Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Intel Arc A580

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Intel Arc A580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Intel Arc A580
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
104
62
50
34
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
114
98
68
36
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
141
102
71
35
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
90
79
56
29
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
54
45
32
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
60
56
41
23
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
59
48
37
20
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
68
62
41
16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
98
85
60
34
Avg FPS
1080p High13688
1080p Ultra11471
1440p Ultra8551
4K Ultra4827
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Intel Arc A580
9263
Time Spy1370110862
Solar Bay6321440802
Port Royal85955617
Fire Strike3761226347
Night Raid111626104796
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Intel Arc A580
89982
Background Blur209.1 frames/s135.5 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s76.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec2.81 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec4.37 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec6.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.8 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec417.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps17700.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Intel Arc A580
11874
G2D Mark1152742
DirectX 11199 fps70 fps
DirectX 1277 fps64 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s4952 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Intel Arc A580
124.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a658.3 fps
Car Chasen/a418.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a416.2 fps
T-Rexn/a2398.5 fps
ALU 2n/a2637.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a168.5 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3208.6
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Intel Arc A580
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Intel Arc A580
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Intel Arc A580
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
Intel Arc A580
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Intel
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 October, 10, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Generation 12.7
Codename GB206-250 DG2-512
Price n/a 179

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 2000 MHz
Shader Units 3840 3072
TMUs 120 192
ROPs 48 96
Execution Units 30 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 30 24
Tensor Cores 120 384
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 8000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 192 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 384 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 12.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 145 W 175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 6 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 406 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 21 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 51.72 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Intel Arc A580
512 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 n/a
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.0
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

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