Intel Arc B570 vs RTX 5060: Which Budget Card Wins at 1080p?

The Intel Arc B570 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 are both aimed at the same shopper: someone building or upgrading a machine for 1080p gaming without spending flagship money. They are close enough in price that the decision rarely comes down to budget alone, so it helps to be explicit about the criteria first: memory capacity and bus width, power draw and efficiency, raw compute versus fill rate, software maturity, and price-to-performance.

One caution before the numbers. The sources used here do not include independent, like-for-like testing of both cards in the same test bench, so nothing below should be read as a lab result. Where a figure comes from a published comparison, it is attributed; where something could not be confirmed, it is flagged as unknown.

The specifications side by side

Those figures come from a Polish buying guide's spec tables for two specific partner models, not reference designs, so other SKUs will vary ^¹. The guide places both cards in its sub-1500-zloty bracket, which it describes as dominated by 8 GB cards intended mainly for 1920x1080, and it singles out the Arc B570 and B580 as interesting alternatives because they offer 10 GB and 12 GB of VRAM respectively — while noting lower overall graphics performance and less polished software.

The case for the Arc B570

The B570's strongest argument is memory. Ten gigabytes on a 160-bit bus gives it a buffer advantage over the RTX 5060's 8 GB on a 128-bit bus, which matters at 1080p in titles that push texture and asset budgets hard. Intel's pricing is also aggressive: HowManyFPS lists the Arc B570 at $319.00 against $349.95 for the RTX 5060, a $30.95 gap, and frames that as up to 25% better value for money ^². The same comparison credits the B570 with higher pixel fill rate (200 GP/s, 67% faster) and texture fill rate (360 GT/s, 20% faster), alongside 380 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

The trade-offs are equally clear. HowManyFPS puts the RTX 5060 at 19,180 TFLOPS of FP32 compute versus 11,520 for the B570 — 66% more — and describes the B570 as slightly slower on average across more than 100 games, at roughly 9% behind. The PurePC guide's warning about less refined software is the other half of the story: Intel's driver stack has improved considerably since the first Arc generation, but it still carries more caveats than Nvidia's, particularly for older titles and non-gaming workloads. This reader profile fits someone who wants the most VRAM per dollar, plays mostly modern 1080p titles, and is comfortable with occasional driver quirks.

The case for the RTX 5060

The RTX 5060 wins on compute headroom and efficiency rather than capacity. HowManyFPS records it as the faster card on average across its game sample, newer by about four months, and more power-efficient: 0.61 frames per joule at 1080p versus 0.51 for the B570, with 0.24 versus 0.21 at 4K. It also draws 5 W less board power in that comparison. The PC Gamer prebuilt analysis, which benchmarks an RTX 5050, Arc B570 and RTX 5060 in one system, shows the RTX 5060 ahead on its index score (1683 versus 1185 for the B570) and on samples per minute (939.86 versus 354.68), though the B570 ran cooler in that same data set, peaking at 63°C against 64°C ^³. That data comes from a single prebuilt configuration and should be treated as indicative, not as a general verdict.

The RTX 5060's drawbacks are the 8 GB frame buffer and the higher price. Eight gigabytes is workable at 1080p today, but it leaves less margin than the B570's 10 GB as texture quality and ray-traced effects scale up. This reader profile fits someone who prioritizes consistent frame rates and mature software, values efficiency in a smaller or quieter build, and does not expect to keep the card for many years at high settings.

Which card for which buyer

Neither card is a universal winner, and the honest answer depends on what you weight. If your priority is memory capacity per dollar and you mostly play current 1080p releases, the Arc B570 is the more interesting buy at its listed price. If your priority is average frame rate, compute headroom, power efficiency and driver maturity, the RTX 5060 justifies its premium.

A few things remain unconfirmed. The sources do not establish launch dates or official MSRPs for either card, do not provide a controlled head-to-head benchmark with identical drivers and test scenes, and do not cover ray-tracing performance specifically. Prices also vary by region and retailer: the Polish listings and the US dollar figures above come from different sources and should not be converted or compared directly. Anyone deciding between these two should check current local pricing and look for reviews of the exact partner model they intend to buy.

For a broader look at how Intel's budget Arc cards stack up in a higher resolution bracket, our comparison of the Arc B580 vs RTX 4060 at 1440p covers the next tier up.

Sources

1. ¹ Jaka karta graficzna do gier? Kupić AMD Radeon czy NVIDIA GeForce? Polecane karty graficzne maj 2026 | PurePC.pl - Zgłoś błąd www.purepc.pl
2. ² Arc B570 vs RTX 5060: Gaming FPS & Benchmarks (2026) – HowManyFPS howmanyfps.com
3. ³ Thanks to prebuilts like this Zotac Mek PC, you can still get a full gaming setup for under $1,200 - 753.42 www.pcgamer.com