GPU Comparison
GPU
Intel 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
VS
GEFORCE
Switch 2 GPU
CORE STATE
GA10B
VRAM
12 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1400 MHz
TDP
40 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
PROCESS
8 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2025
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
A580
Switch 2 GPU
Core Specs
Shading Units
3,072
1,536
-50.0%
Shaders
3,072
1,536
-50.0%
TMUs
192
48
-75.0%
ROPs
96
16
-83.3%
SM Count
—
12
Execution Units
384
—
Clocks
Base Clock
1700 MHz
561 MHz
Boost Clock
2000 MHz
1400 MHz
Memory Clock
2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective
800 MHz
6.4 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
8 GB
12 GB
VRAM (MB)
8,192
12,288
+50.0%
Memory Type
GDDR6
LPDDR5X
Memory Bus
256 bit
128 bit
Bandwidth
512.0 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
—
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
8 MB
4 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
192.0 GPixel/s
22.40 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
384.0 GTexel/s
67.20 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
12.29 TFLOPS
4.301 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
1.536 TFLOPS (1:8)
2.150 TFLOPS (1:2)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
24.58 TFLOPS (2:1)
8.602 TFLOPS (2:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
24
12
-50.0%
Tensor Cores
—
48
XMX Cores
384
—
Power
TDP
175 W
40 W
TDP (W)
175
40
-77.1%
Suggested PSU
450 W
—
Power Connectors
2x 8-pin
—
Architecture
Architecture
Xe-HPG
Ampere
GPU Name
DG2-512
GA10B
Generation
Alchemist
(Arc 5)
Console GPU
(Nintendo)
Process Size
6 nm
8 nm
Transistors
21,700 million
—
Die Size
406 mm²
200 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
Samsung
Density
53.4M / mm²
—
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
—
8.7
Shader Model
6.6
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
—
Length
—
272 mm
10.7 inches
Height
—
116 mm
4.6 inches
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 2.0
No outputs
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
—
Other
Launch Price
—
449 USD
Production
Active
Active
Predecessor
Xe Graphics
—
Successor
Battlemage
—