Intel Arc A380 vs AMD Radeon RX 590

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A380 and AMD Radeon RX 590 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Arc A380

AMD Radeon RX 590

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A380

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 36% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1469 MHz
Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1545 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 175 Watt

Launch date	14 Jun 2022 vs 15 November 2018
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1469 MHz
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 175 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 590

Around 70% higher texture fill rate: 222.48 GTexel/s vs 131.2 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
4.1x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 789 vs 606
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9374 vs 6242
Around 34% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1081 vs 808
Around 19% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 45591 vs 38292

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	222.48 GTexel/s vs 131.2 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	789 vs 606
PassMark - G3D Mark	9374 vs 6242
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1081 vs 808
Geekbench - OpenCL	45591 vs 38292

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A380
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 590

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

606

789

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6242

9374

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

808

1081

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38292

45591

Name	Intel Arc A380	AMD Radeon RX 590
PassMark - G2D Mark	606	789
PassMark - G3D Mark	6242	9374
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	808	1081
Geekbench - OpenCL	38292	45591
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		137.469
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2083.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		12.352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		139.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		762.142
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		13383
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A380	AMD Radeon RX 590
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 4.0
Code name	DG2-128	Polaris 30
Launch date	14 Jun 2022	15 November 2018
Place in performance rating	313	280
Design		Radeon RX 500 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1545 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1469 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	12 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.198 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024
Pixel fill rate	65.60 GPixel/s	49.54 GP/s
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s	222.48 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	5,700 million
Compute units		36
Floating-point performance		7.1 TFLOPs
Render output units		32
Stream Processors		2304
Texture Units		144
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	42 mm, 1.7 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	222 mm, 8.7 inches	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	114 mm, 4.5 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	186.0 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective	8000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support