Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A580 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 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, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Arc A580

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 326.4 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 200 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)

Launch date	2022 vs 1 Dec 2020
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1410 MHz
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s vs 253.1 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 200 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Around 58% higher pipelines: 4864 vs 3072
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 996 vs 723
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 20548 vs 11523
Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 107110 vs 85922

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	4864 vs 3072
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	996 vs 723
PassMark - G3D Mark	20548 vs 11523
Geekbench - OpenCL	107110 vs 85922

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

723

996

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11523

20548

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

85922

107110

Name	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	723	996
PassMark - G3D Mark	11523	20548
Geekbench - OpenCL	85922	107110
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		311.869
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4657.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		35.311
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1477.456
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		27478
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		11653

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Ampere
Code name	DG2-512	GA104
Launch date	2022	1 Dec 2020
Place in performance rating	102	101
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	1665 MHz
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.89 TFLOPS (2:1)	16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.44 TFLOPS	16.20 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3072	4864
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s	253.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	200 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	350 Watt
Length		242 mm (9.5 inches)
Supplementary power connectors		1x 12-pin
Width		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.5
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	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6