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SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition
SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition 8 GB GDDR6 · 2.00 GHz · 175 W Speed index 10/100

The SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition has 3072 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.00 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 12.29 TFLOPS.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.18 GHz · 145 W Speed index 3/100

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has 1664 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.18 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 3.92 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition is 214 % faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970.

SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC EditionNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Speed index
10/100
3/100
FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
3.92 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
2.00 GHz
1.18 GHz
Memory Size
8 GB GDDR6
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
512 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
175 W
145 W
Launch Price
199 $
299 $

GPU

GPUSPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC EditionNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Based onIntel Arc A580 GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU ChipACM-G10GM204-200-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors38413
Shader30721664
Render Output Units9656
Texture Units192104
Raytracing Cores24--
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The SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition is equipped with a graphics chip of the Alchemist architecture, which has 384 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 13 execution units.

Memory

MemorySPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC EditionNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Memory Size8 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory Clock2.000 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed16.0 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface256 bit256 bit
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The SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.000 GHz clocks.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsSPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC EditionNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Base Clock2.000 GHz1.050 GHz
Boost Clock2.000 GHz1.178 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition has a turbo clock of 2.000 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is 1.178 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignSPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC EditionNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
TDP175 W145 W
Tjunction maxUnknown98 °C
PCIe-Power2 x 8-Pin2 x 6-Pin
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The SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as Unknown.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is equipped with a 2 x 6-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansSPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC EditionNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Fan-TypeAxialRadial
Fan 12 x 90 mm1 x 65 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivitySPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC EditionNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Max. Displays44
HDCP2.32.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.01x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort3x DP 2.03x DP 1.2
DVI--1
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The SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetSPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC EditionNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRNoNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsSPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC EditionNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8NoDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeNo
AV1Decode / EncodeNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsSPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC EditionNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Length222 mm267 mm
Height101 mm111 mm
Width--40 mm
Width (Slots)3 Slots2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataSPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC EditionNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 16PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ4/2023Q3/2014
Launch Price199 $299 $
Structure size6 nm28 nm
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 6 nanometer process, SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition was released in Q4/2023.

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 published in Q3/2014 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition +280.5 %

  1. 5,666
  2. 1,489

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 6,227
  2. no data

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

  1. 2,265
  2. no data

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition +228.5 %

  1. 87,822
  2. 26,734

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition +159.2 %

  1. 82,543
  2. 31,845

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