Intel Arc B580 vs AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT. Specifications

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Intel Arc B580 and AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, chip, information processing units.

• Technology
  TSMC N5 -
• Xe Vector Engines
  160 -
• XMX Engines
  160 -
• Ray Tracing Units
  20 -
• Xe Cores
  20 -
• GPU Chip
  Battlemage -
• Architecture
  Xe2 -
• Based on
  Intel Arc B580 AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
• Raytracing Cores
  - 80
• Texture Units
  - 320
• Render Output Units
  - 128
• Shader
  - 5120
• Streaming Multiprocessors
  - 80
• L3 Cache
  - 128 MB
• L2 Cache
  - 4 MB
• L1 Cache
  - 128 KB
• Execution units
  - 80

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Speed
  19 Gbps -
• Memory Bandwidth
  456 GB/s -
• Memory Bus
  192 bit -
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Size
  12 GB 16 GB
• Memory Interface
  - 256 bit
• Memory bandwidth
  - 576 GB/s
• Memory Bandwith
  - 576 GB/s

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards Intel Arc B580 and AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT. The higher the better.

• Graphics Clock
  2670 MHz -
• Overclocking
  - Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  190 W 335 W
• PCIe-Power
  - 2 x 8-Pin
• Tjunction max
  - 100 °C
• Suggested PSU
  - 700 W
• Power Connectors
  - 2x 8-pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Intel Arc B580 and AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT.

• Noise (Idle)
  - 0 dB / Silent
• Cooler-Type
  - Air cooling
• Fan-Type
  - Axial

Connectivity and connections.

• PCIe
  4.0 x8 -
• USB-C Ports
  - 1
• HDMI Ports
  - 1x HDMI v2.1
• HDCP-Version
  - 2.3
• Max. Displays
  - 4

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• LED
  - No LED lighting
• Raytracing
  - Yes
• Max. resolution
  - 7680x4320
• Shader Model
  - 6.5
• Vulkan
  - 1.3
• OpenCL
  - 2.1
• OpenGL
  - 4.6
• Max. Displays
  - 4

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  - Decode / Encode
• VP8
  - Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  - Decode / Encode
• h264
  - Decode / Encode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Width (Slots)
  - 3 PCIe-Slots

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT and Intel Arc B580.

• Verified on
  2026-09-30 -
• Official source
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/241598/intel-arc-b580-graphics/specifications.html -
• Documents
  - data sheet
• Structure size
  - 7 nm
• Launch Price
  - 1,099 $ (Reference)
• Release date
  - Q2/2022
• GPU Interface
  - PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Architecture
  - RDNA 2

• FP64 (double)
  - 1,487 GFLOPS
• FP32 (float)
  - 23.80 TFLOPS
• FP16 (half)
  - 47.60 TFLOPS
• Texture Rate
  - 743.7 GTexel/s
• Pixel Rate
  - 297.5 GPixel/s