Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Intel Arc A580 $179
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti $279
3072 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
2000MHz
1536 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1770MHz
Peak AI Performance
393.22 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak AI Performance
10.88 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
FP32
5.44 TFLOPS
FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
FP16
10.88 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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TDP
185W
TDP
120W
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 60,890
20%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 65,665
19%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 52,680
26%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 130
17%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Intel
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
Intel
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Alchemist
Architecture
Turing
Family
Arc A
Family
GeForce 16
Codename
Xe HPG
ACM-G10
Variant
DG2-512
Codename
NV168
TU116
Variant
TU116-400-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/10/2023
Release Date
2/21/2019
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Fabrication Node
12FFN
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Die Size
406 mm²
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Die Size
284 mm²
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Transistor Count
21.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
6.6 Billion
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Transistor Density
53.45M/mm²
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Transistor Density
23.24M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3072 Shaders
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Shading Units
1536 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
192 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
96 TMUs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
384 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
24 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
24 SMs
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Execution Units
384 EUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
24 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1700MHz Base
2000MHz
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1500MHz Base
1770MHz
Peak AI Performance
393.22 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak AI Performance
10.88 TFLOPS
FP16
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FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
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98.3 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
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FP16
10.88 TFLOPS
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FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
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FP32
5.44 TFLOPS
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FP64
3.07 TFLOPS
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FP64
170 GFLOPS
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BF16
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98.3 TFLOPS Tensor
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INT4
393.22 TOPS Tensor
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INT8
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196.61 TOPS Tensor
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INT32
5.44 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
192 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
84.96 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
384 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
169.92 GTexel/s
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L1
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Unknown
L1
32KB/SM Tex
64KB/SM
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L2
8MB Shared
L2
1.5MB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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6GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
96Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1938MHz
Transfer Rate
15.5GT/s
Bandwidth
186GB/s
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
12GT/s
Bandwidth
288GB/s
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TDP
185W
TDP
120W
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Temp
95°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.0
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DVI-D Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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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
3
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Content Protection
HDCP 2.2
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 4
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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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
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
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
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1x Fan
Not a Card
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1x Fan
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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