Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition Review

1. Introduction2. Meet the Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition3. Testing Methodology4. Alan Wake II5. Black Myth: Wukong6. Cyberpunk 20777. Final Fantasy XVI8. Forza Horizon 59. Ghost of Tsushima10. Horizon Forbidden West11. The Last of Us Part 112. A Plague Tale: Requiem13. Senua's Saga: Hellblade 214. Starfield15. Total War: Warhammer III16. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)17. Cost Per Frame Analysis18. Ray Tracing: Alan Wake II19. Ray Tracing: Black Myth: Wukong20. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207721. Ray Tracing: F1 2422. Ray Tracing: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart23. Ray Tracing: Returnal24. Ray Tracing: Shadow of the Tomb Raider25. Ray Tracing: Star Wars Outlaws26. Ray Tracing Performance Summary27. Clock Speed28. GPU Temperatures29. Acoustics30. Power Draw: 1080p31. Power Draw: 1440p32. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)33. Performance per Watt: 1080p34. Performance per Watt: 1440p35. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)36. Total System Power Draw37. Closing Thoughts38. View All Pages

The Intel Arc B580 Limited Edition ships in a compact blue and purple box. The front is home to the Arc logo, while the back features a diagram of the graphics card itself, along with three areas Intel has decided to highlight – AI, ray tracing and content creation.

Inside, we find a small quick start guide, alongside some pieces of cardboard that can be folded to make a mini B580 GPU. A neat touch if that's your kind of thing.

As for the graphics card itself, it will quickly become clear that it shares much of the same design language as the A770 and A750 Limited Edition models. It has the same entirely matte black design, while it also sports two axial fans that measure 85mm in diameter.

I personally love the stripped-back, minimalistic aesthetic – there's no RGB or anything like that, it's just a smart-looking graphics card, and I know many of our readers have expressed positive feelings towards the A750 and A770 Limited Editions in the past.

It's a svelte graphics card, too, measuring 272 x 115mm, while it's a dual-slot thickness. Given it's a relatively low-power GPU we wouldn't have expected anything overly large, but in this day and age it's always appreciated when a graphics card is less than 30cm long!

The front side of the card is home to the Intel Arc logo, and this lights up with white LEDs once powered on. We can also get a look at the backplate, this time featuring a large cut-out to allow air to pass directly through the heatsink, something which should aid thermal performance.

Image above courtesy of Intel.

I've not yet disassembled the graphics card, but we get a look at the cooling solution in this image provided by Intel. The company is using four heatpipes alongside two vertically-oriented finstacks for cooling. We can also note a 6+2 phase configuration for the PCB.

Lastly, power is delivered by a single 8-pin connector. Display outputs consist of 3x DisplayPort 2.1 (2x UHBR10 and 1x UHBR 13.5) and 1x HDMI 2.1.

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