The Intel Arc A580 targets 1080p performance at a budget price, with support for Resizable BAR being a requirement. The SPARKLE Intel Arc A580 ORC OC Edition features 8GB of memory and the ORC series-specific TORN cooling system. LABS tested the SPARKLE Intel ARC A580 ORC OC 8GB. The A580 is also available through Intel partner manufacturers - ASROCK and GUNNIR.
At launch, the A580 had an MSRP of $179 USD. As of the publication date, the SPARKLE Arc A580 is available for $159.99 USD from various online retailers.
The Intel Arc series, the A770, A750, and A580, offer similar price-to-performance ratios. Due to fluctuating market prices, it is advisable to buy the higher-tier card if it is available at a lower price than the previous model.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
THE GOOD
- Price
Stands out as one of the lowest-priced cards capable of handling 1080p gaming.
- Performance
It performed very closely to the A750, delivering nearly identical results.
THE BAD
- Memory
Limited by 8GB of memory, with no 16GB option available.
THE REST
- Overall
At $159.99 the price-to-performance ratio is solid, although it performed worse overall than more expensive cards in our roundup. However, it did perform better than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050.
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Intel's Xe HPG architecture powers the Arc series, featuring a unique structure divided into "render slices". The A580 contains 6 render slices, totaling 3072 shaders, 24 ray tracing processors, and 384 matrix processors. This setup supports some graphics upsampling and 1080p gaming.
The Intel Xe HPG graphics processor is built with 21,700 million transistors within a 406 mm² die, 96 render output units (ROPs), and 192 texture mapping units. The card has a dual-slot, dual-fan design that fits in most computer cases and has a TDP of 175W.
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Front of the box.
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Front of the card.
The A580 utilizes Intel's XeSS graphics upscaling technology, comparable to AMD's FSR2.0. It supports up to DirectX 12 Ultimate, H.264 Encode/Decode, H.265/HEVC Encode/Decode, and AV1 Encode/Decode. However, full performance support for certain DirectX 9 and DirectX 11 titles is still inconsistent but improving with driver updates. Enabling Resizable BAR in BIOS settings is essential.
Intel's Arc Control Center program offers three display-sync technologies: Adaptive Sync, Speed Sync, and Smooth Sync. Adaptive Sync functions like V-Sync, Speed Sync reduces frame latency to prevent image tearing, and Smooth Sync applies a filter to mask screen tearing.
The A580 graphics card performed below the group average at 1080p and 1440p in our gaming tests. It also performed slightly below average across most of the synthetic tests. Overall, our tests revealed that the A580 has a solid price to performance ratio with excellent encode/decode support and is a viable 1080p option for gamers on a limited budget.
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