NVIDIA A30 vs Intel Arc A580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 and Intel Arc A580 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA A30

Intel Arc A580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Around 17% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 3072
Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 175 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 40% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 127026 vs 90871

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3584 vs 3072
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 175 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	127026 vs 90871

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 326.4 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Launch date	2022 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A30
GPU 2: Intel Arc A580

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

127026

90871

Name	NVIDIA A30	Intel Arc A580
Geekbench - OpenCL	127026	90871
PassMark - G2D Mark		749
PassMark - G3D Mark		11919
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		10875

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30	Intel Arc A580
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Generation 12.7
Code name	GA100	DG2-512
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	2022
Place in performance rating	102	104
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1700 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	6 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)	20.89 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS	10.44 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	3072
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s	163.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s	326.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	21700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	933.1 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	3072 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6