Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A580 and NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 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 Quadro RTX 8000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1200 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	2022 vs 13 August 2018
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1005 MHz
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 869 vs 723
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19370 vs 11523
Around 60% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 137748 vs 85949

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	869 vs 723
PassMark - G3D Mark	19370 vs 11523
Geekbench - OpenCL	137748 vs 85949

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A580
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

723

869

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11523

19370

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

85949

137748

Name	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
PassMark - G2D Mark	723	869
PassMark - G3D Mark	11523	19370
Geekbench - OpenCL	85949	137748
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		401.574
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6432.348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		43.914
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		215.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2101.927
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		21578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3652
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3290
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Turing
Code name	DG2-512	TU102
Launch date	2022	13 August 2018
Place in performance rating	102	103
Launch price (MSRP)		$9,999
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1005 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
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	18,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	3x 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		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 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
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6