Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA RTX A6000

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A580 and NVIDIA RTX A6000 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 - 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 A6000

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 17% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1455 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 175 Watt vs 300 Watt
8.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 723 vs 86
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11523 vs 4237

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 5 Oct 2020
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	723 vs 86
PassMark - G3D Mark	11523 vs 4237

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A6000

Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1860 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Around 91% higher texture fill rate: 625.0 GTexel/s vs 326.4 GTexel/s
3.5x more pipelines: 10752 vs 3072
6x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 8 GB
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 200330 vs 85896

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1860 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Texture fill rate	625.0 GTexel/s vs 326.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10752 vs 3072
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	200330 vs 85896

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A580
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A6000

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

723

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11523

4237

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

85896

200330

Name	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA RTX A6000
PassMark - G2D Mark	723	86
PassMark - G3D Mark	11523	4237
Geekbench - OpenCL	85896	200330
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		737.53
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		59.432
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		189.702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2347.314
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		23142
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3712
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		17833

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A580	NVIDIA RTX A6000
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Ampere
Code name	DG2-512	GA102
Launch date	2022	5 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	102	94
Launch price (MSRP)		$4649
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz	1860 MHz
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	20.89 TFLOPS (2:1)	40.00 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.44 TFLOPS	40.00 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3072	10752
Pixel fill rate	163.2 GPixel/s	208.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s	625.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	175 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1250 GFLOPS (1:32)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x 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	700 Watt
Length		267 mm (10.5 inches)
Supplementary power connectors		8-pin EPS
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	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	768 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6