Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 SE Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The recorded data presents an unusual comparison because the two cards occupy entirely different tiers of the performance spectrum. The Intel Arc A580 has three benchmark entries in the database, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 SE has no recorded benchmark scores at all. This means the head-to-head comparison is asymmetric: the Arc A580 can be positioned against its nearest rivals, whereas the RTX 5090 SE cannot be quantitatively ranked against any competitor in the database.

The Intel Arc A580 posts a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2229, an OpenCL score of 91657, and a Vulkan score of 79381. Its average benchmark score across all recorded tests is 57756. The card sits at the 87th percentile among all GPUs in the database, which indicates that it outperforms the vast majority of recorded graphics cards. Its nearest rivals, based on average score, are the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT at 58392 (1.1% ahead of the Arc A580), the Intel Arc A570M at 58239 (0.8% ahead), the AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM at 58085 (0.6% ahead), and the AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE at 57367 (0.7% behind the Arc A580). The spread between the best and worst of these rivals is only about 1.8%, which places the Arc A580 in a tightly contested performance cluster.

The RTX 5090 SE, by contrast, has an average benchmark score of 0 and no nearest rivals listed. The database contains no measurements for this card. Its percentile rank of 50 is therefore a default value rather than a meaningful statistical position. The data cannot support any claim about where the RTX 5090 SE wins, because no benchmark results exist for it in the database.

The use-case split is therefore defined by what the data can and cannot show. For the Arc A580, the wins are visible across multiple API workloads: DX12, OpenCL, and Vulkan all have recorded scores. For the RTX 5090 SE, no workload has a recorded score, so the data offers no basis for assigning it any benchmark win.

Architecture Differences

The two cards diverge at nearly every architectural level. The Intel Arc A580 uses the DG2-512 chip built on the Xe-HPG architecture, belonging to the Alchemist generation of the Arc 5 series. It is fabricated on a 6 nm process at TSMC with 21,700 million transistors on a 406 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 53.4 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 SE uses the GB202 chip on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture, part of the GeForce 50 generation. It is fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC with 92,200 million transistors on a 750 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 122.9 million per square millimeter. The RTX 5090 SE packs over four times the transistor count and nearly double the die area, with more than twice the transistor density.

Memory configurations differ substantially. The Arc A580 carries 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus with 512.0 GB/s of bandwidth and a memory clock of 2000 MHz, which translates to 16 Gbps effective. The RTX 5090 SE carries 24 GB of GDDR7 on a 384-bit bus with 1.34 TB/s of bandwidth and a memory clock of 1750 MHz, which translates to 28 Gbps effective. The RTX 5090 SE has three times the capacity and roughly 2.6 times the bandwidth.

Compute resources scale accordingly. The Arc A580 has 3072 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, 96 raster output units, and 24 ray tracing cores. The RTX 5090 SE has 14,080 shading units, 440 texture mapping units, 160 raster output units, 110 ray tracing cores, and 440 tensor cores. The Arc A580 has no tensor core count recorded. Pixel rate on the RTX 5090 SE is 380.3 GPixel/s versus 192.0 GPixel/s on the Arc A580. Texture rate is 1,045.9 GTexel/s versus 384.0 GTexel/s. FP32 throughput is 66.94 TFLOPS versus 12.29 TFLOPS. FP16 performance on the RTX 5090 SE is 66.94 TFLOPS at a 1:1 ratio, while the Arc A580 delivers 24.58 TFLOPS at a 2:1 ratio.

Clock behavior also differs. The Arc A580 has a base clock of 1700 MHz and a boost clock of 2000 MHz. The RTX 5090 SE has a base clock of 1740 MHz and a boost clock of 2377 MHz. The NVIDIA card runs higher at both points.

Power and interface specifications are far apart. The Arc A580 has a TDP of 175 W, uses dual-slot cooling, draws power from two 8-pin connectors, and requires a 450 W suggested PSU. The RTX 5090 SE has a TDP of 500 W, also uses dual-slot cooling, draws power from a single 16-pin connector, and requires a 900 W suggested PSU. The bus interface on the Arc A580 is PCIe 4.0 x16, while the RTX 5090 SE uses PCIe 5.0 x16. Display outputs are similar in count but differ in versions: the Arc A580 has one HDMI 2.1 and three DisplayPort 2.0 outputs, while the RTX 5090 SE has one HDMI 2.1b and three DisplayPort 2.1b outputs.

Both cards support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The Arc A580 measures 406 mm² in die size with no listed dimensions, while the RTX 5090 SE has physical dimensions of 267 mm in length, 111 mm in height, and 40 mm in width. The Arc A580 was released on 2023-10-09, while the RTX 5090 SE has a release date of 2025-12-31. The Arc A580 lists Xe Graphics as its predecessor and Battlemage as its successor. The RTX 5090 SE lists GeForce 40 as its predecessor and GeForce 60 as its successor.

The Verdict

The database contains benchmark results for the Intel Arc A580 but none for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 SE. Consequently, any verdict must be drawn strictly from the recorded measurements. The Arc A580 shows a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2229, an OpenCL score of 91657, and a Vulkan score of 79381, with an average of 57756 and an 87th percentile ranking. Its nearest rivals are within roughly one percentage point in either direction, which indicates that the Arc A580 sits in a dense competitive band rather than at the top of any category.

The RTX 5090 SE has no scores, no rivals, and an average benchmark score of zero. The data cannot verify any performance claim for it. The architecture specifications, however, do show a massive gap in raw resources: the RTX 5090 SE has 14,080 shading units versus 3072, 110 ray tracing cores versus 24, 24 GB of GDDR7 versus 8 GB of GDDR6, and 66.94 TFLOPS FP32 versus 12.29 TFLOPS. These figures describe capability, not measured performance. The database simply has no recorded results for the RTX 5090 SE to confirm or refute what the specifications imply.

For users consulting the database, the Arc A580 can be evaluated against its peers with confidence. The RTX 5090 SE cannot be evaluated at all, because the database holds no measurements for it. A strict reading of the data favors the Arc A580 only in the sense that it has verifiable scores; the RTX 5090 SE cannot be ranked, compared, or credited with any benchmark result.

FAQ

Q: What is the average benchmark score of the Intel Arc A580?

A: The Intel Arc A580 has an average benchmark score of 57756 across all recorded tests.

Q: Does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 SE have any benchmark scores in the database?

A: No. The RTX 5090 SE has an empty benchmark list and an average benchmark score of 0.

Q: How does the Intel Arc A580 compare to its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT has an average score of 58392, which is 1.1% higher than the Arc A580's average score of 57756.

Q: What memory configuration does each card use?

A: The Intel Arc A580 uses 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus with 512.0 GB/s bandwidth. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 SE uses 24 GB of GDDR7 on a 384-bit bus with 1.34 TB/s bandwidth.

Q: What is the FP32 performance of each card?

A: The Intel Arc A580 delivers 12.29 TFLOPS FP32, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 SE delivers 66.94 TFLOPS FP32.

Q: What power supply is suggested for each card?

A: The Intel Arc A580 suggests a 450 W PSU, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 SE suggests a 900 W PSU.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

A direct head-to-head comparison is not possible from the recorded data, because the head-to-head benchmark list is empty and the RTX 5090 SE has no individual test scores. The Arc A580, however, has three recorded benchmarks that can be examined in detail.

In 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, the Arc A580 scores 2229. This is a synthetic DirectX 12 workload that stresses overall GPU throughput. The score places the card in the 87th percentile among all GPUs in the database, meaning the Arc A580 outperforms 87% of recorded graphics cards in this aggregate ranking context.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the Arc A580 scores 91657. OpenCL workloads often reflect compute-oriented performance rather than pure rasterization. The score is the highest of the three recorded results for this card, which suggests that the compute path is comparatively strong relative to the card's other measured workloads.

In Geekbench Vulkan, the Arc A580 scores 79381. Vulkan is a lower-level API that can expose driver efficiency differences. The gap between the OpenCL score of 91657 and the Vulkan score of 79381 amounts to roughly 15.5% in favor of OpenCL, which indicates that the card's compute performance under OpenCL is meaningfully higher than its graphics performance under Vulkan in these specific tests.

The nearest rival comparison adds context. The AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM scores 58085 on average, which is 0.6% higher than the Arc A580. The Intel Arc A570M scores 58239, 0.8% higher. The AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT scores 58392, 1.1% higher. The AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE scores 57367, which is 0.7% lower than the Arc A580. These deltas are small, and the entire rival cluster sits within a 1.8% band. The Arc A580 is therefore competitive with all four of these cards, but it does not decisively lead any of them.

For the RTX 5090 SE, the database provides no comparable measurements. Its percentile rank of 50 and average score of 0 are placeholders, not results. The card's architecture specifications can be stated, but they cannot be converted into benchmark outcomes because no tests were recorded. The largest wins in this comparison, therefore, belong to the Arc A580 in the sense that it has actual data, while the RTX 5090 SE has none.