NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB vs Intel Arc A580

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

Intel Arc A580

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

Around 33% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3072
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 175 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14242 vs 11678

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	4096 vs 3072
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 175 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	14242 vs 11678

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 99% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 855 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 77% higher texture fill rate: 326.4 GTexel/s vs 184.3 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
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 731 vs 608
Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 89682 vs 80769

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 22 Mar 2022
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 855 MHz
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Texture fill rate	326.4 GTexel/s vs 184.3 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	731 vs 608
Geekbench - OpenCL	89682 vs 80769

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB
GPU 2: Intel Arc A580

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

608

731

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

14242

11678

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

80769

89682

Name	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	Intel Arc A580
PassMark - G2D Mark	608	731
PassMark - G3D Mark	14242	11678
Geekbench - OpenCL	80769	89682
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		10867

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	Intel Arc A580
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Generation 12.7
Code name	GA104	DG2-512
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	2022
Place in performance rating	107	109
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1700 MHz
Core clock speed	855 MHz	1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	6 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	184.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS (1:1)	20.89 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS	10.44 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4096	3072
Pixel fill rate	92.16 GPixel/s	163.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	184.3 GTexel/s	326.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	175 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	21700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Form factor		Dual-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6