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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Intel Arc A580

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
38 out 100
Intel Arc A580
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
Intel Arc A580

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Intel Arc A580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5080
vs
Intel Arc A580

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
104
62
50
34
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
114
98
68
36
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
141
102
71
35
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
90
79
56
29
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
54
45
32
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
60
56
41
23
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
59
48
37
20
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
68
62
41
16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
98
85
60
34
Avg FPS
1080p High23888
1080p Ultra20371
1440p Ultra16351
4K Ultra9727
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Intel Arc A580
9263
Time Spy3305710862
Solar Bay15490840802
Port Royal231635617
Fire Strike7499426347
Night Raid200409104796
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Intel Arc A580]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Intel Arc A580
89982
Background Blur319.6 frames/s135.5 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s76.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec2.81 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec4.37 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec6.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec0.8 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec417.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps17700.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Intel Arc A580]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Intel Arc A580
11874
G2D Mark1396742
DirectX 11322 fps70 fps
DirectX 12148 fps64 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s4952 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Intel Arc A580]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Intel Arc A580
124.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps658.3 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
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a3208.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Intel Arc A580]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Intel Arc A580
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Intel Arc A580
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Intel Arc A580
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15441n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)47173n/a
Horizon Detection43223n/a
Face Detection (HP)92863n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)202202n/a
Text Classification (SP)3701n/a
Machine Translation (HP)7905n/a
Object Detection (SP)20955n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)69068n/a
Style Transfer (SP)349205n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
Intel Arc A580
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Intel
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 October, 10, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Generation 12.7
Codename GB203-400 DG2-512
Price n/a 179

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 2000 MHz
Shader Units 10752 3072
TMUs 336 192
ROPs 112 96
Execution Units 84 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 84 24
Tensor Cores 336 384
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 64 KB/core 8000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 192 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 384 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 12.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 W 175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 6 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 406 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 21 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 51.72 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 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

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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