GPU Comparison
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On raw speed the Arc B570 comes out significantly faster — about 31% ahead of the GeForce GTX 1080. It also wins on performance-per-dollar, making it the cleaner choice when you can afford it.
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Arc B570 vs GeForce GTX 1080: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Arc B570 vs GeForce GTX 1080
The Arc B570 is significantly faster, around 31% ahead of the GeForce GTX 1080. That gap is enough to move it up a tier: the Arc B570 is comfortable at 1080p, while the GeForce GTX 1080 is better matched to entry-level 1080p.
Price & Value
The Arc B570 currently lists from $277 EUR, $258 EUR less than the GeForce GTX 1080 at $535 EUR. Because it's both faster and competitively priced, the Arc B570 wins on performance-per-dollar by about 153%. The GeForce GTX 1080 is trading below its $599 EUR MSRP — a genuine deal.
Power & Efficiency
At 150W against 180W, the Arc B570 is both the lower-power and the more efficient card, making it the easier build to cool and power. Its more modern Battlemage architecture on a TSMC N5 process is part of why it does more with each watt.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
The Arc B570 carries 10GB versus 8GB on the GeForce GTX 1080. The extra 2GB helps at 4K, with high-resolution texture packs, and for content-creation or local-AI workloads that exhaust smaller buffers.
Generation & Longevity
The Arc B570 is roughly 9 years newer than the GeForce GTX 1080 (Battlemage vs Pascal), so it generally benefits from a more modern architecture and longer driver-support runway.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the Arc B570 brings Intel XeSS upscaling and AV1 encoding, while the GeForce GTX 1080 offers NVIDIA DLSS upscaling/frame generation and stronger ray tracing. If you lean on upscaling or ray tracing, that ecosystem difference can matter as much as the frame-rate gap.
Which should you buy: Arc B570 or GeForce GTX 1080?
The Arc B570 is the all-round winner here — it's faster and the better value, so buy it if it fits your budget. Only consider the GeForce GTX 1080 if you find it at a steep discount.