GPU Comparison

AMD

RADEON

AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT

CORE STATE Navi 21

VRAM 16 GB

CLOCK SPEED 2250 MHz

TDP 300 W

BUS WIDTH 256 bit

ARCHITECTURE RDNA 2.0

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2020

Intel

GPU

Arc A580

CORE STATE DG2-512

VRAM 8 GB

CLOCK SPEED 2000 MHz

TDP 175 W

BUS WIDTH 256 bit

ARCHITECTURE Xe-HPG

PROCESS 6 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2023

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12

4,079

2,229

geekbench_metal

177,021

N/A

geekbench_opencl

187,673

91,657

geekbench_vulkan

148,525

79,381

passmark_directx_10

167

N/A

passmark_directx_11

279

N/A

passmark_directx_12

113

N/A

passmark_directx_9

268

N/A

passmark_g2d

1,055

N/A

passmark_g3d

26,732

N/A

passmark_gpu_compute

14,547

N/A

Analysis: AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT vs Intel Arc A580

During this graphics card comparison, AMD's RX 6900 XT demonstrates its dominance clearly. Whether you're creating content at high resolutions, AMD's RX 6900 XT reliably exceeds Arc A580 by considerable amounts. The performance difference grows especially more at increased detail settings. The graphics card handles demanding workloads with capability. Its technical benefits are obvious.

This graphics memory superiority of AMD's RX 6900 XT gets particularly significant at increased detail settings. Demanding scenarios needs notable memory, and AMD's RX 6900 XT offers additional capability. The results into smoother gameplay in heavy titles. Upcoming releases will only need greater VRAM. The advantage increases over time.

Ultimately: AMD's RX 6900 XT claims this showdown obviously. Those valuing visual power would certainly choose AMD's RX 6900 XT over Arc A580. This test numbers supports this verdict. The games will execute substantially smoother. This is a clear victor in this segment.

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

RX 6900 XT

A580

Core Specs

Shading Units

5,120

3,072 -40.0%

Shaders

5,120

3,072 -40.0%

TMUs

320

192 -40.0%

ROPs

128

96 -25.0%

Compute Units

—

Execution Units

—

384

Clocks

Base Clock

1825 MHz

1700 MHz

Boost Clock

2250 MHz

2000 MHz

Game Clock

2015 MHz

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Memory Clock

2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size

16 GB

8 GB

VRAM (MB)

16,384

8,192 -50.0%

Memory Type

GDDR6

Memory Bus

256 bit

Bandwidth

512.0 GB/s

Cache

L1 Cache

128 KB per Array

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L2 Cache

4 MB

8 MB

L3 Cache

128 MB

—

L0 Cache

32 KB per WGP

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Performance

Pixel Rate

288.0 GPixel/s

192.0 GPixel/s

Texture Rate

720.0 GTexel/s

384.0 GTexel/s

FP32 (TFLOPS)

23.04 TFLOPS

12.29 TFLOPS

FP64 (TFLOPS)

1,440.0 GFLOPS (1:16)

1.536 TFLOPS (1:8)

FP16 (TFLOPS)

46.08 TFLOPS (2:1)

24.58 TFLOPS (2:1)

AI/RT

RT Cores

24 -70.0%

XMX Cores

—

384

Power

TDP

300 W

175 W

TDP (W)

300

175 -41.7%

Suggested PSU

700 W

450 W

Power Connectors

2x 8-pin

Architecture

RDNA 2.0

Xe-HPG

GPU Name

Navi 21

DG2-512

Generation

Navi II (RX 6000)

Alchemist (Arc 5)

Process Size

7 nm

6 nm

Transistors

26,800 million

21,700 million

Die Size

520 mm²

406 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Density

51.5M / mm²

53.4M / mm²

API Support

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

OpenGL

4.6

Vulkan

1.4

OpenCL

2.1

3.0

Shader Model

6.8

6.6

Physical

Slot Width

Triple-slot

Dual-slot

Length

267 mm 10.5 inches

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Height

120 mm 4.7 inches

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Outputs

1x HDMI 2.12x DisplayPort 1.4a1x USB Type-C

1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 2.0

Bus Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

Other

Launch Price

999 USD

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Production

End-of-life

Active

Predecessor

Navi

Xe Graphics

Successor

Navi III

Battlemage

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