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Arc A380

3.4 · 91 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
6 GB
CUDA
1,024
FP32
4.198 TF
Bandwidth
186 GB/s
TDP
75W
Boost
2050 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute4.198 TFLOPS4%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth186 GB/s10%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity6 GB19%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units1,0245%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency18/10031%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy5,400pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)2,700pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)780spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute38,400pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming15
Ray tracing15
AI / Compute16
Creator / 3D15
Power efficiency18
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 16 fps
1080p
25
1440p
15
4K
7
Counter-Strike 2avg 33 fps
1080p
55
1440p
31
4K
13
Fortniteavg 44 fps
1080p
85
1440p
32
4K
15
Battlefield 5avg 43 fps
1080p
66
1440p
42
4K
22
Far Cry 5avg 33 fps
1080p
50
1440p
32
4K
16
Valorantavg 119 fps
1080p
121
1440p
150
4K
85
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners like it as a cheap, low-power card that runs cool and handles basic gaming fine. The usual gripe is that older games and some software have driver problems or run worse than expected.

Pros
  • Sips power, stays whisper quiet
  • Fits any small or budget build
  • Drives multiple monitors with ease
  • Decodes AV1 for smooth streaming
Cons
  • Older games may have driver issues
  • Needs Resizable BAR for full performance
  • Not worth it for heavy gaming

Supported technologies

Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
Generation 12.7
Process node
6 nm
Transistors
7.2 B
SM Count
8
Release date
2022
Launch price
$149
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
1,024
RT Cores
8
Tensor Cores
128
TMUs
64
ROPs
32
L2 cache
4 MB
Memory
Size
6 GB
Type
GDDR6
Bus width
96-bit
Bandwidth
186 GB/s
Memory clock
1937 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
2000 MHz
Boost clock
2050 MHz
FP32 (float)
4.198 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
4.198 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
66 GPixel/s
Texture rate
131.2 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
75W
Suggested PSU
150W
Power connectors
1x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
Length
222 mm
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model
6.6
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Verdict

Our verdict on the Arc A380

Intel's Arc A380 is a low-profile, sub-75W entry-level GPU whose main caveat is its heavy reliance on Resizable BAR for acceptable performance.

Get it if you need the cheapest modern GPU for basic gaming or a low-power media PC with AV1 encoding. Skip it if you want to play demanding titles or already have a decent used card from the last few years.

Buy it if…

  • You want a quiet, low-power budget gaming PC.
  • You need a basic video editing card with AV1 encoding.
  • You’re building a compact SFF system with no extra power cables.
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