Intel Arc A770 vs Arc B580 — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The Arc B580 leads on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks (8% in 3DMark Time Spy); the Intel Arc A770 takes 1 (9% in PassMark G2D Mark). On qwen2.5:14b, the Arc B580 generates 35.0 tokens/s (per Run AI Home) against 21.4 for the Intel Arc A770 (per LocalAIMaster), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Intel Arc A770 and the Arc B580. Released 2022 (Intel Arc A770), 2024 (Arc B580). MSRP range: $349 · $249. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
Arc B580
*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.
Where to buy
A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.
Specs side-by-side
| Spec | Intel Arc A770 | Arc B580 |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 16 | 12 |
| vram type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| tdp w | 225 | 190 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from PC Unboxing, XDA Developers, NoobFeed, 3DMark, Tweaktown, PC Watch, Notebookcheck, UL Benchmarks, Club386, TechPowerUp, The FPS Review, KitGuru, Tom's Guide and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.
| Benchmark | Intel Arc A770 | Arc B580 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (GPU subscore) (higher is better) Source: PC Unboxing |
33,666 points | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (GPU subscore) (higher is better) Source: PC Unboxing |
15,638 points | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) Source: XDA Developers |
— | 7,953 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (GPU subscore) (higher is better) Source: PC Unboxing |
7,016 points | — |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: NoobFeed, 3DMark, PC Unboxing, Tweaktown, PC Watch |
8,731 points | 7,910 points |
| 3DMark Solar Bay (higher is better) Source: PC Watch |
— | 56,724 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck, PC Watch |
2,531 points | 2,664 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way Stress Test (higher is better) Source: 3DMark |
2,531 points | — |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: UL Benchmarks, Club386, PC Watch |
2,969 points | 3,084 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp, The FPS Review, Notebookcheck, KitGuru, 3DMark, XDA Developers |
14,012 points | 15,135 pts |
| Blender Benchmark (median score) (higher is better) Source: Tom's Guide |
— | 2,201 points |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
761 pts | 701 pts |
AI inference (tokens/sec)
Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.
Intel Arc A770
- mistral:7b: 70.0 tok/s (Markaicode)
- mistral:7b: 70.0 tok/s (Intel Gaming Access)
- mistral:7b: 70.0 tok/s (GigaChad LLC)
Arc B580
- llama2:7b: 72.0 tok/s (KnightLi llama.cpp GPU Scoreboard)
- llama2:7b: 70.1 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (Vulkan performance scoreboard))
- llama2:7b: 70.1 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #10879)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the Intel Arc A770 or the Arc B580?
The Arc B580 leads on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks (8% in 3DMark Time Spy); the Intel Arc A770 takes 1 (9% in PassMark G2D Mark).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On qwen2.5:14b, the Arc B580 generates 35.0 tokens/s (per Run AI Home) against 21.4 for the Intel Arc A770 (per LocalAIMaster), best community run on file for each.
What did the Intel Arc A770 and the Arc B580 cost at launch?
The Intel Arc A770 launched at a $349 MSRP and the Arc B580 at $249. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.
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