NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
vs
SPARKLE Intel Arc B570 GUARDIAN OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and the SPARKLE Intel Arc B570 GUARDIAN OC, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

SPARKLE Intel Arc B570 GUARDIAN OC is based on Intel Arc B570 Graphics, which has 2304 shaders and 18 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU SPARKLE Intel Arc B570 GUARDIAN OC
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on Intel Arc B570 Graphics
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip BMG-G21
Ampere Architecture Battlemage
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 18
3584 Shader 2304
48 Render Output Units 80
112 Texture Units 144
28 Raytracing Cores 18

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The SPARKLE Intel Arc B570 GUARDIAN OC can access 10 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 380 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 10 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 2.375 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 380 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 160 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the SPARKLE Intel Arc B570 GUARDIAN OC is 2.660 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 2.660 GHz
1.777 GHz Boost Clock 2.660 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The SPARKLE Intel Arc B570 GUARDIAN OC has a TDP of 150 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 150 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max Unknown
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 has a total of 0 Axial fans.

The SPARKLE Intel Arc B570 GUARDIAN OC has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060.

The SPARKLE Intel Arc B570 GUARDIAN OC supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1a
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v2.1
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the SPARKLE Intel Arc B570 GUARDIAN OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR No
No LED lighting LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The SPARKLE Intel Arc B570 GUARDIAN OC is 242 mm long, 105 mm high and 44 mm wide.

-- Length 242 mm
-- Height 105 mm
-- Width 44 mm
-- Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 796 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 329 $ (Reference).

The SPARKLE Intel Arc B570 GUARDIAN OC was introduced in Q4/2024 at a price of 219 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no SB570G-10GOC
Q1/2021 Release date Q4/2024
329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 219 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
4026

Port Royal (Raytracing)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
5068

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
2177

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
35 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
9 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
58 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
94 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
130 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
89106

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
89506

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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