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Arc A580

4 · 75 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
8 GB
CUDA
3,072
FP32
12.29 TF
Bandwidth
512 GB/s
TDP
175W
Boost
2000 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 compute12.29 TFLOPS12%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s29%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity8 GB25%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units3,07214%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency22/10038%
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 Spy10,440pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)5,400pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,508spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute72,000pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming29
Ray tracing30
AI / Compute30
Creator / 3D29
Power efficiency22
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 36 fps
1080p
51
1440p
38
4K
20
Counter-Strike 2avg 78 fps
1080p
125
1440p
78
4K
32
Fortniteavg 78 fps
1080p
131
1440p
71
4K
32
Battlefield 5avg 78 fps
1080p
112
1440p
76
4K
47
Far Cry 5avg 80 fps
1080p
111
1440p
84
4K
46
Valorantavg 189 fps
1080p
179
1440p
218
4K
170

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
109fps
1440p
52fps
4K
35fps
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners like the solid 1080p gaming performance for the money and how well it handles modern APIs. The common gripes are inconsistent older game support and the software still feeling a bit rough around the edges.

Pros
  • Sips power, stays whisper quiet
  • Handles modern games at 1080p
  • AV1 encoding for crisp streams
  • Great value for budget builders
Cons
  • Driver support still needs work
  • Older games can be problematic
  • Ray tracing performance is weak

Supported technologies

Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
Generation 12.7
Process node
6 nm
Transistors
21.7 B
SM Count
24
Release date
2023
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
3,072
RT Cores
24
Tensor Cores
384
TMUs
192
ROPs
96
L2 cache
8 MB
Memory
Size
8 GB
Type
GDDR6
Bus width
256-bit
Bandwidth
512 GB/s
Memory clock
2000 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
1700 MHz
Boost clock
2000 MHz
FP32 (float)
12.29 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
12.29 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
192 GPixel/s
Texture rate
384 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
175W
Suggested PSU
350W
Power connectors
2x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
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 A580

The Intel Arc A580 is a budget GPU with decent 1080p gaming potential, but its driver issues remain its biggest drawback.

Get it if you need a cheap graphics card for 1080p gaming without ray tracing or fancy extras. Skip it if you play older games or want reliable drivers, because the A580 stumbles there.

Buy it if…

  • You want a solid 1080p card without paying Nvidia tax.
  • You're building a budget PC and don't care about ray tracing.
  • You want a reliable, newer GPU for under two hundred bucks.
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