The Arc B580 (via VideoCardz) has been tested in Geekbench across the OpenCL and Vulkan APIs, beating its predecessor, the A580, by upwards of 30%. From the looks of it, these tests were likely conducted by a reviewer before the embargo, which is set to be lifted on December 12. Despite the apparent authenticity, take this leak with a grain of salt since synthetic benchmarks aren't perfect for real-world performance.
The test bench features Intel's flagship Core Ultra 9 285K, 48GB of fast DDR5-8400 memory, and Gigabyte's Z890 AORUS PRO ICE motherboard. As a strong contender in the sub $300 market, Intel touts its Arc B580 as 10% faster than the RTX 4060 while being cheaper. We'll verify Intel's first-party performance metrics in our review once the embargo lifts. However, it'll be unfair to say that the value proposition isn't strong—especially if the drivers are as stable as Intel claims.
