Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A580 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB 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 2060 12GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 45% higher texture fill rate: 326.4 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Around 41% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2176
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
Around 5% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 184 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Launch date	2022 vs 7 Dec 2021
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3072 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 184 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 850 vs 744
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15977 vs 11903
3.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8026 vs 2229

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	850 vs 744
PassMark - G3D Mark	15977 vs 11903
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8026 vs 2229

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A580
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

744

850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11903

15977

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2229

8026

Name	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	744	850
PassMark - G3D Mark	11903	15977
Geekbench - OpenCL	91409
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2229	8026

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Turing
Code name	DG2-512	TU106
Launch date	2022	7 Dec 2021
Place in performance rating	149	54
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	1650 MHz
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	12 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.89 TFLOPS (2:1)	14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.44 TFLOPS	7.181 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3072	2176
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	79.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s	224.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	184 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	10800 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	450 Watt
Height		35 mm, 1.4 inches
Length		229 mm, 9 inches
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
Width		113 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	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6