Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A580 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

• Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• 2.1x more core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 817 MHz
• Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1282 MHz
• 2.1x more texture fill rate: 326.4 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
• Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
• Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
• Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 740 vs 589
• Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 91333 vs 78922
• Around 22% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 2224 vs 1823

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

• Around 25% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 3072
• 2.9x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 175 Watt
• Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13269 vs 11886

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	740 589
PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	11886 13269
Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	91333 78922
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	GPU 1 GPU 2	2224 1823

Compare specifications (specs)