Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A580 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 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 - 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 2070

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1620 MHz
Around 33% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2304
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: 91409 vs 88096
Around 42% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2229 vs 1569

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 17 October 2018
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1620 MHz
Pipelines	3072 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	91409 vs 88096
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2229 vs 1569

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 819 vs 744
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16112 vs 11903

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	819 vs 744
PassMark - G3D Mark	16112 vs 11903

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

744

819

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11903

16112

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

91409

88096

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2229

1569

Name	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
PassMark - G2D Mark	744	819
PassMark - G3D Mark	11903	16112
Geekbench - OpenCL	91409	88096
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2229	1569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		251.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3742.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		153.341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1304.365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Turing
Code name	DG2-512	TU106
Launch date	2022	17 October 2018
Place in performance rating	149	151
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$499.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		42.76
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	1620 MHz
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1410 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	2304
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	10,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-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
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6