Intel Arc A580 vs AMD Radeon RX 6700M

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A580 and AMD Radeon RX 6700M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Arc A580

AMD Radeon RX 6700M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1489 MHz
Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 326.4 GTexel/s vs 324.0 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2304
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 723 vs 579
Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 85949 vs 77572

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1489 MHz
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s vs 324.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3072 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	723 vs 579
Geekbench - OpenCL	85949 vs 77572

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700M

Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 10 GB vs 8 GB
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13399 vs 11523

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Maximum memory size	10 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13399 vs 11523

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A580
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

723

579

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11523

13399

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

85949

77572

Name	Intel Arc A580	AMD Radeon RX 6700M
PassMark - G2D Mark	723	579
PassMark - G3D Mark	11523	13399
Geekbench - OpenCL	85949	77572
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16145
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16145
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		9549

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A580	AMD Radeon RX 6700M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	RDNA 2.0
Code name	DG2-512	Navi 22
Launch date	2022
Place in performance rating	102	99
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	2250 MHz
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1489 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.89 TFLOPS (2:1)	20.74 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.44 TFLOPS	10.37 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3072	2304
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	144.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s	324.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	17200 million
Compute units		36
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		648.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	10 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	160 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6