Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Intel Arc A580 $179
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB $299
3072 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
2000MHz
2176 Shaders
12GB GDDR6
1650MHz
Peak AI Performance
393.22 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak AI Performance
229.79 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
FP32
7.18 TFLOPS
FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
FP16
14.36 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
185W
TDP
185W
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
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 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
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 20
Codename
Xe HPG
ACM-G10
Variant
DG2-512
Codename
NV166
TU106
Variant
TU106-300-KA-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/10/2023
Release Date
12/7/2021
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
445 mm²
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Transistor Count
21.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
10.8 Billion
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Transistor Density
53.45M/mm²
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Transistor Density
24.27M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3072 Shaders
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Shading Units
2176 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
192 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
136 TMUs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Tensor Cores
384 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
272 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
24 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
34 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
34 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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1470MHz Base
1650MHz
Peak AI Performance
393.22 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak AI Performance
229.79 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
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FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
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98.3 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
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FP16
14.36 TFLOPS
57.45 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
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28.72 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
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FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
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FP32
7.18 TFLOPS
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FP64
3.07 TFLOPS
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FP64
220 GFLOPS
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BF16
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98.3 TFLOPS Tensor
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BF16
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28.72 TFLOPS Tensor
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TF32
28.72 TFLOPS Tensor
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INT4
393.22 TOPS Tensor
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INT4
229.79 TOPS Tensor
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INT8
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196.61 TOPS Tensor
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INT8
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114.89 TOPS Tensor
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INT32
7.18 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
21.7 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
192 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
105.6 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
384 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
224.4 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
3MB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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12GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
96Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1938MHz
Transfer Rate
15.5GT/s
Bandwidth
186GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
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TDP
185W
TDP
185W
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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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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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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
4
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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_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
7.5
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PureVideo HD
VP10
VDPAU
Feature Set J
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1x Fan
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2x Fans
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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
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Height
112.6 mm (4.43 in)
Width
228.6 mm (9 in)
Depth
35 mm (1.38 in)
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