Intel Arc B580 vs MSI GeForce RTX 3080. Specifications

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Intel Arc B580 and MSI GeForce RTX 3080, chip, information processing units.

• Technology
  TSMC N5 -
• Xe Vector Engines
  160 -
• XMX Engines
  160 -
• Ray Tracing Units
  20 -
• Xe Cores
  20 -
• GPU Chip
  Battlemage GA102 (Ampere)
• Architecture
  Xe2 -
• Based on
  Intel Arc B580 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
• Raytracing Cores
  - 70
• Texture Units
  - 280
• Render Output Units
  - 112
• Shader
  - 8960
• Streaming Multiprocessors
  - 70

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Speed
  19 Gbps 19 Gbps
• Memory Bandwidth
  456 GB/s -
• Memory Bus
  192 bit -
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X
• Memory Size
  12 GB 12 GB
• Memory Interface
  - 384 bit
• Memory bandwidth
  - 912 GB/s
• Memory Clock
  - 1.188 GHz

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Graphics Clock
  2670 MHz -
• Overclocking
  - Yes
• Avg (Game) Clock
  - 1.890 GHz
• Boost Clock
  - 1.905 GHz+ 11 %
• Base Clock
  - 1.260 GHz

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

• TDP
  190 W 390 W+ 11 %
• PCIe-Power
  - 3 x 8-Pin
• Tjunction max
  - 93 °C

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Intel Arc B580 and MSI GeForce RTX 3080.

• Noise (Idle)
  - 0 dB / Silent
• Cooler-Type
  - Air cooling
• Fan 1
  - 3 x 100 mm
• Fan-Type
  - Axial

Connectivity and connections.

• PCIe
  4.0 x8 -
• DP Ports
  - 3x DP v1.4a
• 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
  - MSI Mystic Light
• DLSS / FSR
  - Yes
• Raytracing
  - Yes
• DirectX
  - 12_2 (Ultimate)
• Max. resolution
  - 7680x4320

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

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

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

• Weight
  - 1903 g
• Width (Slots)
  - 3 PCIe-Slots
• Width
  - 61 mm
• Height
  - 140 mm
• Length
  - 336 mm

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3080 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
  - 8 nm
• Launch Price
  - 699 $ (Reference)
• Release date
  - Q1/2022
• GPU Interface
  - PCIe 4.0 x 16