1440p Gameplay Performance
Now, on this page, we are going to jump into 1440p testing on the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition, but keep in mind this is a $250 video card, so 1440p will require some game setting compromises to make it playable. Therefore, we’ll be dropping some of the game settings to lower in-game settings in order to get benchmarks and make comparisons, but we also want to push the GPUs pretty hard in some scenarios just to test them thoroughly.
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
Starting off in Alan Wake 2 at 1440p, we are running at the “High” quality preset, which is the highest in-game quality. This game is not playable at 1440p on any video card here at native resolution, but with upscaling, it definitely is. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition provides a playable experience near 60FPS using FSR at Quality setting, as do all the other cards, though the RTX 4060 is the slowest. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is 13% faster than the factory overclocked GeForce RTX 4060, and 4% faster than the Radeon RX 7600 XT and Radeon RX 7600.
Black Myth: Wukong
Yeah, Black Myth: Wukong is just extremely demanding at higher resolutions. In the graph above, we have even dropped the game down to “Medium” settings, but none of the cards are playable without upscaling. The good news is that with upscaling, it is. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is playable at 66FPS with XeSS Upscaling on quality, but the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is still the slowest card in this game. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition ends up being 11% slower than the GeForce RTX 4060 and 7600 XT and 9% slower than the Radeon RX 7600.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a new addition to our mix, and this is a game that uses UE5 and Lumen, and has ‘always on’ ray tracing. We saw that this game was demanding at just 1080p for these video cards, and as such, 1440p is even more demanding. We have lowered the game down to “Medium” quality settings above, but the game is still not playable without upscaling, therefore, it does require upscaling to be playable on everything here.
The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is playable with XeSS Upscaling at 65FPS, and the gameplay experience is very good actually, with that enabled, it’s smooth. At native resolution, the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is the slowest card, but with Upscaling, it actually isn’t. XeSS Upscaling support in this game is very good and puts it above the Radeon RX 7600 cards. At native resolution, though, the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is 9% slower than the GeForce RTX 4060, and with Upscaling, it’s 11% behind the RTX 4060 using its Upscaling. Though compared to the Radeon RX 7600 cards, upscaling on the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is 9% faster than the Radeon RX 7600/XT cards using TSR Upscaling at Medium.
Cyberpunk 2077
In Cyberpunk 2077 the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition did very well at 1080p, and it also does well at 1440p in “Ultra” quality! The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is the fastest card here, and allows a playable experience at 60FPS native resolution 1440p! The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is 34% faster than the GeForce RTX 4060, which is incredible, and 23% faster than the Radeon RX 7600 and 18% faster than the Radeon RX 7600 XT. If Cyberpunk is something you are into, this performance is very good for $250.
DOOM: The Dark Ages
Doom: The Dark Ages is another brand new game we are adding to the mix, and great to test the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition with. This game is another game where ray tracing is ‘always on’. We are using a dynamic real-world run-through of actual gameplay, playing the entire tutorial to the next chapter. We wanted to push the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition first real hard at 1440p, so we used the “Ultra” settings in the game here at 1440p, but not the Nightmare settings. Even at Ultra, the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is the fastest card here, matching the RTX 4060, but it is not playable without Upscaling. But with Upscaling, it can reach 63FPS, which is pretty nifty. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is 23% faster than the Radeon RX 7600 XT and 27% faster than the Radeon RX 7600.
We wanted to see if we could get 60FPS at native resolution 1440p, but unfortunately, even at “Low” quality settings above, that wasn’t so. At “Low,” the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is still the fastest card, and provides competitive performance with the factory overclocked GeForce RTX 4060, but it isn’t at 60FPS without Upscaling. With Upscaling, it can reach the highest performance on this graph at 80FPS! The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is 4% faster than the GeForce RTX 4060 at native resolution, but 19% faster with Upscaling. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is 27% faster than the Radeon RX 7600 XT!
Horizon Forbidden West
Horizon Forbidden West is already VRAM sensitive at 1080p and the highest settings, and it is more so at 1440p. We see the 8GB Radeon RX 7600 fall off a major cliff here, it was noticeably spilling over the VRAM buffer and trying to texture out to system RAM, causing severe performance loss. The GeForce RTX 4060 was doing this too, and even though it shows a higher average, it was a stuttery mess. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition, though, runs perfectly fine, nice and smooth, just like the Radeon RX 7600 XT 16GB. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition has the fastest performance at 20% over the RTX 4060 and 13% faster than the Radeon RX 7600 XT.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
As we mentioned on the previous page, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is VRAM sensitive, and will not run above Medium on 8GB cards, and also has ray tracing ‘always on’ in this game. Therefore, at Medium, the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is very playable and runs at 70FPS, matching the GeForce RTX 4060 on performance, native resolution 1440p, no need for upscaling! This puts the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition 16% faster than the Radeon RX 7600 XT. The Radeon RX 7600 falls off a cliff at 1440p, even on Medium.
Once again, the only two cards we could try this game out at Supreme quality level at 1440p were the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition and the Radeon RX 7600 XT 16GB video cards. This game is surprisingly playable on the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition at 1440p Supreme at near 60FPS average, and with Upscaling 80FPS. This puts the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition 16% above the Radeon RX 7600 XT in performance.
Kingdom Come Deliverance II
Using CryEngine, Kingdom Come Deliverance II is another game that is ray tracing ‘always on.’ This game did become very demanding at 1440p, and we had to drop it to “Medium” quality preset to run it well. We were really surprised how well the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition does in this game, at 1440p and Medium the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is playable at native resolution at a high 80FPS! That puts the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition 26% faster than the GeForce RTX 4060, and 24% faster than the Radeon RX 7600 XT. Again, when ray tracing is needed, the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition comes through.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
In Stalker 2, this game was very demanding at 1440p, and we had to drop it down to “Medium”, but even so all cards were not playable without Upscaling enabled. Thankfully, with Upscaling they are, the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is playable at 66FPS on Medium with Upscaling, and it isn’t the slowest card here at all at 1440p either, it’s on par with the RTX 4060’s native resolution performance, though DLSS has a slight leg up on performance. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition ran smoothly, though with its VRAM capacity, while the RTX 4060 did have a few hitches here and there. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is 3% faster than the Radeon RX 7600 XT, which also ran smoothly.
Star Wars Outlaws
Star Wars Outlaws is another game that runs on UE5 and has ray tracing ‘always on.’ This game, of course, was demanding at 1440p, and we had to drop the quality settings down to “Medium” quality. Even at medium quality, the game isn’t as playable at native resolution, Upscaling helps here a lot and smooths it out nicely at 70FPS. The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition is the fastest card here, and offers 5% more performance than the factory overclocked GeForce RTX 4060 and 20% more performance than the Radeon RX 7600 XT. Once again, with ray tracing in mind, the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition pulls through well.