Arc Pro B70 Review: Gaming Benchmarks and Performance Index
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How does Intel's Arc Pro B70 perform in rasterized games, modern ray-tracing blockbusters, and groundbreaking path-tracing pioneers? To answer this question, we put Intel's top graphics card through our GPU Benchmark Suite 2026. The 20 rasterization tests, 15 ray tracing tests, and 8 path tracing tests deliver exciting results of the "Big Battlemage" G31. To make the analysis even more compelling, we not only retested the Arc B580 with the latest driver (version 8737) but also the Arc A770 16GB. A first overview of the throughput rates is provided by the General Purpose GPU Benchmark from AIDA64:
Source: PC Games Hardware
AIDA64 GPGPU Benchmark: Arc Pro B70 - Arc Pro B60 - Arc B580 - Radeon RX 9060 XT - Geforce RTX 5060 Ti - Geforce RTX 4090 - Radeon AI Pro R9700 - Geforce RTX 5090 (Click to enlarge)
GPU Benchmarks 2026
Every benchmark number represents an average of three—and in some cases four—runs per resolution; outliers are not included. That amounts to at least twelve measurements per game, or 240 per graphics card for the rasterization performance index alone. In other words, what you see in the benchmarks is the aggregate of more than 12,000 individual measurements.
Since the GPU clock speed of a single card varies during testing, we report the average clock speed across all resolutions (calculated by our CapFrameX measurement tool). For example, if a graphics card operates at dynamic frequencies between 2,500 and 2,700 MHz, this results in a value of "~2.60 GHz." If a graphics card is the limiting factor, thus determining the frame rate, the GPU boost decreases as the resolution increases.
Arc Pro B70 vs. Arc B580: Gaming Benchmarks
For our Arc Pro B70 review, we're presenting the full set of benchmark results. As usual, you can choose between four resolutions: Full HD, WQHD, Ultrawide QHD, and Ultra HD, which you can switch between in the gray dropdown menu on the left in each game. This time, WQHD (2,560 × 1,440 pixels) is displayed by default, matching the processing power of our test subject. Important: The 2026 rasterization benchmarks are consistently run at native resolution—without any upscaling. This not only addresses numerous requests from readers and viewers but also allows us to highlight the performance differences between graphics cards as clearly as possible. If you play with upscaling, you can generally expect higher frame rates. For example, if you're gaming in Ultra HD with quality upscaling, you can use the WQHD values shown here as a great reference (overview of the internal resolutions resulting from upscaling). Enough with the preamble—here are the rasterization results:
If you wish, you can display up to 19 additional graphics cards for each game; we have hidden them for the sake of clarity.
Apart from the complete failures in Anno 117: Pax Romana and X4: Timelines—titles that have always performed poorly on Arc GPUs—the Arc Pro B70 looks great. Its performance is consistently on par with the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB. In some cases, including Atomfall and Battlefield 6, the Intel GPU even significantly outperforms its competitors. Benefits from 32 GiB are ruled out here—there is no game that benefits from that much memory with pure rasterization graphics. Compared to the Arc B580's 12 GiB, however, the Arc Pro B70 can occasionally outperform it, for example in Spider-Man 2. Meanwhile, the Arc A770 16GB demonstrates that 16 GiB is entirely sufficient; an "Arc B770" would therefore be optimally equipped with 16 GiB.
Arc Pro B70 in the "Leistungsindex"
How does the Intel Arc Pro B70 stack up in the GPU performance chart? We answer this question using five metrics: the overall score and the individual scores for the four resolutions. The overall score is known as the PCGH "Leistungsindex" and calculates the four test resolutions, each accounting for 25 percent (no weighting is applied). The prior normalization of the FPS values ensures that large numbers carry the same weight as small ones.
We tested graphics cards labeled "NA" only at 1080p, so only the Full-HD performance index is available here.
Although the 36 percent gap compared to the Arc B580 falls short of optimistic expectations, this performance is sufficient to beat both the Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB. The comparison between the Arc Pro B70 and the Arc A770 16GB is also intriguing. Both graphics cards feature 4,096 FP32 ALUs, though the new GPU operates at a slightly higher clock speed and delivers dramatically improved utilization. This results in a 53 percent generational performance gain from Alchemist (Xe) to Battlemage (Xe 2).
Arc Pro B70: Resolution Scaling
Let's take a look at how performance scales with resolution. In other words: What happens when you push the Arc Pro B70 to its limits with increasingly heavy workloads? The following benchmark shows performance from Full HD to Ultra HD, offering a glimpse into the future. This makes it easy to see at a glance which graphics cards perform particularly well or poorly.
As usual, Arc graphics cards handle higher resolutions relatively well. This is primarily due to two factors: utilization at low resolutions (such as Full HD) isn't optimal, and memory shortages are rarely an issue. Although it may not seem like it, the Arc Pro B70 operates in a novel way: unlike its siblings, this model is almost always power-limited (at 230 watts), except when running at Full HD. Performance scaling would be even better if it didn't have to throttle down. The Arc B580 doesn't have this problem, and the A770 16GB is also rarely held back by its power limit.
Arc Pro B70 vs. 81 Graphics Cards
Finally, we'd like to give you a look at the big picture—the Special Performance Index, which combines old and new PCGH data. This will help you determine whether upgrading your graphics card is worth it. The current rankings, including the Arc Pro B70:
With performance on par with the Nvidia Geforce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB, the Intel Arc Pro B70 would be a great upgrade for many gamers—if it were an affordable gaming graphics card. Find out on the next page whether all of this also applies to modern ray tracing workloads.
