1080p Gameplay Performance
On this page, we will start off with 1080p gameplay performance on the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition. In some games, we will have two game quality settings to show because we want to show what is playable on the Intel Arc B580, but we also want to push the GPU pretty hard to make some demanding comparisons as well. We will include ray tracing testing on another page, but keep in mind that some games now have ‘always on ray tracing’ and we’ll point those games out below. For comparison, we are using an ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 4060 OC Edition, a Radeon RX 7600 8GB reference card, and a SAPPHIRE PULSE Radeon RX 7600 XT (also an OC card) video card. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is a 12GB video card.
Alan Wake 2
In Alan Wake 2, we are running at the “High” quality preset, which is the game’s almost maximum level of image quality without ray tracing. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is able to provide a playable experience at 60FPS without upscaling! Turning on upscaling boosts that up to 90FPS at 1080p, but really, you can play at native resolution 1080p without needing it in this game. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition ends up being 12% faster than the GeForce RTX 4060, and keep in mind the 4060 being used is an OC Edition card. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is also slightly faster than the Radeon RX 7600, and it is on par with the performance of the Radeon RX 7600 XT 16GB video card, which is also a factory overclocked card, so that’s impressive for the B580.
Black Myth: Wukong
In Black Myth: Wukong, we definitely had to drop the in-game quality setting from Cinematic and Very High down to “High” quality, so this is two notches below the max setting. This game was way too demanding for every card here at Very High or Cinematic quality settings, even at 1080p. This is one game where the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition didn’t do too hot, it suffered badly in performance compared to the other cards, coming in at just 43FPS, and only reaching playable performance at 62FPS with XeSS Upscaling at 1080p. That said, all the other cards also require Upscaling (DLSS or FSR) to also reach playable performance at 1080p, but the RTX 4060 takes the cake at 80FPS with DLSS Upscaling in performance and image quality at 1080p.
Being the slowest, the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is 17% slower than the GeForce RTX 4060, 16% slower than the Radeon RX 7600 XT, and 14% slower than the Radeon RX 7600. But, you can reach a somewhat playable performance with Quality level XeSS Upscaling at 1080p on High, or you can always drop the game down another level to Medium quality settings.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a new game we are adding to the mix, and so this really tests the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition in a brand new game just launched. For this game, we are using a manual run-through, and we are testing at 1080p and starting with the intense Epic quality setting preset. Keep in mind that this game uses UE5 and Lumen, and therefore, all the lights are ray-trace calculated, which means this game is ‘always on’ ray tracing, so it is very demanding on everything, especially at Epic and high resolutions.
At Epic quality settings, well, none of the video cards are playable, but remember, we wanted to really push the GPUs at times just to see how they compare. When pushed to the max, the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition isn’t the slowest; it actually outperforms the factory overclocked GeForce RTX 4060 by 6% in this game, and that’s impressive when you consider it is using ray tracing. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is on par with the Radeon RX 7600 in performance, but the Radeon RX 7600 XT beats it by 5%. But let’s turn down the graphics settings to something more reasonable.
In this graph, we have turned down the graphics settings to the “High” preset, so the game is now playable with Upscaling enabled. Without upscaling, though, even at High at 1080,p no video card is playable, all of them require upscaling at 1080p just to be playable on High. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition comes in last place here; it trails all the video cards in performance and is the slowest this time.
When the settings are turned down, it looks like the GeForce RTX 4060 edges out the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition by a small margin. But the GeForce RTX 4060 itself is much slower than the two Radeon RX 7600/XT cards, interestingly. This does, however, put the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition behind the Radeon RX 7600 XT by 12% in performance. However, with XeSS Upscaling on the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition, performance is playable at 67FPS on average, so it is possible to get a playable experience on High at 1080p. Otherwise, you can always drop the game quality settings down to Medium here at 1080p to play at native resolution.
Cyberpunk 2077
Cyberpunk 2077 is a cake walk for the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition, even running at “Ultra” settings the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition smashes this game at 92FPS average, and beats every other video card in performance! The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is 15% faster than the factory overclocked GeForce RTX 4060, 11% faster than the Radeon RX 7600, and 4% faster than the Radeon RX 7600 XT. With XeSS, Upscaling performance is well over 100FPS at 1080p and Ultra, so that’s pretty exciting, native resolution for the win though.
Doom: The Dark Ages
We are also adding Doom: The Dark Ages to the mix as well, another newly released game, and perfect to test the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition with. This game uses the Vulkan API and idTech 8 engine, and this is yet another game that has ‘ray tracing’ always on, as the lights are calculated with ray tracing. For this game, we are using a manual in-game dynamic playthrough of the entire tutorial section, to the next chapter, it’s pretty long, also random, but represents real-world gameplay because it is real-world gameplay.
For this game, we pushed it hard at “Ultra Nightmare” settings at 1080p, and the default 2048 texture pool size. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition really impressed us in this game, beating both Radeon RX 7600/XT video cards, even the 16GB one. Interestingly, the GeForce RTX 4060 is a champ in this game on performance, probably due to its ray tracing performance. This also shows, though, that the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition has great ray tracing performance. Therefore, in this game, the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is playable on Ultra Nightmare, especially with Upscaling, it can hit 82FPS! The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is on par with the GeForce RTX 4060 in performance, and 14% faster than the Radeon RX 7600 XT. Now, if you want higher FPS and native resolution, you will have to drop the game to “Ultra” at the very least, and for even higher FPS, “Medium” on the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition, if that is your goal.
Horizon Forbidden West
Horizon Forbidden West is a game that is sensitive to VRAM capacity, even at 1080p. We see the AMD Radeon RX 7600 8GB fall off a cliff in this game just at 1080p and the highest game settings. The GeForce RTX 4060 does a little better, but what you can’t see here is that we did encounter stuttering and microstutters while playing with the RTX 4060 because it also only has 8GB of VRAM. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition, however, it did great in this game, as well as the Radeon RX 7600 XT, because they have more VRAM.
The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition actually ended up outperforming every video card here in this game at 1080p. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition was 14% faster than the GeForce RTX 4060 and 6% faster than the Radeon RX 7600 XT, and with upscaling that improves above 80FPS.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is another game that is very sensitive to VRAM capacity, and this is also another game that is ‘ray tracing’ on all the time, so it is intensive on the higher settings. For this game, you cannot run above “Medium” quality settings on video cards that have 8GB of VRAM; you need more to run at Supreme quality settings, or even High. Therefore, to get a comparison, we could only run at “Medium” to make this comparison, but we did set it to Supreme on the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition below.
At Medium settings, the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is very playable, and not the slowest card. The AMD Radeon RX 7600 8GB falls off a cliff again with performance, but the RTX 4060 is actually the fastest card (with stuttering). The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is on par with the GeForce RTX 4060 in raw performance, but it offers a smoother gameplay experience with no stuttering. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is 9% faster than the Radeon RX 7600 XT, which also runs this game smoothly.
There are only two video cards in this comparison that can run this game on “Supreme” quality settings, due to their VRAM capacity: the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition and the Radeon RX 7600 XT. In this comparison, the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is a lot faster than the Radeon RX 7600 XT in this game, 12% faster. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is playable at native resolution 1080p on “Supreme”, and that’s pretty amazing.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Using the CryEngine, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is yet another game that has ‘always on’ ray tracing, as the lights are calculated with ray tracing. This is also yet another game, using ray tracing, where the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is pretty darn fast! The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition ends up providing a playable experience at 1080p and “Ultra” settings at 60FPS! This puts the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition 5% ahead over the factory overclocked GeForce RTX 4060, and 13% faster than the factory overclocked Radeon RX 7600 XT as well!
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Stalker 2 is another game we really wanted to push to the limits, and see how well the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition could do, as a newer title. Well, it seems the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition falls behind a bit in this game when pushing the settings all the way up. It does not provide a playable experience without upscaling at Epic, but then again, neither do the other cards here. Let’s lower the settings to something more reasonable and see what happens.
Ah, there we go, lowering the game down to “High” quality at 1080p definitely helps on performance. However, this is another game where the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition ends up being the slowest card compared to the rest, coming in even below the Radeon RX 7600. The game is playable, and even more so with upscaling, but it does trail everything else. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is 8% behind the GeForce RTX 4060 and 6% behind the Radeon RX 7600 XT and 4% behind the Radeon RX 7600. It did run smoothly, though, in terms of no stutters or hitches.
Star Wars Outlaws
The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition did surprisingly well in Star Wars Outlaws. This is yet another UE5 game, and uses ‘always on’ ray tracing, that is, the lights are calculated with ray tracing. For this game, we are testing at the “Ultra” game quality settings, which are the highest at 1080p. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is playable with upscaling, but if you want native resolution, you’ll have to drop the quality setting down to High to be playable at 1080p. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is 5% faster than the factory overclocked GeForce RTX 4060, and 18% faster than the Radeon RX 7600 XT and Radeon RX 7600. When ray tracing is in use, the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition does pretty darn good.