A dessert card worth 2,000 yuan. You may not believe it, but I choose Intel.

Last month, a major event took place in the tech circle. It was reported that NVIDIA would invest $5 billion to acquire a portion of Intel's shares, and the two companies also issued a joint statement.

This incident is quite delicate because Intel has been having a tough time recently. Its CPU can't compete with AMD's, and its GPU can't match NVIDIA's. After this event, Intel can at least breathe a little easier.

However, this is not the topic we're going to discuss today. Because the product we're going to test this time not only comes from Intel but is also a competitor to NVIDIA's graphics cards. Sounds a bit abstract, doesn't it...

That's right, it's the GPU launched by Intel - Arc B580.

To be honest, those who often follow digital products should have noticed that this is actually an old - fashioned review. Why are you testing the B580 after it's been out for so long?

Actually, we didn't plan to do this at first. But the other day, one of our colleagues wanted to build a computer. His requirements weren't high; he just wanted to play online games occasionally, and his budget was limited.

He originally planned to buy the latest entry - level NVIDIA RTX 5050, but then he found that its starting price was actually 2099 yuan, and its performance was even worse than the RTX 4060...

As a result, when we looked around at this price range, we found that the most cost - effective option was actually this Intel Arc B580 that had been sitting in the corner of the studio gathering dust...

So, adhering to the principle of "since we're here, let's do it", we simply tested this graphics card that had been gathering dust. We also hope to change people's impression of Intel's graphics cards (or maybe you didn't even know Intel had discrete graphics cards).

At the same time, to make the review less boring, we also brought in the more well - known "sweet - spot" graphics card in the B580's price range - the NVIDIA RTX 4060. They can be said to be evenly matched opponents.

This can also answer another question that many people want to ask : I have 2000 yuan. Why should I buy an Intel graphics card whose drivers may not be perfect instead of the RTX 4060?

Tony has also listed several sweet - spot graphics cards with similar prices. You can simply get an idea of who the B580's opponents are.

Of course, the prices here are all the official launch prices. The prices of non - reference cards and those on e - commerce platforms will definitely differ from the table. You can just use them as a reference.

As for whether Intel's discrete graphics cards can be used in daily life, including but not limited to gaming and productivity, all these will be mentioned in this article.

Tony has put the main parameters of the 4060 and B580 graphics cards on the screen. You can just take a quick look.

Next, let's cut to the chase and go straight to the benchmark tests!

You'll never guess what. In the 4 3D Mark benchmark tests we conducted, the B580 outperformed the 4060 in all of them!

Not only did it outperform, but in tests like Port Royal, Solar Bay, and the Time Spy series, it led by thousands of points. It's no exaggeration to say that the B580 completely dominated the benchmarking session.

But as you all know, the benchmark scores of NVIDIA's sweet - spot graphics cards in recent years have been relatively mediocre because their basic configurations are really stingy...

However, in the actual gaming experience, NVIDIA's performance is often not too bad. One reason is that its driver updates are very timely, and the other is the support of software features like DLSS. In this aspect, NVIDIA is far ahead.

However, in the productivity benchmark tests for PS and PR, the 4060 managed to gain an advantage thanks to its inherent strengths.

Graphics productivity is NVIDIA's traditional strong - suit. Most of the post - production staff in the company have NVIDIA graphics cards. There's really nothing to fault in this regard, but the B580's scores aren't far behind either.

After the warm - up, it's time for the much - anticipated real - game testing session!

Let's start with the classic benchmarking game, Cyberpunk 2077. The test results might be different from what you expect.

Without ray - tracing enabled, the B580 outperformed the 4060 in every aspect, and the more buffs were stacked, the greater the frame - rate advantage...

Especially after enabling XeSS and frame generation, the B580's average frame rate of 155 far exceeded that of the 4060 with DLSS enabled.

For a moment, Tony couldn't tell if it was because the B580 was well - optimized or if Cyberpunk 2077 had better support for different graphics cards and technologies...

But it doesn't matter much because this was just a test without ray - tracing. After enabling ray - tracing, both sweet - spot graphics cards struggled. Without any additional settings, they couldn't even reach 10 frames per second...

After enabling DLSS, the 4060 could barely reach 30 frames per second in the balanced mode. Of course, this was tested with 2K resolution and all ray - tracing settings maxed out. Under normal circumstances, we definitely don't recommend using sweet - spot graphics cards in this mode for gaming.

However, during the test, we found a very strange thing. After enabling ray - tracing, the frame - rate performance of the 4060 was similar whether frame generation was enabled or not, while the B580 could almost double its frame rate.

Overall, in Cyberpunk 2077, to our surprise, the B580 defeated the 4060 by a large margin, indicating that the B580's capabilities are not bad and it's somewhat underestimated.

In the test of another game, Black Myth: Wukong, the result was completely the opposite. The 4060 defeated the B580 in a very standard way.

Especially after enabling DLSS and frame generation, the frame rate of the 4060 was almost twice that of the B580.

After enabling ray - tracing, the 4060 still led. In this test of Black Myth: Wukong, NVIDIA won a complete victory.

Especially after enabling frame generation, the B580's performance not only didn't improve but got even worse...

This shows that Black Myth: Wukong is indeed a game more friendly to NVIDIA graphics cards...

But regardless of the test results, as the saying goes, Tony strongly advises against setting sweet - spot graphics cards to the highest quality and enabling ray - tracing according to the test process. These graphics cards can't handle such high - end settings, and the frame rate will be too low to play. Everyone should assess their own capabilities.

Of course, in addition to the two AAA games, we also tested three online games. After all, most people who buy sweet - spot graphics cards play online games more often.

If you're too lazy to look at the table, here's the short version: the two graphics cards are evenly matched. If you play these three online games, the B580 will have a slightly higher frame rate than the 4060 in CSGO.

In Marvel Snap, without frame generation, the 4060 has a slightly higher frame rate, but after enabling frame generation, the B580 has a slight edge.

Delta Force is quite interesting. Although the B580 can only enable XeSS and doesn't have frame generation, its frame rate is still higher than that of the 4060.

However, the 1% low frame rate is a bit too abnormal; it's extremely low. In terms of overall stability, the 4060 performs better.

Overall, the differences in the online - game tests are not as significant as those in the single - player games, and there isn't a particularly obvious game preference. It means that any graphics card can work well with these games, and they get along quite well.

We also conducted professional benchmark tests, using the traditional SPECviewperf 2020 suite of eight tests. In this, the 4060 defeated the B580 with a score of 5:3.

But for this part... just take it for fun.

After all, don't be too hard on these $2000 sweet - spot graphics cards. Professional tasks should be left to professional graphics cards. Let them focus on games like Delta Force...