The day earlier than, Intel gave official standing to the Arc A580 video card. The occasion is important, as a result of this mannequin was introduced nearly a yr in the past, however has solely simply reached retailer cabinets. Formally priced at $180, it’s truly essentially the most reasonably priced card with 8 GB of video reminiscence.
From a technical viewpoint, the Arc A580 might be referred to as the “youthful” brother of the A750. The reminiscence subsystem is totally comparable: 8 GB with a 256-bit bus and a complete bandwidth of 512 GB/s. The graphics processor was lower by 4 Xe models, that’s, out of 3584 stream processors, 3072 remained, and the working frequency was lowered from 2000 MHz to 1700. The consumption was shocking – as much as 185 W, though 175 W had been initially acknowledged.
By way of efficiency, it is a direct analogue of the Radeon RX 6600. Generally the Arc A580 is quicker, typically slower, however the distinction is at all times round 5%. The “purple” video card nonetheless has a bonus in energy consumption.
You’ll find detailed critiques of the brand new product utilizing the next hyperlinks: Techpowerup, HardwareLuxx, Tom’s {Hardware}.
