AutoCAD has been one of the most important and most widely used CAD programs in the professional environment for decades. It serves as a reference application for architecture, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and construction planning, whereby performance under real conditions depends heavily on GPU driver optimization and hardware architecture. Since AutoCAD is used as standard software in many engineering offices, planning agencies and educational institutions, the Cadalyst benchmark has established itself as a recognized test to objectively evaluate the performance of workstation graphics cards. The Cadalyst test covers different workloads that simulate real-world 2D and 3D design tasks, making it an accurate tool for assessing GPU suitability for professional CAD environments.
The overall score (Total Performance) combines all sub-areas into a weighted average value that reflects the average efficiency in the AutoCAD workflow. With a score of 1122 points, the Intel Arc Pro B60 is clearly ahead of the smaller B50 (1046 points), which corresponds to a performance increase of around seven percent. This puts it between an RTX A1000 and a Radeon Pro W7600. In a direct comparison with the Ada-based RTX models, however, the gap remains significant – not so much due to raw performance, but due to driver optimizations that NVIDIA has implemented specifically for AutoCAD and similar viewport applications.
The field is more clearly divided in terms of 3D performance. The test simulates rotating, complex wire and volume models in which geometry transformations, anti-aliasing and the caching of viewport objects dominate. Here, the B50 and B60 are practically on a par with 2315 and 2319 points respectively. The higher clock rate and the additional memory connection of the B60 therefore do not provide any significant advantage, which points to limitations in the CAD driver and a CPU-bound pipeline. Both Intel cards remain just behind the Radeon Pro W7700 and clearly behind the RTX Ada models, which traditionally dominate in AutoCAD-optimized 3D pipelines.
The 2D test, on the other hand, shows a completely different picture. This part of the benchmark measures zooming, scrolling, line drawing and the handling of large 2D vector data – in other words, the bread-and-butter area of classic design. Here, the Intel Arc Pro B60 clearly takes the lead with 1010 points and even outperforms all NVIDIA and AMD models, including the RTX 2000 Ada. This speaks for a very well adapted driver implementation and efficient command buffer handling for the simple but highly repetitive drawing operations that are typical in 2D projects.
The disk test evaluates how efficiently the GPU and the driver manage data access and exchange with the host system. It simulates the loading, saving and caching of projects as well as file management for complex layouts. With 531 points, the B60 ranks just behind the Radeon Pro W7700 and is clearly ahead of the B50 (476 points). The increase is mainly due to the higher memory bandwidth and more stable PCIe 5.0 communication, which indicates a cleanly tuned firmware.
The CPU test serves as a control variable to ensure that differences in the overall score are not influenced by processor performance. Here, almost all cards are at 558 points, which suggests identical or similar platform conditions. This means that the deviations in the GPU scores are actually due to differences in the graphics card architecture and driver implementation and not to CPU or RAM limitations.
Interim conclusion
AutoCAD 2024 clearly shows that Intel has made great progress with the Arc Pro B60, especially in the 2D area. The card works extremely efficiently in classic CAD workflows and offers a real alternative to the more expensive competitor models for design offices with heavily 2D-oriented projects. In 3D views, however, the advantage remains small, which suggests that driver optimizations for OpenGL and DirectX viewports are still immature. Overall, however, the B60 offers a good balance between price, efficiency and all-round performance – especially when AutoCAD is used in mixed 2D/3D projects.
- 1 - Intro, overview and technical data
- 2 - Test system and equipment
- 3 - Teardown: PCB, topology and components
- 4 - Teardown: Cooler and fan
- 5 - Teardown: Material analysis and TIM testing
- 6 - Autodesk AutoCAD
- 7 - Autodesk Inventor Pro
- 8 - PTC Creo
- 9 - Dassault Systèmes Solidworks
- 10 - Autodesk Maya
- 11 - SPECviewperf 15 (2025)
- 12 - Adobe Photoshop 26.10
- 13 - Adobe After Effects 2025
- 14 - Adobe Premiere Pro 25.41
- 15 - AI benchmarks (AI Vision, Image, Text)
- 16 - Rendering
- 17 - Temperatures, clock rate, power consumption, noise
- 18 - Summary and conclusion
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