Switch 2 GPU vs Arc A580

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking215not rated
Place by popularity84not in top-100
Power efficiency12.30no data
ArchitectureGeneration 12.7 (2022−2023)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameDG2-512GA10B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 October 2023 (1 year ago)5 June 2025 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$449

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores30721536
Core clock speed1700 MHz561 MHz
Boost clock speed2000 MHz1400 MHz
Number of transistors21,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology6 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate384.067.20
Floating-point processing power12.29 TFLOPS4.301 TFLOPS
ROPs9616
TMUs19248
Tensor Cores38448
Ray Tracing Cores2412

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Lengthno data272 mm
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth512.0 GB/s102.4 GB/s
Shared memory-no data
Resizable BAR++

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0No outputs
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.6
DLSS++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 October 2023 5 June 2025
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 6 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 40 Watt

Arc A580 has a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

Switch 2 GPU, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 337.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Arc A580 and Switch 2 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

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