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AMD Radeon RX 580 vs Intel Arc A580

Radeon RX 580
VS
Intel Arc A580
AMD Radeon RX 580
Polaris 20
Intel Arc A580
DG2-512

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 580 with 2304 shaders against the 6 years and 7 months newer Intel Arc A580 that utilizes 3072 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
8 GB GDDR5
VS
8 GB GDDR6
48.2
(Average)
Value Index
51.1
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of Arc A580 over RX 580
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A580
  • Performs significantly better (up to 2.2x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 6 nm process technology
  • Shows 89% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 51 vs 27 FPS
  • 2x higher maximum theoretical performance (12.3 vs 6.2 TFLOPS)
  • Ray-tracing support with 24 dedicated RT cores

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RX 580
vs
Arc A580

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
76
39
31
17
105
62
51
34
The Witcher 3
50
41
22
12
114
97
68
37
Counter-Strike 2
74
55
38
15
140
101
72
35
Far Cry 6
59
49
35
17
89
83
56
29
Hogwarts Legacy
34
26
20
9
54
45
34
18
CoD: Modern Warfare III
48
42
27
15
60
58
42
22
Ghost of Tsushima
33
23
19
10
59
46
36
18
Cyberpunk 2077
33
27
16
-
70
60
41
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
52
32
15
98
84
61
32
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 52 88
1080p Ultra 39 71
1440p Ultra 27 51
4K Ultra 13 27
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RX 580
4183
Arc A580 +120%
9220
Time Spy 4354 10812
Solar Bay - 39946
Port Royal 527 5628
Fire Strike 14980 25225
Wild Life Extreme 8907 21117
Night Raid 56859 103973
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RX 580
40514
Arc A580 +122%
89982
Background Blur 59.5 img/sec 135.5 img/sec
Face Detection 33.8 img/sec 76.3 img/sec
Horizon Detection 1.56 Gpixels/sec 2.81 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 3.1 Gpixels/sec 4.37 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 2.92 Gpixels/sec 6.43 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.33 Gpixels/sec 0.8 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 161.8 Gpixels/sec 417.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 5395.1 FPS 17700.8 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RX 580
8782
Arc A580 +37%
12037
G2D Mark 770 739
DirectX 11 60 FPS 71 FPS
DirectX 12 43 FPS 64 FPS
GPU Compute 3409 Ops/s 4887 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 33466 & 340 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RX 580
391.86
Arc A580 +375%
1862.8
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 91 & 115 samples
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RX 580
7905
Arc A580 +18%
9364
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 580
8166
Arc A580 +18%
9631
GB6 ML Quantized
RX 580
5642
Arc A580 +31%
7378
Image Classification (SP) 3143 4014
Image Segmentation (HP) 3955 7656
Image Super Resolution (Q) 7872 10138
Face Detection (HP) 11922 12636
Pose Estimation (Q) 41162 50065
Text Classification (SP) 1199 672
Machine Translation (HP) 1773 1569
Object Detection (SP) 3620 5323
Depth Estimation (Q) 13995 20334
Style Transfer (SP) 84083 132558
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 580 and Intel Arc A580

General

Vendor Amd Intel
Build Discrete Discrete
Released April 18, 2017 October 10, 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $179
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Generation 12.7
GPU Codename Polaris 20 DG2-512
Rival Equivalent - GeForce GTX 1060 - GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Successor - - Intel Arc B580
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 8500 or above - Intel Core i5 13400 or above
Desktop GPU rating (83rd and 67th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1257 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost Clock 1340 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 2304 3072
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 144 192
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 96
Tensor Cores No 384
Ray-tracing Cores No 24
L1 Cache 16KB per cluster -
L2 Cache 2MB shared 8MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 43 GPixel/s 192 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 193 GTexel/s 384 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 580
6.2 TFLOPS
Arc A580 +98%
12.3 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 185 W 175 W
Manufacturing GlobalFoundries TSMC
Fabrication Process 14 nm 6 nm
Die Size 232 mm² 406 mm²
Transistor Count 5 billion 21 billion
Transistor Density 21.55 MTr/mm² 51.72 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 8000 Mbps 16000 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 580
256 GB/s
Arc A580 +100%
512 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 3.0
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.0

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