Arc A580 vs GeForce RTX 3060 8GB

Arc A580
GeForce RTX 3060 8GB $329
3072 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
2000MHz
3584 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1777MHz
FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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TDP
185W
TDP
170W
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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
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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
Ampere
Family
Arc A
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
ACM-G10
DG2-512
Variant
ACM-G10
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-302
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/10/2023
Release Date
10/27/2022
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
276 mm²
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Transistor Count
21.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
53.45M/mm²
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3072 Shaders
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Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
192 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
24 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
28 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
28 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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1320MHz Base
1777MHz
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FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
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FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
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FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
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FP64
3.07 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.2 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
18.5 TOPS Base Clock
24.9 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
192 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
85.296 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
384 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
199.024 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
2MB 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
1875MHz
Transfer Rate
15GT/s
Bandwidth
240GB/s
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TDP
185W
TDP
170W
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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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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 2.3
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
Not a Card
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2x Fans
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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