compute Score 111561 49366
Background Blur 284.6 img/sec 89.7 img/sec
Face Detection 150 img/sec 58 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.67 Gpixels/sec 1.94 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 5.22 Gpixels/sec 3.26 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 6.35 Gpixels/sec 2.19 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.18 Gpixels/sec 0.55 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 397 Gpixels/sec 163 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 15177.3 FPS 6139.2 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
GeekBench 6 ML
Specification Intel Arc B580 ↗ Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) ↗
GB6 ML Single Precision 21661 11188
GB6 ML Half Precision 34463 12072
GB6 ML Quantized 14366 10754
Image Classification (SP) 10654 5279
Image Segmentation (HP) 18608 8089
Image Super Resolution (Q) 16715 15007
Face Detection (HP) 40348 19212
Pose Estimation (Q) 64494 44046
Text Classification (SP) 3091 2280
Machine Translation (HP) 3530 1972
Object Detection (SP) 13690 4941
Depth Estimation (Q) 36797 22209
Style Transfer (SP) 197057 79898
Framework ONNX Core ML
Backend DirectML GPU
General
Specification Intel Arc B580 ↗ Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) ↗
Vendor Intel Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Released December 3, 2024 January 17, 2023
Case Desktop Laptop
Purpose Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Generation 12.7 Apple M GPU
GPU Codename BMG-G21
Recommended CPU -Intel Core Ultra 5 245Kor above -Apple M2 Proor above
Graphics Processing Unit
Specification Intel Arc B580 ↗ Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) ↗
Base Clock 1700 MHz 450 MHz
Boost Clock 2670 MHz 1398 MHz
Shading Units 2560 2432
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 160 152
Render Output Units (ROPs) 80 76
Compute Units (Pipelines) 20 304
Tensor Cores 160
Ray-tracing Cores 20
L1 Cache 256KB per cluster
L2 Cache 12MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC
Raw Performance
Specification Intel Arc B580 ↗ Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) ↗
Pixel Fill Rate 214 GPixel/s 106 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 427 GTexel/s 212 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32) 13.7 TFLOPS 6.8 TFLOPS
Physical
Specification Intel Arc B580 ↗ Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) ↗
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 Custom
TGP 190 W 35 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
Die Size 272 mm²
Transistor Count 19.6 billion 26 billion
Transistor Density 72.06 MTr/mm²
Max. Temperature
Memory
Specification Intel Arc B580 ↗ Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) ↗
Memory Type GDDR6 System Shared
API
Specification Intel Arc B580 ↗ Apple M2 Pro GPU (19-core) ↗
DirectX 12
Vulkan 1.3
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 3
CUDA No
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1

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