NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB vs Intel Arc A580

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB $329
Intel Arc A580 $179
3584 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1777MHz
3072 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
2000MHz
Peak Performance
407.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak Performance
393.22 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
170W
TDP
185W
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 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
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
Intel
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
Intel
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
Alchemist
Family
GeForce 30
Family
Arc A
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-302
Codename
Xe HPG
ACM-G10
Variant
DG2-512
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/27/2022
Release Date
10/10/2023
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Die Size
406 mm²
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
21.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Transistor Density
53.45M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Shading Units
3072 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
192 TMUs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
384 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
28 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
24 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
28 SMs
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Execution Units
384 EUs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
24 GPCs
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1320MHz Base
1777MHz
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1700MHz Base
2000MHz
Peak Performance
407.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak Performance
393.22 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
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FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
101.9 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
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98.3 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
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FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
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FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
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FP64
200 GFLOPS
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FP64
3.07 TFLOPS
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BF16
12.74 TFLOPS
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
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98.3 TFLOPS Tensor
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TF32
12.74 TFLOPS Tensor
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
203.8 TOPS Tensor
407.6 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
393.22 TOPS Tensor
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INT8
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101.9 TOPS Tensor
203.8 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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196.61 TOPS Tensor
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INT32
6.37 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
24.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
85.296 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
192 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
199.024 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
384 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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Unknown
L2
2MB Shared
L2
8MB Shared
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8GB
GDDR6
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6GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
96Bit
Clock
1875MHz
Transfer Rate
15GT/s
Bandwidth
240GB/s
Clock
1938MHz
Transfer Rate
15.5GT/s
Bandwidth
186GB/s
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TDP
170W
TDP
185W
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 2.0
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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
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
NVENC 7
Model
Arc
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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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
NVDEC 5
Model
Arc
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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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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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.6
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Not a Card
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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