Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps 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.

Intel Arc A580

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1506 MHz
2387.7x more texture fill rate: 326.4 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 3072 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 16 nm
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB

Launch date	2022 vs 20 April 2017
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3072 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1709 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 175 Watt
4.5x more memory clock speed: 9028 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Boost clock speed	1709 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 175 Watt
Memory clock speed	9028 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps

Name	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
PassMark - G2D Mark	744
PassMark - G3D Mark	11903
Geekbench - OpenCL	91409
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2229

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 9Gbps
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Pascal
Code name	DG2-512	GP106
Launch date	2022	20 April 2017
Place in performance rating	149	not rated
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	16 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.89 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.44 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3072	1280
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Length		250 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	216.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	9028 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5