Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data contains two direct comparison points between the Intel Arc A580 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile, and both favor the NVIDIA part by substantial margins. In the Geekbench OpenCL test, the Intel Arc A580 scores 91,657 while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile scores 143,870. That places the NVIDIA part 36.3% ahead of the Intel part, a decisive gap in raw compute workloads. The same pattern holds in the Geekbench Vulkan test, where the Arc A580 scores 79,381 versus 139,213 for the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile. Here the delta expands to 43%, meaning the NVIDIA part is nearly half again as fast as the Intel part in this particular API workload.

The Intel Arc A580 does not win either of the two head-to-head benchmark comparisons. Its win count in the direct comparison is zero, while the NVIDIA part claims both. The average benchmark score field tells a more nuanced story, however. The Arc A580 has an average benchmark score of 57,756, which places it in the 87th percentile of all GPUs in the database. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile has an average score of 35,435, which places it in the 80th percentile. This is a notable discrepancy: despite losing both direct head-to-head tests by wide margins, the Intel part has a higher average score across the full database. The explanation lies in the composition of the benchmark suites. The Intel Arc A580's average score is supported by its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 result of 2,229, a test that does not appear in the NVIDIA part's benchmark list. The NVIDIA part's average is dragged down by its Passmark entries, which include a DirectX 9 score of 259, a DirectX 10 score of 151, a DirectX 11 score of 237, and a DirectX 12 score of 102. These are individual API-level tests with small numerical ranges, not comparable to the scale of Geekbench or 3DMark scores.

The nearest rival data for each card reinforces the positioning. The Intel Arc A580 sits between the AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM at 58,085 average score (0.6% higher) and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE at 57,367 (0.7% lower). It also trails the Intel Arc A570M by 0.8% and the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT by 1.1%. These deltas are all within a couple of percent, indicating that the Arc A580 is tightly clustered with its nearest competitors in average terms. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile, by contrast, is closest to the NVIDIA Quadro GV100 at 35,520 (0.2% higher), the AMD Radeon Pro Duo at 35,860 (1.2% higher), the NVIDIA A2 at 34,690 (2.1% lower), and the NVIDIA T1000 at 36,289 (2.4% higher). The NVIDIA mobile part is therefore in a completely different performance tier than the Intel desktop part, despite the Arc A580's higher average score.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different architectural lineages. The Intel Arc A580 uses the DG2-512 chip built on the Xe-HPG architecture, part of the Alchemist generation within the Arc 5 family. It is fabricated on a 6 nm process at TSMC and contains 21,700 million transistors on a 406 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 53.4 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile uses the GB205 chip on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture, part of the GeForce 50 Mobile generation. It is built on a 5 nm TSMC process with 31,100 million transistors on a 263 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 118.3 million per square millimeter. The numbers show that NVIDIA packs substantially more transistors into a smaller die, more than doubling the transistor density.

Compute resources differ sharply. The Intel part has 3,072 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, and 96 raster operation units. It carries 24 ray tracing cores and no dedicated tensor cores. The NVIDIA part has 5,888 shading units, 184 TMUs, and 80 ROPs, along with 46 ray tracing cores and 184 tensor cores. The shading unit count on the NVIDIA part is nearly double that of the Intel part, while the TMU and ROP counts are slightly lower on the NVIDIA side. The tensor core presence is a major architectural differentiator, since the Intel part has none listed.

Clock behavior also diverges. The Intel Arc A580 runs a base clock of 1700 MHz and a boost clock of 2000 MHz. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile runs a base clock of 847 MHz and a boost clock of 1447 MHz, both significantly lower. Despite the lower clocks, the NVIDIA part achieves higher FP32 throughput at 17.04 TFLOPS versus 12.29 TFLOPS for the Intel part, because of its much larger shading unit count. FP16 performance tells a different story: the Intel part reaches 24.58 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio, while the NVIDIA part delivers 17.04 TFLOPS at a 1:1 ratio. The Intel part therefore has a higher FP16 ceiling, but the NVIDIA part maintains equal FP16 and FP32 rates.

Memory architecture differs as well. The Intel Arc A580 uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, with 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth and an effective memory speed of 16 Gbps. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile uses 12 GB of GDDR7 on a 192-bit bus, with 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth and an effective speed of 28 Gbps. The NVIDIA part has more capacity and more bandwidth despite a narrower bus, a result of the faster GDDR7 memory. Pixel and texture rates also differ: Intel leads in pixel rate at 192.0 GPixel/s versus 115.8 GPixel/s, and in texture rate at 384.0 GTexel/s versus 266.2 GTexel/s. The NVIDIA part trades some fill rate for compute throughput and memory bandwidth.

Where Each One Wins

The Intel Arc A580 wins in fill rate metrics. Its pixel rate of 192.0 GPixel/s is 65.8% higher than the NVIDIA part's 115.8 GPixel/s, and its texture rate of 384.0 GTexel/s is 44.3% higher than the NVIDIA part's 266.2 GTexel/s. These figures suggest the Intel part is better suited to resolution-heavy and texture-heavy workloads where rasterization throughput matters more than shading or compute. Its FP16 throughput of 24.58 TFLOPS also exceeds the NVIDIA part's 17.04 TFLOPS, giving it an edge in workloads that can use packed half-precision math. Its higher base and boost clocks, 1700 MHz and 2000 MHz versus 847 MHz and 1447 MHz, contribute to these advantages.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile wins in compute throughput, memory bandwidth, and the two direct benchmark comparisons. Its FP32 figure of 17.04 TFLOPS is 38.6% higher than the Intel part's 12.29 TFLOPS. Its memory bandwidth of 672.0 GB/s is 31.3% higher than the Intel part's 512.0 GB/s. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 143,870 beats the Intel part by 36.3%, and its Geekbench Vulkan score of 139,213 beats the Intel part by 43%. The tensor core count of 184 versus none also points to a clear advantage in AI-adjacent workloads, though no direct benchmark in the data measures that specific capability. The 12 GB memory capacity gives it more headroom for large datasets or high-resolution textures, and the PCIe 5.0 x16 interface provides double the bus bandwidth of the Intel part's PCIe 4.0 x16.

The power envelope is another area of divergence. The Intel Arc A580 has a TDP of 175 W and requires a dual-slot cooler with two 8-pin power connectors plus a 450 W suggested PSU. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile has a TDP of 60 W, is listed as an IGP form factor with no power connectors, and has no suggested PSU field. The NVIDIA part delivers higher compute and memory performance while drawing 115 W less, a substantial efficiency advantage. The Intel part's higher fill rates come at a significantly higher power cost.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ across nearly every specification field. The Intel Arc A580 uses the DG2-512 chip on Xe-HPG architecture, while the NVIDIA part uses GB205 on Blackwell 2.0. Process nodes differ: 6 nm for Intel, 5 nm for NVIDIA. Transistor counts are 21,700 million versus 31,100 million, and die sizes are 406 mm² versus 263 mm². Transistor density is 53.4M per mm² versus 118.3M per mm².

Clock speeds differ: Intel runs 1700 MHz base and 2000 MHz boost, NVIDIA runs 847 MHz base and 1447 MHz boost. Memory speed differs: Intel uses 2000 MHz with 16 Gbps effective, NVIDIA uses 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective. Memory size is 8 GB GDDR6 versus 12 GB GDDR7, with bus widths of 256 bit versus 192 bit and bandwidth of 512.0 GB/s versus 672.0 GB/s.

Compute units differ: 3,072 shading units versus 5,888, 192 TMUs versus 184, 96 ROPs versus 80, 24 ray tracing cores versus 46, and no tensor cores versus 184. Pixel rate is 192.0 GPixel/s versus 115.8 GPixel/s, texture rate is 384.0 GTexel/s versus 266.2 GTexel/s, FP32 is 12.29 TFLOPS versus 17.04 TFLOPS, and FP16 is 24.58 TFLOPS versus 17.04 TFLOPS.

Power and physical specifications differ: TDP is 175 W versus 60 W, slot width is dual-slot versus IGP, power connectors are 2x 8-pin versus none, and suggested PSU is 450 W versus not specified. Bus interface is PCIe 4.0 x16 versus PCIe 5.0 x16. Display outputs are 1x HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 2.0 for Intel, versus portable device dependent for NVIDIA. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. Release dates differ: Intel launched on 2023-10-09, NVIDIA on 2025-02-28. The Intel part's predecessor is Xe Graphics and its successor is Battlemage, while the NVIDIA part's predecessor is GeForce 40 Mobile with no successor listed.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The Intel Arc A580 has an average benchmark score of 57,756, which is higher than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile's 35,435. The Intel part sits in the 87th percentile of all GPUs, while the NVIDIA part sits in the 80th percentile.

Q: How do the two GPUs compare in Geekbench Vulkan?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile scores 139,213 versus 79,381 for the Intel Arc A580, a 43% advantage for the NVIDIA part.

Q: Which GPU has more memory bandwidth?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile has 672.0 GB/s of bandwidth from its 12 GB GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus. The Intel Arc A580 has 512.0 GB/s from 8 GB GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus.

Q: What is the transistor density difference?

A: The NVIDIA part has 118.3 million transistors per square millimeter on a 263 mm² die, while the Intel part has 53.4 million per square millimeter on a 406 mm² die.

Q: Which GPU has more shading units?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile has 5,888 shading units, nearly double the Intel Arc A580's 3,072.

Q: What are the power requirements for each card?

A: The Intel Arc A580 has a 175 W TDP with a dual-slot cooler, two 8-pin power connectors, and a 450 W suggested PSU. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile has a 60 W TDP, uses an IGP form factor, and requires no power connectors.

The Verdict

The data indicates a clear split between two different design philosophies. The Intel Arc A580 is a desktop card with high fill rates, high clock speeds, and a larger die, but it loses both direct benchmark comparisons to the NVIDIA part. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is a mobile part with lower clocks, a smaller die, and dramatically lower power consumption, yet it wins the compute and memory categories and both head-to-head tests.

Users prioritizing rasterization throughput, FP16 compute, or raw pixel and texture fill rates would find the Intel Arc A580 more aligned with those metrics. Its 192.0 GPixel/s pixel rate, 384.0 GTexel/s texture rate, and 24.58 TFLOPS FP16 performance are all higher than the NVIDIA part's corresponding figures. Users prioritizing general compute performance, memory bandwidth, or API-level benchmark scores should look to the NVIDIA part, which leads in FP32, memory bandwidth, OpenCL, and Vulkan. The NVIDIA part also offers 12 GB of memory versus 8 GB, and its 60 W TDP versus 175 W makes it the more power-efficient option. The two direct benchmark results are unambiguous: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is faster in both measured workloads, with margins of 36.3% and 43%. The Intel Arc A580's higher average score comes from its different benchmark set, not from superior direct performance.