AMD Radeon RX 6600S vs Intel Arc A580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6600S and Intel Arc A580 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6600S

Intel Arc A580

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600S

Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 175 Watt
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13678 vs 11584

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 175 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13678 vs 11584

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 46% higher texture fill rate: 326.4 GTexel/s vs 224.0 GTexel/s
Around 71% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 1792
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 722 vs 650
Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 87449 vs 66815

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 4 Jan 2022
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s vs 224.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3072 vs 1792
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	722 vs 650
Geekbench - OpenCL	87449 vs 66815

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6600S
GPU 2: Intel Arc A580

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

650

722

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13678

11584

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

66815

87449

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6600S	Intel Arc A580
PassMark - G2D Mark	650	722
PassMark - G3D Mark	13678	11584
Geekbench - OpenCL	66815	87449
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		10883

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6600S	Intel Arc A580
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Generation 12.7
Code name	Navi 23	DG2-512
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	2022
Place in performance rating	112	111
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz	1700 MHz
Compute units	28
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	6 nm
Pipelines	1792	3072
Pixel fill rate	128.0 GPixel/s	163.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	224.0 GTexel/s	326.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	11060 million	21700 million
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		20.89 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		10.44 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6