We're back with yet another Intel discrete graphics card. This time it's the Intel Arc B570, the slightly weaker sibling to the mightily impressive 1440p value-centric Intel Arc B580, which launched in late 2024. With a slightly more affordable price tag of $219, this is one GPU many of us PC gamers can afford. It's great to see Intel targeting this segment of the market, offering solid 1440p gameplay at reasonable prices. The resolution focus makes sense as this will slowly become one of the more popular choices for gamers looking to upgrade from 1080p without going overboard on a UHD monitor.

Intel has also been forced to launch these GPUs at such aggressive prices, thanks to the duopoly of AMD and Nvidia. For Intel to make a splash, it needs to nail the software, hardware, and cost. Thankfully, for the B580, it nailed all three. In this review, I'll show how well Intel is making ground with its GPU division. If $250 is a little too much for your budget, you'll be pleased to learn that the Intel Arc B570 is worth considering for 1440p gaming. It won't be able to produce the same results as the B580 without manual tweaking outside of set parameters, but it's a fantastic GPU for playing the latest games.

About this review: Intel provided XDA with a sample for review but had no input to its contents.

Price, specs, and availability

Intel is positioning the Arc B570 below the B580 so we can expect to see slightly weaker specifications with the more affordable B-series GPU. The same Xe2 architecture powers both GPUs and there are an identical number of ray accelerators and AI accelerators for similar performance with advanced graphics rendering and machine learning. It's only when we get to clock speeds and memory do these two GPUs deviate. The B580 has base and boost clock speeds of 2670 MHz and 2850 MHz, respectively. The B570 is slightly more conservative with 2500 MHz for the base and 2750 MHz for boosting.

There's also only 10 GB of GDDR6 VRAM on the B570 we're reviewing today, which is just 2 GB less than the B580. Memory bandwidth is slightly lower too, clocking in at 380 GB/s. These slight reductions do mean the GPU draws less power, requiring just 150 W to perform as designed. The B580 wasn't exactly a power-hungry GPU either at 190 W but every little helps. Intel is competing against AMD at the lower end of the GPU market, leaving the $1,000 and above graphics cards to Nvidia and its AI developments. We could see a few more Intel GPUs released around this level.

• 	Intel Arc B570	Intel Arc B580
  Ray Accelerators/Cores	20	20
  AI Accelerators/Cores	160	160
  Base Clock Speed	2500 MHz	2670 MHz
  Boost Clock Speed	2750 MHz	2850 MHz
  Memory Capacity	10 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR6
  Memory Bus	160-bit	192-bit
  Memory Bandwidth	380 GB/s	460.8 GB/s
  Power Draw	150 W	190 W
  Architecture	Xe2	Xe2
  Process	5 nm	5 nm

What I like most about the Arc B570

All-new Xe2 architecture

I largely covered the new Xe2 architecture in my B580 review and since these two GPUs are so similar, it's worth reading that piece to find out more about what's new with this generation. Still, I'll provide a very brief overview right here. Firstly, there's Xe Super Sampling 2 (XeSS2), the latest iteration of the company's super-sampling technology. XMX AI acceleration is also present, which is similar to Nvidia GeForce 40-series GPUs. Everything combined offers better overall performance. This generation of Arc graphics cards takes the first-gen Arc GPUs and cranks everything up to hit the sweet spot which is 1440p.

Since Intel has passed through countless firmware revisions on the first-gen wave of GPUs, this new series can build on top of the solid foundation. By implementing Xe2 with reduced latency, eliminating stalls, and improving handshakes between software and hardware, Intel can bring its performance figures up. For instance, the company claims the B580 is around 24% faster than the previous-gen Intel Arc A750 and the same gains can be found with the B570. We've got more caching, better shader performance, and support for XeSS Frame Generation (XeSS-FG) and XeSS Super Resolution (XeSS-SR).

Impressive performance for a $219 GPU

Nvidia can rave all it wants about how its upcoming RTX 5070 offers the same performance as an RTX 4090 when you activate all the AI features under the sun, but when it comes to raw in-game performance, Intel is killing it with its Arc B-series GPUs. The Arc B570 is a $219 graphics card and I'll keep banging on about that fact because this thing handles 1440p gaming seriously well for the price. Even without XeSS Super Resolution and other fancy new tech activated, this GPU will still perform well under load with the heaviest modern games at 1440p. Crank everything up to ultra and enable all the included features and you'll enjoy gazing at 60 frames every second.

The Arc B570 is a $219 graphics card and I'll keep banging on about that fact because this thing handles 1440p gaming seriously well for the price.

To see how good this GPU is, I installed the Arc B570 on the same test bench used for our Intel Arc B580 review. This rig consists of an AMD Ryzen 7 9700X CPU, 32 GB of DDR5-6400 RAM, and everything is installed on a Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master motherboard. Like all past graphics card reviews, I ran the GPU through some synthetic benchmarks before moving on to a suite of games, varying in resource demands and visual fidelity. For the synthetic workloads, the B570 performed well and in line with expectations when compared against the B580.

I'll be comparing numbers obtained using the Intel Arc B570 against the B580 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. It lost in every test, but that was expected with these three GPUs. Interestingly, the B570 beat the RTX 4060 in The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 (at Ultra with XeSS/DLSS in Cyberpunk 2077). The highest power draw I saw with the B570 was 101W and it managed to hit a card temperature maximum of 68C (with an ambient temperature reading of 21C). These aren't terrible values for a card running heavy games with everything enabled, including ray tracing and XeSS.

The Intel Arc B570 performed well in a variety of game tests. At 1080p, the GPU scored well above 60 FPS at ultra settings, which is commendable for a $219 GPU. 1440p wasn't too dissimilar, though you will need to turn down a setting or two to achieve stable frame rates above 60. If you want solid performance at this level, you'll want to consider the B580. The B570 is the better buy for ultra 1080p gaming or decent 1440p experiences with all the AI bells and whistles enabled to give the GPU an edge. Performance is solid and thermals were well within reason. A great job by Intel and Gigabyte with this particular card.

Reliable software support

Intel has proven itself with a solid track record on the Arc A-series and I expect we'll see a simialr story with the B-series. Intel Graphics Software is a neat tool to use and it has everything you could ask for. The interface is easy to navigate, you don't need to create or log into an account to update the graphics driver, and you can configure your B570 to your liking. There's even integration with Intel CPUs, should you be using one. The team went so far as to add in-depth data on frames and other metrics to monitor the performance of the GPU and system.

When running benchmarks or tests, you can use this collected data to see how various parameters and tweaks affect the performance of your components. Through my extensive testing with the Intel Arc B570, I experienced no issues regarding software instability. Like the B580, I did notice some issues regarding game optimization, but these were few and far between and will likely be addressed with future software updates.

What I dislike about the Arc B570

Not great for heavy/ultrawide 1440p gaming or 4K

Intel is releasing some excellent mid-range GPUs with its new Battlemage series, but the company doesn't have anything to target the flagship AMD and Nvidia GPUs right now. That's not an issue for many gamers who play their favorite titles at 1080p and 1440p, but for those with ultrawide or 4K panels, the Intel Arc B-series falls short of what's available from competitors. That's not to say Intel won't release something more capable than these two GPUs, but you're slightly limited by choice. Want 4K gaming? You'll need to go with AMD or Nvidia.

Internal competition from the B580

The Intel Arc B580 is no joke, especially given it's just $30 more than the B570. This additional cost unlocks more performance for handling heavier loads at 1440p. The B570 can handle 1440p gaming and you'll see excellent results across a wide range of games, but cranking all settings to the maximum in hader titles such as Cyberpunk 2077 shows just how much of a difference that $30 makes. If 1440p is where you'll primarily play all your favorite games, the B580 may be worth saving an extra month to hit the $30 higher MSRP.

Should you buy the Intel Arc B570?

You should buy the Intel Arc B570 if:

• You don't fancy spending more than $219 on a GPU.
• You want one of the better-performing 1080p and 1440p cards on a budget.
• You wish to help Intel break up the AMD and Nvidia duopoly.

You shouldn't buy the Intel Arc B570 if:

• You want to play all games at 1440p and 4K above 60 FPS at ultra settings.
• You want the most efficient GPU for gaming.
• You have an additional $30 for the B580.

This is a $219 GPU. That bears repeating. This is a $219 GPU. That's almost unheard of in today's GPU market, at least with a graphics card that offers decent 1440p performance. We're used to seeing Nvidia GeForce RTX series cards with prices up to $2,000 — sometimes higher with scalpers and higher demand. For the MSRP of the new RTX 5090, you could purchase 9 Intel Arc B570 GPUs. Sure, the RTX 5090 is the most powerful card to be made and we look forward to getting one in to test Nvidia's latest GPU architecture, but do we really need that much performance?

The Intel Arc B570 won't win awards for performance, but it's not designed to. If you want a GPU that can play Baldur's Gate with no problem at ultra settings or Cyberpunk with ray tracing, you'll have a blast with this GPU so long as you remember to enable Intel's XeSS. Like DLSS, XeSS is an incredible feature for improving the overall experience. Disabling XeSS would produce worse gaming experiences with ray tracing and other advanced graphical effects taxing the GPU. If you want the all-out best performance available, the new RTX 50 series is a sure bet, but the Intel Arc B570 wins as a reasonably priced GPU.

Intel continues to dominate the affordable GPU market.

This GPU is positioned to offer excellent performance at one of the more popular resolutions. Not everyone is leaping from 1080p to 4K, with 1440p viewed by many to be the "sweet spot". Costing just $219, you cannot go wrong with the Intel Arc B570. It has the performance for 1440p gaming, has AI and RT cores to handle more advanced features, and doesn't suck too much power, making it a great fit for more compact gaming rigs. Intel's GPU division is off to a stellar start in 2025. The one caveat of this GPU is the $249 B580 sibling with better performance at 1440p.