Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A580 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super 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 RTX 2060 Super

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 41% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2176
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 91254 vs 87651
1112x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2224 vs 2

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 2 July 2019
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Pipelines	3072 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	91254 vs 87651
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2224 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 854 vs 741
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16484 vs 11905

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	854 vs 741
PassMark - G3D Mark	16484 vs 11905

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

741

854

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11905

16484

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

91254

87651

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2224

Name	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super
PassMark - G2D Mark	741	854
PassMark - G3D Mark	11905	16484
Geekbench - OpenCL	91254	87651
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2224	2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		243.864
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3870.683
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		27.021
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		160.92
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1269.445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20969
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		5567
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5026
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20969
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		5567
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5026

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Turing
Code name	DG2-512	TU106
Launch date	2022	2 July 2019
Place in performance rating	146	151
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	1650 MHz
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	12 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.89 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.44 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3072	2176
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	10.8 B
CUDA cores		2176
Maximum GPU temperature		89 C
Render output units		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Display Port		1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays		4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	550 Watt
Height		4.435” (112.6mm)
Length		9.0” (228.60mm)
Supplementary power connectors		8 pin
Width		2-Slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	448 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready