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, 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 RTX A4000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 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: 994 vs 723
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19407 vs 11523
Around 42% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 122380 vs 85949

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	994 vs 723
PassMark - G3D Mark	19407 vs 11523
Geekbench - OpenCL	122380 vs 85949

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

723

994

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11523

19407

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

85949

122380

Name	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA RTX A4000
PassMark - G2D Mark	723	994
PassMark - G3D Mark	11523	19407
Geekbench - OpenCL	85949	122380
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		11163

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	102	104
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