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).

 

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