Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Intel Arc A580 $179
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 $1,199
3072 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
2000MHz
9728 Shaders
16GB GDDR6X
2505MHz
Peak AI Performance
393.22 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak AI Performance
1.56 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
FP32
48.74 TFLOPS
FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
FP16
48.74 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
3.0-Slots
TDP
185W
TDP
320W
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Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal 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
Ada Lovelace
Family
Arc A
Family
GeForce 40
Codename
Xe HPG
ACM-G10
Variant
DG2-512
Codename
NV183
AD103
Variant
AD103-300-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/10/2023
Release Date
11/16/2022
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Fabrication Node
4N
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Die Size
406 mm²
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Die Size
379 mm²
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Transistor Count
21.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
45.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
53.45M/mm²
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Transistor Density
121.24M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3072 Shaders
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Shading Units
9728 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
192 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
304 TMUs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Render Output Units
112 ROPs
Tensor Cores
384 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
304 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
24 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
76 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
76 SMs
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Execution Units
384 EUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
24 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
6 GPCs
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1700MHz Base
2000MHz
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2205MHz Base
2505MHz
Peak AI Performance
393.22 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak AI Performance
1.56 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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389.9 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
779.8 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
194.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
389.9 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
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98.3 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
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FP16
48.74 TFLOPS
194.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
389.9 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
97.48 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
194.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
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FP32
48.74 TFLOPS
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FP64
3.07 TFLOPS
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FP64
760 GFLOPS
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BF16
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98.3 TFLOPS Tensor
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BF16
48.74 TFLOPS
97.48 TFLOPS Tensor
194.95 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
48.74 TFLOPS Tensor
97.47 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
393.22 TOPS Tensor
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INT4
779.8 TOPS Tensor
1.56 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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196.61 TOPS Tensor
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INT8
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389.9 TOPS Tensor
779.8 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
24.37 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
112.7 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
192 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
280.56 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
384 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
761.52 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
64MB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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16GB
GDDR6X
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Bus Width
96Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1938MHz
Transfer Rate
15.5GT/s
Bandwidth
186GB/s
Clock
1400MHz
Transfer Rate
22.4GT/s
Bandwidth
716.8GB/s
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TDP
185W
TDP
320W
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Temp
90°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
2x NVENC 8
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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AV1
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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_3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.9
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PureVideo HD
VP12
VDPAU
Feature Set L
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1x Fan
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2x Fans
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Power Connectors
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1x 16-Pin 12VHPWR
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
3.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Height
137 mm (5.39 in)
Width
304 mm (11.97 in)
Depth
61 mm (2.4 in)
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