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Arc B580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Arc B580 leads on 4 of 6 shared benchmarks (73% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB takes 2 (7% in PassMark G3D Mark). On qwen2.5:14b, the Arc B580 generates 35.0 tokens/s (per InsiderLLM) against 26.6 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Arc B580 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB. Released 2024 (Arc B580), 2021 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB). MSRP range: $249 · $329. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*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

SpecArc B580NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
vram gb 1212
vram type GDDR6GDDR6
tdp w 190170
cuda cores —3584

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from 3DMark, XDA Developers, NoobFeed, Legit Reviews, Wccftech, Tweaktown, PC Watch, Notebookcheck, Club386, TechPowerUp, KitGuru, Tom's Guide, Geekbench Browser 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.

BenchmarkArc B580NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 —21,653 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: XDA Developers		 7,953 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: NoobFeed, 3DMark, Legit Reviews, Wccftech, Tweaktown, PC Watch		 7,910 points5,074 points
3DMark Solar Bay (higher is better)
Source: PC Watch		 56,724 points—
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck, PC Watch		 2,664 points2,192 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Club386, PC Watch		 3,084 points1,976 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, Notebookcheck, KitGuru, 3DMark, XDA Developers		 15,135 pts8,747 points
3DMark Time Spy (overall score) (higher is better)
Source: Legit Reviews		 —9,755 points
Blender Benchmark (median score) (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Guide		 2,201 points—
Geekbench 6 OpenCL (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser		 —82,071 points
Geekbench 6 Vulkan (higher is better)
Source: Geekbench Browser		 —91,383 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 701 pts984 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.

Arc B580

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Arc B580 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB?

The Arc B580 leads on 4 of 6 shared benchmarks (73% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB takes 2 (7% in PassMark G3D Mark).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen2.5:14b, the Arc B580 generates 35.0 tokens/s (per InsiderLLM) against 26.6 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.

What did the Arc B580 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB cost at launch?

The Arc B580 launched at a $249 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB at $329. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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