Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A580 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M 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.

Intel Arc A580

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 850 MHz
17454.5x more texture fill rate: 326.4 GTexel/s vs 18.7 billion / sec
8.7x more pipelines: 3072 vs 352
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 67% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1200 MHz
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 744 vs 458
7.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11903 vs 1617

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 25 May 2010
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s vs 18.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	3072 vs 352
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	744 vs 458
PassMark - G3D Mark	11903 vs 1617

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 175 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt vs 175 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

744

458

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11903

1617

Name	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
PassMark - G2D Mark	744	458
PassMark - G3D Mark	11903	1617
Geekbench - OpenCL	91409
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2229

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Fermi
Code name	DG2-512	GF100
Launch date	2022	25 May 2010
Place in performance rating	149	317
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	40 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.89 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.44 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3072	352
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s	18.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	3,100 million
Floating-point performance		598.4 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 API
OpenCL	3.0	1.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI