Intel started Arc A580 sales 10 October 2023. This is desktop card based on 6 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 16 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 512.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Two 8-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 175 Watt.

It provides good gaming and benchmark performance at 41.39% of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

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General info

Some basic facts about Arc A580: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	89
Place by popularity	not in top-100
GPU code name	DG2-512
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	10 October 2023 (less than a year old)

Technical specs

Arc A580's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Arc A580's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3072	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	21,700 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)	175 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	384.0	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Arc A580 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on Arc A580: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB)
Memory clock speed	16000 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on Arc A580. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI	+

API support

APIs supported by Arc A580, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	3.0
Vulkan	1.3

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Arc A580. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Arc A580 41.39

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Arc A580 11516

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Arc A580 95677

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Arc A580 35210

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Arc A580 27574

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Arc A580 113974

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

Arc A580 593548

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Arc A580 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	105
1440p	60
4K	35

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	103
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85
Battlefield 5	110−120
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120
Far Cry 5	134
Far Cry New Dawn	134
Forza Horizon 4	107
Hitman 3	130−140
Horizon Zero Dawn	104
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	121
Watch Dogs: Legion	93

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	86
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	73
Battlefield 5	110−120
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120
Far Cry 5	122
Far Cry New Dawn	124
Forza Horizon 4	102
Hitman 3	130−140
Horizon Zero Dawn	90
Metro Exodus	97
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	106
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	174
Watch Dogs: Legion	86

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	64
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	64
Battlefield 5	110−120
Far Cry 5	114
Far Cry New Dawn	116
Forza Horizon 4	87
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	68
Watch Dogs: Legion	60

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	65−70
Hitman 3	75−80
Horizon Zero Dawn	67
Metro Exodus	57
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−35
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	72

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	54
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	51
Battlefield 5	85−90
Far Cry 5	87
Far Cry New Dawn	91
Forza Horizon 4	75
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55
Watch Dogs: Legion	47

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40
Hitman 3	40−45
Horizon Zero Dawn	19
Metro Exodus	37
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	39
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	61