Early in cycle — strong buy, no urgency to wait
Best for: 1440p gamers who want near-flagship performance at a fraction of the flagship price, and entry-level 4K gamers.
Full details →First-generation product — no release history to base predictions on
Best for: Budget gamers who want maximum VRAM per dollar. Ideal for 1080p high-refresh and entry 1440p gaming — best value in the sub-$300 market.
Full details →| NVIDIA RTX 5070 | Intel Arc B580 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | High-end | Mid-range |
| Generation | RTX 5000 | Arc Battlemage |
| VRAM | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 250W | 190W |
| Upscaling | DLSS4 | XeSS |
| Ray Tracing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Launch MSRP | $549 | $249 |
| Released | Mar 6, 2025 | Dec 3, 2024 |
| Cycle length | ~850 days | — |
| Cycle advice | Buy | Caution |
| Deals advice | Caution | Caution |
| Successor | — | — |
NVIDIA's most disruptive price-to-performance ratio this generation — a generational leap accessible to mainstream budgets.
Lower power draw than the RTX 4070 Super it replaces, while delivering dramatically more performance.
Full Blackwell AI features including multi-frame generation — exclusive to RTX 5000 series.
4GB more VRAM than the RTX 4060 ($299) and RTX 5060 ($299). The best VRAM-per-dollar in the market.
Matches or beats the RTX 4060 in most rasterized workloads while costing $50 less.
Intel's AI upscaler works well in supported titles and continues to expand game support.