NVIDIA RTX A2000 vs Intel Arc A380. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA RTX A2000 and Intel Arc A380, chip, information processing units.

• Architecture
  Ampere Generation 12.7
• Execution Units
  26 1024
• GPU Chip
  GA106 DG2-128 / Alchemist
• Render Output Units
  48 32
• Shader
  3328 128
• Texture Units
  104 64
• L1 Cache
  - No
• L2 Cache
  - 4 MB
• RT Cores
  - 8

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Size
  6 GB 6 GB
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  1500 MHz -
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 186 GB/s
• Memory Bus
  - 96 bit
• Memory Clock
  - 1937 MHz
• Memory Data Rate
  - 15.5 Gbps

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  562 MHz 2000 MHz
• Boost Clock
  1200 MHz 2450 MHz

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• TDP
  70 W 75 W
• System Power Supply
  - 250 W (PSU recommendation)

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 1
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
• DisplayPort Ports
  - 3 × DisplayPort 2.0
• HDMI Ports
  - 1 × HDMI 2.1
• Power Connectors
  - 1x 8-pin

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• DirectX
  12.2 12.2
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes -
• Max. resolution
  7680 × 4320 3840 × 2160
• Raytracing
  Yes -
• OpenCL
  - 3.0
• OpenGL
  - 4.6
• Shader Model
  - 6.6
• Vulkan
  - 1.3

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  Decode -
• h264
  Decode / Encode -
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode -
• VP8
  Decode -
• VP9
  Decode -

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU Intel Arc A380 and NVIDIA RTX A2000.

• Manufacturer
  NVIDIA -
• Process Technology
  8 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2021 Q2/2022

• FP16 (theoretical)
  - 10.04 TFLOPS
• FP32 (theoretical)
  - 5.018 TFLOPS
• FP64 (theoretical)
  - 1,254 GFLOPS
• Pixel Rate
  - 78.40 GPixel/s
• Texture Rate
  - 156.8 GTexel/s