AMD Radeon RX 560 vs Intel Arc A580

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 560, vs Intel Arc A580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 560 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
34
17
15
n/a
104
62
50
34
The Witcher 3
15
15
9
n/a
114
98
68
36
Counter-Strike 2
33
19
15
n/a
141
102
71
35
Far Cry 6
28
19
13
n/a
90
79
56
29
Hogwarts Legacy
13
11
n/a
n/a
54
45
32
20
COD Modern Warfare 3
26
22
17
9
60
56
41
23
Ghost of Tsushima
13
9
n/a
n/a
59
48
37
20
Cyberpunk 2077
12
10
n/a
n/a
68
62
41
16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
23
19
13
n/a
98
85
60
34
Avg FPS
1080p High2288
1080p Ultra1671
1440p Ultra1151
4K Ultra-27
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 560
1769
Intel Arc A580
9263
Time Spy185710862
Solar Bayn/a40802
Port Royaln/a5617
Fire Strike649526347
Night Raid25510104796
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 560
19139
Intel Arc A580
89982
Background Blur34 frames/s135.5 frames/s
Face Detection17.6 frames/s76.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.69 Gpix/sec2.81 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.43 Gpix/sec4.37 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.15 Gpix/sec6.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.2 Gpix/sec0.8 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching65.5 Gpix/sec417.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics2232.5 fps17700.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 560
3657
Intel Arc A580
11874
G2D Mark487742
DirectX 1124 fps70 fps
DirectX 1220 fps64 fps
GPU Compute1449 Ops/s4952 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 560
25.5 fps
Intel Arc A580
124.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)144.3 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

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 October, 10, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Generation 12.7
Codename Polaris 21 DG2-512
Price 99 179

GPU

GPU Frequency 1175 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1275 MHz 2000 MHz
Shader Units 1024 3072
TMUs 64 192
ROPs 16 96
Ray Tracing Cores No 24
Tensor Cores No 384
L1 cache 16 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 8000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 20 Gpix/sec 192 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 82 GTex/s 384 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.6 TFLOPS 12.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 75 W 175 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 6 nm
Transistor Size 123 mm² 406 mm²
Transistor count 3 billion 21 billion
Transistor density 24.39 MTr/mm² 51.72 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 560
112 GB/s
Intel Arc A580
512 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.0
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Arc A580 the clear winner in this comparison.

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