Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A580 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB 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.

Intel Arc A580

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1545 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 326.4 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2304
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 83% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 91409 vs 49885

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3072 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	91409 vs 49885

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 175 Watt
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 744
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12873 vs 11903

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 175 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	942 vs 744
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873 vs 11903

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

744

942

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11903

12873

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

91409

49885

Name	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	744	942
PassMark - G3D Mark	11903	12873
Geekbench - OpenCL	91409	49885
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2229

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Ampere
Code name	DG2-512	GA107
Launch date	2022	2022
Place in performance rating	149	88
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.89 TFLOPS (2:1)	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.44 TFLOPS	8.018 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3072	2304
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s	125.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	90 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	250 Watt
Length		242 mm, 9.5 inches
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
Width		112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6