Arc A580 vs Radeon RX 5950

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated184
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2023)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameNavi 21DG2-512
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data10 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 cores48643072
Core clock speedno data1700 MHz
Boost clock speed1535 MHz2000 MHz
Number of transistors21,000 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate466.6384.0
Floating-point processing power14.93 TFLOPS12.29 TFLOPS
ROPs9696
TMUs304192
Tensor Coresno data384
Ray Tracing Coresno data24

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin2x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB8 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth672.0 GB/s512.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 175 Watt

RX 5950 has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Arc A580, on the other hand, has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5950 and Arc A580. We've got no test results to judge.


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