Arc A580 vs ATI VGA Wonder XL24
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 182 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 82 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 12.06 |
| Architecture | Wonder (1990−1992) | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | 28800-6 | DG2-512 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 16 March 1992 (32 years ago) | 10 October 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $399 | no data |
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 | no data | 3072 |
| Core clock speed | 10 MHz | 1700 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2000 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 21,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 800 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 175 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 384.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 12.29 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 1 | 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).
| Interface | PCI | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Width | 1-slot | 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 | DRAM | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 MB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 32 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 10 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 40 MB/s | 512.0 GB/s |
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 | 1x VGA | 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 | N/A | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | N/A | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 March 1992 | 10 October 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 MB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 800 nm | 6 nm |
Arc A580 has an age advantage of 31 year, a 819100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 13233.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between VGA Wonder XL24 and Arc A580. We've got no test results to judge.
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