Arc A580 vs GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

Place in performance ranking	156	85
Place by popularity	12	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	24.74	39.16
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)	no data
GPU code name	GA106	DG2-512
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)	10 October 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	no data
Current price	$385 (1.5x MSRP)	$337

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Arc A580 has 58% better value for money than RTX 3050 8 GB.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	3072
Core clock speed	no data	1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	2000 MHz
Number of transistors	12,000 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	142.2	384.0

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 8-pin

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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	14 GB/s	16000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s

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 Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI	+	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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.

RTX 3050 8 GB 32.62

Arc A580 41.39
+26.9%

Arc A580 outperforms GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB by 27% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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%

RTX 3050 8 GB 12612
+9.1%

Arc A580 11559

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB outperforms Arc A580 by 9% in Passmark.