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Arc B580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Arc B580 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 13% to 98%, including 98% in 3DMark Time Spy (15,135 vs 7,640). On llama3.1:8b, the Arc B580 generates 41.0 tokens/s (per RunAIHome) against 7.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (per DatabaseMart), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Arc B580 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060. Released 2024 (Arc B580), 2019 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060). MSRP range: $249 · $349. 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 2060
vram gb 126
vram type GDDR6GDDR6
tdp w 190160
cuda cores —1920
process nm —12

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, Notebookcheck, XDA Developers, NoobFeed, PCGamesN, Tweaktown, HardwareCooking, PC Watch, GPU-Monkey, TopCPU, UL Benchmarks, Club386, CpuTronic, TechPowerUp, KitGuru, PCBench, Legit Reviews, 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.

BenchmarkArc B580NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck		 —16,961 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: XDA Developers		 7,953 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: NoobFeed, 3DMark, PCGamesN, Tweaktown, HardwareCooking, PC Watch, GPU-Monkey		 7,910 points4,179 points
3DMark Solar Bay (higher is better)
Source: PC Watch		 56,724 points—
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck, TopCPU, PC Watch		 2,664 points1,423 points
3DMark Speed Way Graphics (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —1,453 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks, Club386, CpuTronic, PC Watch		 3,084 points1,766 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, Notebookcheck, KitGuru, 3DMark, XDA Developers, PCBench, Legit Reviews		 15,135 pts7,640 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme Graphics (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —3,433 points
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —7,482 points
Blender Benchmark (median score) (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Guide		 2,201 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 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.

Arc B580

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Arc B580 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060?

The Arc B580 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 13% to 98%, including 98% in 3DMark Time Spy (15,135 vs 7,640).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the Arc B580 generates 41.0 tokens/s (per RunAIHome) against 7.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (per DatabaseMart), best community run on file for each.

What did the Arc B580 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 cost at launch?

The Arc B580 launched at a $249 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 at $349. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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