Intel Arc A580 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A580 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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 A580

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	2022 vs 28 Oct 2020
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Around 32% higher boost clock speed: 2250 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Around 99% higher texture fill rate: 648.0 GTexel/s vs 326.4 GTexel/s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 4608 vs 3072
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1025 vs 744
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25004 vs 11903
Around 69% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 154220 vs 91409
Around 66% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3689 vs 2229

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	2250 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Texture fill rate	648.0 GTexel/s vs 326.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4608 vs 3072
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1025 vs 744
PassMark - G3D Mark	25004 vs 11903
Geekbench - OpenCL	154220 vs 91409
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3689 vs 2229

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A580
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

744

1025

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11903

25004

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

91409

154220

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2229

3689

Name	Intel Arc A580	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	744	1025
PassMark - G3D Mark	11903	25004
Geekbench - OpenCL	91409	154220
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2229	3689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		578.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		52.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		291.971
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2700.97
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3374
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16849
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3720
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3374

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A580	AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	RDNA 2.0
Code name	DG2-512	Navi 21
Launch date	2022	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	149	71
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	2250 MHz
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1825 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.89 TFLOPS (2:1)	41.47 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.44 TFLOPS	20.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3072	4608
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	288.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s	648.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	26800 million
Compute units		72
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1296 GFLOPS (1:16)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	700 Watt
Height		50 mm (2 inches)
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
Width		120 mm (4.7 inches)
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	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6