It’s unusual to suppose it has now been a 12 months – virtually to the day – since Intel launched the A750 and A770 GPUs. Stranger nonetheless is the truth that the A580 was additionally introduced alongside these graphics playing cards, but it went fully extraordinary for months on finish. That modifications right now, nonetheless, because the A580 has lastly landed, with Intel focusing on a $179 MSRP. We put it by way of its paces and learn the way it stacks up in opposition to the competitors.
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When I reviewed each the Intel A750 and A770 this time final 12 months, my principal takeaway was how Intel’s Alchemist silicon confirmed promise, however the driver facet was actually holding issues again. Thankfully, Intel has been working constantly to enhance issues, and once I revisited the A770 earlier this 12 months, it was spectacular simply how far issues had come.
Now, with the launch of the Intel Arc A580, it is time to see if Alchemist has what it takes to compete on the $179 value level, with the likes of the RX 6600 and RTX 3050 at the moment occupying this market section. This evaluate additionally marks Sparkle’s return to our pages, with the previous Nvidia associate again within the enterprise making Intel-based graphics playing cards. Let’s discover out what it could convey to the social gathering…
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| Arc A770 | Arc A750 | Arc A580 | Arc A380 | |
| Silicon | ACM-G10 | ACM-G10 | ACM-G10 | ACM-G11 |
| Process | TSMC N6 | TSMC N6 | TSMC N6 | TSMC N6 |
| Render Slices | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Xe Cores | 32 | 28 | 24 | 8 |
| Shaders | 4096 | 3584 | 3072 | 1024 |
| XMX Engines | 512 | 448 | 384 | 128 |
| RT Units | 32 | 28 | 24 | 8 |
| Texture Units | 256 | 224 | 192 | 64 |
| ROPs | 128 | 112 | 96 | 32 |
| Graphics Clock | 2100 MHz | 2050 MHz | 1700 MHz | 2000 MHZ |
| Memory Config | 8/16GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 6GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Data Rate | 17.5 Gbps | 16 Gbps | 16 Gbps | 15.5 Gbps |
| Memory Interface | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 96-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 560 GB/s | 512 GB/s | 512 GB/s | 186 GB/s |
| PCIe Interface | Gen 4 x16 | Gen 4 x16 | Gen 4 x16 | Gen 4 x8 |
| TBP | 225W | 225W | 185W | 75W |
First, it is price recapping the specs right here. With the A580, Intel is continuous to make use of its ACM-GM10 silicon – the GPU that was the premise of each the A750 and A770. This time, the A580 is lower down and makes use of simply 6 render slices, or 24 Xe cores. Each Xe core provides 16 vector engines, with every vector engine housing eight FP32 ALUs, for a grand complete of 3072. Each Xe core is accompanied by a Ray Tracing Unit, whereas we additionally discover 192 TMUs and 96 ROPs.
The reminiscence subsystem, in the meantime, is equivalent to the A750. That means we discover 8GB of GDDR6 working at 16Gbps, with a 256-bit reminiscence interface, giving a complete reminiscence bandwidth of 512 GB/s.
Clock velocity has been lower down for the A580 nonetheless, with a 1.7GHz reference clock, however as we will see, Sparkle has elevated this to 2GHz through a manufacturing facility overclock.
Lastly, complete board energy is rated at 185W, however this has additionally been elevated by Sparkle, one thing we have a look at intently on this evaluate utilizing our in-depth energy testing methodology.
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