Arc A580 vs GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated182
Place by popularitynot in top-10081
Power efficiencyno data11.99
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameNV41DG2-512
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date24 February 2005 (19 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 cores173072
Core clock speed450 MHz1700 MHz
Boost clock speed450 MHz2000 MHz
Number of transistors190 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)89 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate5.400384.0
Floating-point processing powerno data12.29 TFLOPS
ROPs896
TMUs12192
Tensor Coresno data384
Ray Tracing Coresno data24

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount256 MB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed600 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth38.4 GB/s512.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.6
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Go 6800 Ultra 137
Arc A580 11648
+8402%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 February 2005 10 October 2023
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 130 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 89 Watt 175 Watt

Go 6800 Ultra has 96.6% lower power consumption.

Arc A580, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 18 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2066.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce Go 6800 Ultra and Arc A580. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce Go 6800 Ultra is a notebook card while Arc A580 is a desktop one.


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