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Nvidia RTX 4060 vs Intel Arc B570: One by One

Intel has just launched one of the best graphics cards you can buy: the Arc B570. How can you read in my Intel Arc B570 ReviewIt delivers solid gaming performance at 1080p and at a price we haven’t seen in years. But it faces stiff competition from Nvidia in the form of RTX 4060.

I put the two budget GPUs on the test bench to see how they perform in a variety of games and I’ll walk you through the results I got. Although both cards are great options for under $300, it’s hard to argue with Intel’s new Arc B570 considering how less expensive it is than Nvidia’s competition.

Specifications and prices

Two RTX 4060 graphics cards side by side.
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Price is the name of the game when comparing the Arc B570 to the RTX 4060. The Arc B570 costs just $220, while Nvidia’s RTX 4060 costs $300. That’s a pretty significant difference in price ($80, or a 36% increase in price), which would normally indicate a big difference in performance. But that’s not the case here. The RTX 4060 and Arc B570, when looking at raw performance, are surprisingly competitive with each other.

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As far as specs go, there are only three things that are important: power, process, and VRAM (damn, alliteration). For processing, both GPUs use TSMC, but Nvidia uses a slightly smaller node. It is more efficient and you can see that this is reflected in the nominal energy consumption. The RTX 4060 draws 115W, while the Arc B570 can go up to 150W; although both cards still use a single 8-pin power connector.

Bow B580 RTX 4060
Architecture battle mage Ada Lovelace
Process node TSMC N5 TSMC N4
Ray tracing cores 20 24 (third generation)
Tensor cores/XMX 160 96 (fourth generation)
Increase clock speed 2.67GHz 2.46GHz
VRAM 12GB GDDR6 8GB GDDR6
Bus Width 192 bits 128 bit
Total Graphics Power (TGP) 190W 115W
Price $249 $299

VRAM marks a big change, although it’s not as significant as the specs would suggest. The Arc B570 comes with 10GB and a larger memory bus, while the RTX 4060 comes with 8GB and a slimmer bus. Direct victory for Intel, right? Not quite. Although the Arc B570 comes with higher capacity, it actually comes with lower effective bandwidth.

The RTX 4060 includes a small L3 cache pool to improve memory bandwidth. This is what AMD would call Infinity Cache. The Arc B570 doesn’t have that cache, so while the Intel GPU comes with higher capacity, the RTX 4060 and Arc B570 are very similar when it comes to real-world gaming experience. You should treat both as 8GB graphics cards and the implications that come with that capacity in demanding games like Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

That’s where the price of the Arc B570 is a big advantage. You’ll have to make compromises in VRAM-heavy games regardless of which GPU you choose between these two, but those compromises are easier to justify for a $220 graphics card compared to a $300 one.

Gaming performance

Performance of the Intel Arc B570 compared to the Nvidia RTX 4060.
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About reference points. Both the RTX 4060 and Arc B570 focus squarely on 1080p gaming performance. They may have enough power to scale up to 1440p in some lighter titles, but if you want the ideal experience, stick with 1080p and a high refresh rate. gaming monitor. With either GPU, you comfortably get over 60 frames per second (fps) in most games, barring demanding titles like Black Myth: Wukong that will require some assistance to scale up.

However, there really isn’t a consistent trend among the games I tested. Overall, the RTX 4060 comes out slightly ahead with a 6% advantage on average, but remember that it is also 36% more expensive. From a value standpoint, there’s no doubt that Intel wins this battle with the Arc B570.

However, nuances are important here. As you can see in games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Black Myth: Wukong, and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, The Arc B570 inexplicably drops the ball in some games. The RTX 4060 has a couple of those games too, notably Red Dead Redemption 2 and return, although the falls are not so extreme.

The important thing here is that both the RTX 4060 and Arc B570 are achieving playable, and sometimes even excellent, performance in these demanding games at 1080p and with maximum settings. Passing that bar puts more emphasis on value; In many of these games, spending on the RTX 4060 won’t lead to a noticeably better experience. However, there is an exception to this and that is Black Myth: Wukong.

This is a good example of a cutting-edge PC experience where Nvidia performs much better than Intel. Given the slightly lower performance of the Arc B570, I suspect that newer games will tax it more and you’ll be forced to make compromises more quickly than with the RTX 4060. The question of whether those compromises are worth an extra $80? Well, I’ll leave that to you.

Ray tracing performance

Arc B570 and RTX 4060 ray tracing performance.
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Both the RTX 4060 and Arc B570 are capable of playing ray-traced games, particularly at 1080p with some help from upscaling. Nvidia usually runs away with ray tracing performance, but that’s actually not the case here. The Arc B570 and RTX 4060 posted almost identical results, below return, where the Arc B570 really took off.

Ray tracing is totally on the table for both GPUs, and the Arc B570 holds up very well. However, we are starting to see more games with full path tracing, such as Black Myth: Wukong and Alan awakening 2, and in those titles, Nvidia still has an advantage. To be fair, I don’t think any of these GPUs are great for full path tracing, but you’ll have a better chance of enabling all the visual features of the Nvidia GPU.

DLSS and XeSS

With this class of GPU, you will need to resort to some features to improve performance from time to time. For Intel, that’s XeSS. It’s an AI-powered enhancement utility that’s available in a wide range of games, and Intel just revealed its XeSS 2 update, which adds frame generation to the mix. XeSS 2 works very wellbut he has a big problem. As of this writing, it is only available in one game.

Nvidia offers DLSS 3 for the RTX 4060, which also offers AI-assisted frame generation and upscaling. Nvidia doesn’t have an advantage in quality or performance (XeSS and DLSS are very similar) but it does have a significant advantage in support. DLSS is available in more than 500 games, and nearly 200 of them support Frame Generation via DLSS 3.

It’s a big boost for the RTX 4060, especially for games like Alan Wake 2 where the RTX 4060 falls short of the mark. XeSS 2 is a competent competitor, but Intel really needs to expand support before it’s a big selling point of the Arc B570.

The angle of value.

The Intel Arc B570 on a pink background.
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Value is the name of the game at this price, and Intel delivers that value with the Arc B570. It’s a great option for PC gamers who are just dipping their toe in the water. Maybe you want to team up with some friends on wonderful rivals, or finally experience what great strategy games are like Crusader king 3 we have to offer on PC. The Arc B570 can deliver that experience and do it at a price that hasn’t really been touched in a few years.

However, you will have to make some concessions when it comes to prestige gaming experiences like Black Myth: Wukong. In those titles, the RTX 4060 shines, not only with higher performance, but also with DLSS 3. You’re spending the extra $80 to enable those experiences when they appear, and not to get better performance in all games overall.

So the Intel Arc B570 wins the day for me. It offers incredible value and is an easy recommendation for someone on a budget looking for a modern GPU. The RTX 4060 makes sense for some, but it’s more of a stepping stone to Nvidia’s more expensive options than a workhorse like the Arc B570.

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