Intel’s Arc B570 is nearly upon us, poised to usher in a fresh lineup of graphics card launches on January 16. It made its first appearance in a leaked benchmark, and I must say, the findings were quite astonishing. As per the leaked benchmark, the Arc B570 is positioned to echo the triumph of the B580, potentially securing its place among the top graphics cards—attributable to Intel’s meticulous attention to the performance-per-dollar ratio.

The GPU appeared in a leaked Geekbench assessment posted by X (Twitter) user GawroskiT. The B570 attained 86,716 points in the OpenCL test, which, while not an exact proxy for gaming prowess, gives us a baseline to juxtapose it with the superior model in the same evaluation. According to Wccftech, the B580 ranges between 95,000 to 100,000 points in that benchmark, marking the Arc B570 approximately 12% slower than the B580. There’s a bit of give-and-take here, but that 12% figure intrigues when considering the B570’s price.

Intel B570 in geekbench ~10% slower than b580https://t.co/S1Ji8ltr98 pic.twitter.com/IEFEVP7XGW

— Tomasz Gawroński (@GawroskiT) January 13, 2025

The Arc B580 debuted at $249, quickly selling out. On the other hand, the Arc B570 comes with a suggested retail price (MSRP) of $219, representing exactly 12% less. Based on that Geekbench rating, the card being 12% slower while also 12% cheaper aligns superbly, underlining Intel’s commitment to offering value for money.

However, there’s a consideration left out here, which involves VRAM. The B570 delivers 10GB of video memory, whereas the B580 boosts that figure to 12GB. This discrepancy might imply a more significant gap in gaming benchmarks than suggested by the current synthetic evaluation. The B570 not only reduces VRAM but also features a 160-bit bus compared to a 192-bit bus in the B580, resulting in a marked 17% difference in bandwidth—with the Arc B70 achieving 380GB/s against 456GB/s on the B580.

In just a short time, we expect to learn much more about the real-world performance of the B570. Testing it in several 1080p games will provide much more insightful data than the Geekbench trial, yet if the figures mostly hold steady, Intel could possess yet another compelling GPU.