Intel Arc A580 vs MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Ventus 3X Plus OC

Intel Arc A580 $179
MSI GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Ventus 3X Plus OC $770
3072 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
2000MHz
8960 Shaders
12GB GDDR6X
1740MHz
FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
FP32
31.18 TFLOPS
FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
FP16
31.18 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.8-Slots
TDP
185W
TDP
350W
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 189,865
62%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 127,725
62%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 605
80%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Intel
Manufacturer
MSI
Chip Designer
Intel
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Alchemist
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Arc A
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
ACM-G10
DG2-512
Variant
ACM-G10
Codename
NV172
GA102
Variant
GA102-220-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/10/2023
Release Date
1/27/2022
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
406 mm²
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Die Size
628 mm²
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Transistor Count
21.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
28.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
53.45M/mm²
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Transistor Density
45.04M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3072 Shaders
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Shading Units
8960 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
192 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
280 TMUs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
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Tensor Cores
280 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
24 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
70 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
70 SMs
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Execution Units
384 EUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
24 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
7 GPCs
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1700MHz Base
2000MHz
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1260MHz Base
1740MHz
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FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
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FP16
31.18 TFLOPS
124.72 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
FP32
31.18 TFLOPS
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TF32
62.36 TFLOPS
FP64
3.07 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.49 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
60.9 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
192 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
194.88 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
384 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
487.2 GTexel/s
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L1
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Unknown
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
8MB Shared
L2
5MB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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12GB
GDDR6X
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Bus Width
96Bit
Bus Width
384Bit
Clock
1938MHz
Transfer Rate
15.5GT/s
Bandwidth
186GB/s
Clock
1188MHz
Transfer Rate
19GT/s
Bandwidth
912GB/s
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TDP
185W
TDP
350W
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Temp
93°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.0
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
4
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Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
Arc
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
Arc
Model
NVDEC 5
Codec
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MPEG-2
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JPEG
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
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1x Fan
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3x Fans
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.8
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Height
120 mm (4.72 in)
Width
305 mm (12.01 in)
Depth
57 mm (2.24 in)
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