Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

Intel Arc A580 $179
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 $249
3072 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
2000MHz
2560 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
2570MHz
Peak AI Performance
393.22 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak AI Performance
421.07 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
FP32
13.16 TFLOPS
FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
FP16
13.16 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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TDP
185W
TDP
130W
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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
Blackwell
Family
Arc A
Family
GeForce 50
Codename
Xe HPG
ACM-G10
Variant
DG2-512
Codename
NV197
GB207
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Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/10/2023
Release Date
6/24/2025
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Fabrication Node
4NP
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Die Size
406 mm²
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Transistor Count
21.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
53.45M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3072 Shaders
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Shading Units
2560 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
192 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
384 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
80 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
24 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
20 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
20 SMs
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Execution Units
384 EUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
24 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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1700MHz Base
2000MHz
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2310MHz Base
2570MHz
Peak AI Performance
393.22 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak AI Performance
421.07 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
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FP4
210.53 TFLOPS Tensor
421.07 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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105.27 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
210.53 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
105.27 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
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98.3 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
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FP16
13.16 TFLOPS
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
105.27 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
26.32 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
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FP32
13.16 TFLOPS
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FP64
3.07 TFLOPS
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FP64
210 GFLOPS
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BF16
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98.3 TFLOPS Tensor
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BF16
13.16 TFLOPS
26.32 TFLOPS Tensor
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
13.16 TFLOPS Tensor
26.32 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
393.22 TOPS Tensor
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INT8
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196.61 TOPS Tensor
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INT8
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105.27 TOPS Tensor
210.53 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
13.16 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
39.9 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
192 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
82.24 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
384 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
205.6 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
32MB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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8GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
96Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1938MHz
Transfer Rate
15.5GT/s
Bandwidth
186GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
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TDP
185W
TDP
130W
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Temp
87°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.0
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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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
165Hz
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 9
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 6
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
6.8
CUDA
12.8
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PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
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1x Fan
Not a Card
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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
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PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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