Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA RTX A4000

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A580 and NVIDIA RTX A4000 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, 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 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 2.3x more core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1560 MHz
  • Around 9% higher texture fill rate: 326.4 GTexel/s vs 299.5 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Launch date 2022 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed 1700 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1700 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Texture fill rate 326.4 GTexel/s vs 299.5 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A4000

  • 2x more pipelines: 6144 vs 3072
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 140 Watt vs 175 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1002 vs 731
  • Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19428 vs 11668
  • Around 38% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 123297 vs 89665
  • Around 2% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 11043 vs 10867
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 6144 vs 3072
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt vs 175 Watt
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1002 vs 731
PassMark - G3D Mark 19428 vs 11668
Geekbench - OpenCL 123297 vs 89665
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 11043 vs 10867

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A580
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A4000

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
731
1002
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11668
19428
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
89665
123297
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
10867
11043
Name Intel Arc A580 NVIDIA RTX A4000
PassMark - G2D Mark 731 1002
PassMark - G3D Mark 11668 19428
Geekbench - OpenCL 89665 123297
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10867 11043
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 420.465
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4156.52
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 32.297
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 162.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1895.111
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22050
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Arc A580 NVIDIA RTX A4000

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.7 Ampere
Code name DG2-512 GA104
Launch date 2022 12 Apr 2021
Place in performance rating 109 106

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1700 MHz 1560 MHz
Core clock speed 1700 MHz 735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 8 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.89 TFLOPS (2:1) 19.17 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 10.44 TFLOPS 19.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3072 6144
Pixel fill rate 163.2 GPixel/s 149.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 326.4 GTexel/s 299.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 175 Watt 140 Watt
Transistor count 21700 million 17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 599.0 GFLOPS (1:32)

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 4x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Single-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 300 Watt
Length 241 mm (9.5 inches)
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 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 16 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