GPU Comparison
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On raw speed the Arc B570 comes out noticeably faster — about 17% ahead of the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB. 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 RTX 3060 12GB: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Arc B570 vs GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
The Arc B570 is noticeably faster, around 17% ahead of the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB. Both cards sit in the same broad class, well suited to 1080p.
Price & Value
The Arc B570 currently lists from $260 USD, $120 USD less than the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB at $380 USD. Because it's both faster and competitively priced, the Arc B570 wins on performance-per-dollar by about 71%.
Power & Efficiency
At 150W against 170W, 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 GeForce RTX 3060 12GB carries 12GB versus 10GB on the Arc B570. 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 4 years newer than the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB (Battlemage vs Ampere), so it generally benefits from a more modern architecture and longer driver-support runway.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the GeForce RTX 3060 12GB brings NVIDIA DLSS upscaling/frame generation and stronger ray tracing, while the Arc B570 offers Intel XeSS upscaling and AV1 encoding. If you lean on upscaling or ray tracing, that ecosystem difference can matter as much as the frame-rate gap.
Which should you buy: GeForce RTX 3060 12GB or Arc B570?
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 RTX 3060 12GB if you find it at a steep discount.