Arc A580 vs GeForce 8700M GT SLI

Place in the ranking	1142	182
Place by popularity	not in top-100	81
Power efficiency	0.94	11.95
Architecture	G8x (2007)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	NB8E-SE	DG2-512
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	18 September 2007 (17 years ago)	10 October 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	64	3072
Core clock speed	625 MHz	1700 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2000 MHz
Number of transistors	578 Million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	175 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	384.0
Floating-point processing power	no data	12.29 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	96
TMUs	no data	192
Tensor Cores	no data	384
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	24

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	512.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	10	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

8700M GT SLI 0.79

Arc A580 30.19
+3722%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

8700M GT SLI 2196

Arc A580 95677
+4257%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	2−3 −5200%	106 +5200%
1440p	1−2 −5800%	59 +5800%
4K	0−1	34

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
−3567%

110−120

+3567%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1960%	103 +1960%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2700%	80−85 +2700%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3567%	110−120 +3567%
Far Cry 5	0−1	85−90
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −10100%	100−110 +10100%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1680%	85−90 +1680%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −1325%	170−180 +1325%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	95−100
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −2467%	150−160 +2467%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −326%	130−140 +326%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1940%	102 +1940%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2700%	80−85 +2700%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3567%	110−120 +3567%
Far Cry 5	0−1	85−90
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −10100%	100−110 +10100%
Hitman 3	5−6 −1680%	85−90 +1680%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −1325%	170−180 +1325%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	95−100
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −3467%	214 +3467%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −760%	85−90 +760%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −326%	130−140 +326%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1180%	64 +1180%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −2700%	80−85 +2700%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3567%	110−120 +3567%
Far Cry 5	0−1	85−90
Hitman 3	5−6 −1680%	85−90 +1680%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −808%	109 +808%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −2850%	177 +2850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −580%	68 +580%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −93.5%	60 +93.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

95−100

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	80−85
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −6300%	60−65 +6300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	54
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −3400%	35−40 +3400%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −4700%	45−50 +4700%
Hitman 3	7−8 −686%	55−60 +686%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −2075%	87 +2075%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	55
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −9800%	190−200 +9800%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−2300%

70−75
+2300%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

35−40

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −3400%	35 +3400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	30
Far Cry 5	0−1	24−27

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1750%

35−40
+1750%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85 +0%	85 +0%
Battlefield 5	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	73 +0%	73 +0%
Battlefield 5	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 +0%	190−200 +0%
Metro Exodus	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	64 +0%	64 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	87 +0%	87 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	51 +0%	51 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%
Metro Exodus	91 +0%	91 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	130 +0%	130 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Hitman 3	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Metro Exodus	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	61 +0%	61 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	56 +0%	56 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	73 +0%	73 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27 +0%	27 +0%

This is how 8700M GT SLI and Arc A580 compete in popular games:

Arc A580 is 5200% faster in 1080p
Arc A580 is 5800% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Arc A580 is 10100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Arc A580 is ahead in 30 tests (56%)
there's a draw in 24 tests (44%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.79	30.19
Recency	18 September 2007	10 October 2023
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	80 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	175 Watt

8700M GT SLI has 201.7% lower power consumption.

Arc A580, on the other hand, has a 3721.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 16 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A580 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8700M GT SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 8700M GT SLI is a notebook card while Arc A580 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.