Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 A580

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1607 MHz
1177.1x more texture fill rate: 326.4 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 16 nm
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 180 Watt
200x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 10 GB/s
Around 65% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 91409 vs 55548
Around 43% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2229 vs 1560

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 27 May 2016
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1607 MHz
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	3072 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 180 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 10 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	91409 vs 55548
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2229 vs 1560

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1733 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 887 vs 744
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15578 vs 11903

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	887 vs 744
PassMark - G3D Mark	15578 vs 11903

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

744

887

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11903

15578

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

91409

55548

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2229

1560

Name	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	744	887
PassMark - G3D Mark	11903	15578
Geekbench - OpenCL	91409	55548
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2229	1560
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2036.763
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		819.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3343
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11173
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3343

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Pascal
Code name	DG2-512	GP104
Launch date	2022	27 May 2016
Place in performance rating	149	281
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$439.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		43.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	1733 MHz
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1607 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	2560
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s	277.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	7,200 million
CUDA cores		2560
Floating-point performance		8,873 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	500 Watt
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		8-pin
Width		2-slot
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	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	10 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready