Early in cycle — strong buy, no urgency to wait
Best for: 4K gamers and creators who want Blackwell performance without the 5090's price and power demands.
Full details →First-generation product — recently released, still early days
Best for: Gamers interested in Intel's ecosystem who want a 1440p high-end card with 16GB VRAM at a competitive price.
Full details →| NVIDIA RTX 5080 | Intel Arc B770 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | Enthusiast | High-end |
| Generation | RTX 5000 | Arc Battlemage |
| VRAM | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 360W | 250W |
| Upscaling | DLSS4 | XeSS |
| Ray Tracing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Launch MSRP | $999 | $449 |
| Released | Jan 30, 2025 | Mar 15, 2026 |
| Cycle length | ~850 days | — |
| Cycle advice | Buy | Buy |
| Deals advice | Caution | Caution |
| Successor | — | — |
Delivers excellent 4K frame rates at a lower TDP and price than the 5090 — the practical enthusiast choice.
Same DLSS 4 technology as the flagship, dramatically boosting frame rates in supported titles.
Runs on a 750W PSU comfortably, unlike the 5090's 1000W recommendation.
Intel continues to offer more VRAM per dollar than NVIDIA.
Expected improvements to Intel's AI upscaler.
Higher-tier Battlemage silicon with more cores.