Arc A580 vs Radeon R5 230

Place in the ranking	1215	184
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Caicos	DG2-512
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	3 April 2014 (10 years ago)	10 October 2023 (less than a year ago)

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 cores	160	3072
Core clock speed	no data	1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2000 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	5.000	384.0
Floating-point processing power	0.2 TFLOPS	12.29 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	96
TMUs	8	192
Tensor Cores	no data	384
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	24

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).

Bus support	PCIe 1.0 x4	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	N/A	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	DDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	10.67 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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire	+	-
PowerPlay	+	no data
DDMA audio	-	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.6
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

R5 230 0.57

Arc A580 30.15
+5189%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

R5 230 221

Arc A580 11628
+5162%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	2−3 −5200%	106 +5200%
1440p	1−2 −5800%	59 +5800%
4K	0−1	34

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	103 +0%	103 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85 +0%	85 +0%
Battlefield 5	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Hitman 3	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	102 +0%	102 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	73 +0%	73 +0%
Battlefield 5	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Hitman 3	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	214 +0%	214 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	64 +0%	64 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	64 +0%	64 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Far Cry 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	87 +0%	87 +0%
Hitman 3	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	109 +0%	109 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	177 +0%	177 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	68 +0%	68 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	60 +0%	60 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

95−100

+0%

95−100

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	54 +0%	54 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	51 +0%	51 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%
Hitman 3	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	87 +0%	87 +0%
Metro Exodus	91 +0%	91 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	130 +0%	130 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55 +0%	55 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

70−75

+0%

70−75

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Hitman 3	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	61 +0%	61 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35 +0%	35 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30 +0%	30 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	56 +0%	56 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	73 +0%	73 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27 +0%	27 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

35−40

+0%

35−40

+0%

This is how R5 230 and Arc A580 compete in popular games:

Arc A580 is 5200% faster in 1080p
Arc A580 is 5800% faster in 1440p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 66 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.57	30.15
Recency	3 April 2014	10 October 2023
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	175 Watt

R5 230 has 821.1% lower power consumption.

Arc A580, on the other hand, has a 5189.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A580 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 230 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.