Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB

Intel Arc A580 $179
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB $999
3072 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
2000MHz
8960 Shaders
12GB GDDR6X
1710MHz
Peak AI Performance
393.22 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak AI Performance
980.58 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
FP32
30.64 TFLOPS
FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
FP16
30.64 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
185W
TDP
350W
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Power Connectors
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1x 12-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 186,590
61%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 207,975
59%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 125,525
61%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 595
78%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Intel
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
Intel
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Alchemist
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Arc A
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
Xe HPG
ACM-G10
Variant
DG2-512
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
Tensor Cores
384 T-Cores
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
1710MHz
Peak AI Performance
393.22 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak AI Performance
980.58 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
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98.3 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
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FP16
30.64 TFLOPS
122.57 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
245.15 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
61.29 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
122.57 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
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FP32
30.64 TFLOPS
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FP64
3.07 TFLOPS
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FP64
480 GFLOPS
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BF16
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98.3 TFLOPS Tensor
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BF16
30.64 TFLOPS
61.29 TFLOPS Tensor
122.57 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
30.64 TFLOPS Tensor
61.29 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
393.22 TOPS Tensor
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INT4
490.29 TOPS Tensor
980.58 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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196.61 TOPS Tensor
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INT8
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245.15 TOPS Tensor
490.29 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
15.32 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
59.9 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
192 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
191.52 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
384 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
478.8 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
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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 2.3
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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2x Fans
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Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
285 mm (11.22 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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