Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA RTX A2000

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A580 and NVIDIA RTX A2000 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 RTX A2000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 562 MHz
Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1200 MHz
2.6x more texture fill rate: 326.4 GTexel/s vs 124.8 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 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 85922 vs 73255

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 10 Aug 2021
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 562 MHz
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	85922 vs 73255

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A2000

Around 8% higher pipelines: 3328 vs 3072
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 70 Watt vs 175 Watt
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 989 vs 723
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13766 vs 11523

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3328 vs 3072
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	70 Watt vs 175 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	989 vs 723
PassMark - G3D Mark	13766 vs 11523

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A580
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A2000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

723

989

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11523

13766

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

85922

73255

Name	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA RTX A2000
PassMark - G2D Mark	723	989
PassMark - G3D Mark	11523	13766
Geekbench - OpenCL	85922	73255
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5944

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA RTX A2000
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Ampere
Code name	DG2-512	GA106
Launch date	2022	10 Aug 2021
Place in performance rating	102	96
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	562 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.89 TFLOPS (2:1)	7.987 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.44 TFLOPS	7.987 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3072	3328
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	57.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s	124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	13250 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		124.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x mini-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	250 Watt
Length		167 mm (6.6 inches)
Supplementary power connectors		None
Width		69 mm (2.7 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6