Intel Arc A380 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A380 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A380

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 91% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1075 MHz
745.5x more texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 176 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
276.7x more memory clock speed: 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s

Launch date	14 Jun 2022 vs 2 June 2015
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1075 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s vs 176 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

2.8x more pipelines: 2816 vs 1024
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 852 vs 606
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13758 vs 6242
Around 63% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1321 vs 808
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 42988 vs 38292

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2816 vs 1024
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	852 vs 606
PassMark - G3D Mark	13758 vs 6242
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1321 vs 808
Geekbench - OpenCL	42988 vs 38292

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A380
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

606

852

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6242

13758

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

808

1321

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38292

42988

Name	Intel Arc A380	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	606	852
PassMark - G3D Mark	6242	13758
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	808	1321
Geekbench - OpenCL	38292	42988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		145.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1722.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.661
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		788.464
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10471
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3695
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3338

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A380	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	DG2-128	GM200
Launch date	14 Jun 2022	2 June 2015
Place in performance rating	313	310
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Price now		$679.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		23.43
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1075 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.198 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	2816
Pixel fill rate	65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s	176 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	8,000 million
CUDA cores		2816
Floating-point performance		6,060 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	42 mm, 1.7 inches	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	222 mm, 8.7 inches	10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	6-pin + 8-pin
Width	114 mm, 4.5 inches
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
SLI options		4x
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	186.0 GB/s	336.5 GB / s
Memory bus width	96 bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround