Arc B580 12 GB vs RTX 4060 8 GB: performance differences with and without Unreal Engine games 195 comments
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In the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition test on Techconseil, the first Battlemage graphics card showed considerable progress compared to the first generation, but did not perform as well against the competition as elsewhere. The result is correct, the test procedure and the test methodology make the difference.
Table of Contents Performance differences with and without Unreal Engine Arc B580 games in the new GPU test course Performance evaluation with, without and only with UE5 titlesThe standard overall course The course without UE titles The course only with UE titles Results in at a glance Another factor: Scaling conclusion
Arc B580 in the new GPU testing course
Techtip has completely revamped the test course in anticipation of the GeForce RTX 5000 and Radeon RX 8000 in January, just in time for the end of the year. The Arc B580 review and the current CB Radio Podcast Episode 95 provide details.
The fundamental decision that was made was once again: the games on which current graphics cards are tested must be up to date. The following 21 games were selected:
Games used and graphic details Game (Benchmar) Engine Black Myth: Wukong
Unreal Engine 5.0 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
IW 9.0 Dragon Age: The Veilkeeper
Dogma of the Frostbite Dragon 2
RE F1 24
Internal development of EGO 2 Final Fantasy XVI (unnamed) Frostpunk 2
Unreal Engine 5.2 Self-developed Ghost of Tsushima (unnamed) Self-developed God of War: Ragnarök (unnamed) Horizon Forbidden West
Decima Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
id Tech Lego: Horizon Adventures
Unreal Engine 5.3 MechWarrior 5: Clans
Unreal Engine 5.4 Outcast – A New Beginning
Unreal Engine 4.27 Satisfactory
Unreal Engine 5.3 Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Unreal Engine 5.3 Silent Hill 2
Unreal Engine 5 Stalker 2: Heart of Chernobyl
Unreal Engine 5.1 Star Wars Outlaws
Snowpiercer Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2
Swarm
9 of the 21 titles are based on the Unreal Engine, eight of which are on the current main version, Unreal Engine 5. This seems like a lot at first glance, but it represents the trend of recent years, which will continue. The new part of The Witcher will also switch to “UE5” in the future and will put aside its own engine:
CD Projekt Red: First trailer shows The Witcher IV with UE5 on GeForce RTX 50
The other 12 games in the test use a different engine, often developed in-house. Unreal Engine is not the absolute majority, but it is strongly represented.
The other test courses are different. And this aspect alone has an influence on the performance of Arc, while GeForce and Radeon are less so.
Although the step from Intel Arc “Alchemist” to “Battlemage” is gigantic, Intel has not yet reached the level of the competition in the Unreal Engine. And even comparing the A series to the B series, it does not look as good in this engine as in other titles.
Performance evaluation with, without and only with UE5 titles
To underline this, three performance ratings (Full HD target resolution, pure rasterizer game) are listed below.
The standard rating with the 19 titles. A ranking without the nine Unreal Engine titles. A note only with Unreal Engine titles
The big Arc B580 Limited Edition test shows how the games were tested in detail and with which settings:
Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition test: Intel Kampfmagier against Nvidia GeForce RTX and AMD Radeon RX
The standard overall course
The rasterizer performance below is the same as the big Arc B580 test. Of the 21 games tested, 19 games are included in the ranking; Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Star Wars Outlaws cannot be tested without ray tracing.
The results are in: the RTX 4060 remains six percent ahead of the Arc B580, which in turn beats the Radeon RX 7600 by one percentage point. The RTX 4060 and RX 7600 are separated by seven percent.
The course without an EU title
If the nine EU titles are removed from the course, the picture changes. The RTX 4060 is now just one percent ahead of the Arc B580, which in turn is six percent ahead of the RX 7600. The RTX 4060 and RX 7600 are again separated by seven percent hundred.
The Arc B580 performs significantly better without Unreal Engine titles than with them, while Radeon and GeForce maintain their level.
The course only with EU titles
This becomes clear when looking at the ranking of the nine EU titles: the RTX 4060 is thirteen percent ahead of the Arc B580 and the RX 7600 is also four percent ahead. The gap between the RTX 4060 and the RX 7600 remained the same at seven percent.
Results at a glance
The table below clearly summarizes what has just been said. Given that the A580 is also listed there, it’s also clear that the jump from Series A to Series B is strong everywhere, but tends to be weaker in the Unreal Engine than in the other titles in the test. The Unreal Engine titles currently represent a double setback for the B series.
Rating Composition Performance level (standardized) Arc B580 RTX 4060 RX 7600 Arc A580 Standard 9× UE, 10× different 100% 106% 99% 72% without UE 0× UE, 10× different 100% 101% 95% 70% only EU 9 × EU, 0 × different 100% 113% 104% 74%
Another factor: moving upmarket
Another potentially influential factor in Arc’s performance compared to other tests is that scaling was often used in the quality preset, even at Full HD. This reduces the rendering resolution, making 1st and 2nd generation Intel Arc taste worse than the competition.
Conclusion
Both influencing factors were chosen carefully, the results are correct – and therefore represent performance in a market in which current games increasingly rely on the Unreal Engine and upscaling technologies are used on weaker graphics cards, even at low resolution, in order to achieve high performance. FPS. Other tests with different test courses and testing methods produce slightly different results. They are also correct, but were created based on other test procedures and games and are therefore not applicable 1:1 to the same market segment.
No editorial team can test all games in all contexts; decisions must be made. It is important to understand how testing is performed and why this may cause differences. Techconseil hopes to have contributed to this with this additional article.
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Intel Arc B580 limited edition (reference) and Steel Legend custom design in comparison
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