Intel Arc A580 Rides Again in Online Benchmarks

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By Mark Tyson
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Possible new Arc graphics card beats the RTX 3050 in Geekbench OpenCL tests.

Intel Arc A580 spotted
(Image credit: Intel)

A fresh benchmark run featuring a purported Intel Arc A580 graphics card has been spotted. According to a screenshot shared by ITHome (Chinese language) the A580 scores nearly 83K in Geekbench 5 OpenCL tests which is over 10K clear of scores achieved by systems relying on Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card.

The Geekbench database sighting of this 'lost' Intel Arc graphics card appears to be from a benchmark run earlier today. This particular Arc A580 is part of a well-specified Windows 11 desktop PC system which also features an Intel Core i7-12700 CPU, an Asus ROG Strix Z690-E motherboard, and 32 GB of DDR5 RAM. Take the Geekbench results with a pinch of salt for now.

Intel Arc A580 spotted

(Image credit: Geekbench / ITHome)

We have already mentioned a Geekbench 5 Open CL score comparison in the intro (vs RTX 3050), but let's build a fuller table, including the established Intel Arc cards that we are now quite familiar with.

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GPU model

Typical Geekbench 5 OpenCL scores

Intel Arc A770

Between 90K and 100K

Intel Arc A750

Between 80K and 90K

* Intel Arc A580

82,992

Intel Arc A380

About 37K

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 desktop

About 100K

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 desktop

Between 75K and 80K

AMD Radeon RX 6600

About 80K

*= leaked single result

In September 2022 we covered, in depth, the technical details of the Intel Arc A580 alongside stable mates and now well known desktop GPUs like the Arc A770, Arc A750, and Arc A380. In summary, the GPU configuration of the A580 is derived from a cut-down ACM-G10 GPU, and is much closer in spec / performance to the A750 than the little A380. This fact is quite immediately evident not just from benchmarks, but from the Arc A-Series Desktop GPUs infographic published by Intel, reproduced below.

(Image credit: Intel)

It is curious that Intel has not yet launched its Arc A580 graphics card, as it was announced alongside the above products nearly a year ago. 

After a long gap in any leaks or spills regarding the Arc A580 we saw it pop up in GFXBench 5.0 results in mid-July, so perhaps Intel and partners are at last readying this model for release. In our recently updated GPU pricing Index feature, we noted that the best price of an Arc A750 is around $200, and the A380 around $100. If we had to guess the Arc A580's price it would probably not be right down the middle, but nearer to the A750 price level.

Mark Tyson
Mark Tyson
Freelance News Writer

Mark Tyson is a Freelance News Writer at Tom's Hardware US. He enjoys covering the full breadth of PC tech; from business and semiconductor design to products approaching the edge of reason.

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6 Comments Comment from the forums
  • -Fran-
    This seems to be awfully late to the party... So much so that is it even a relevant thing at this point?

    The A750 seems to be, more or less, the same performance class, so it's like toss a coin between the two?

    This puzzles me just as the 5600X3D did.

    Regards.
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  • Eximo
    Stockpiles of crippled G10 dies. They can either be A730m or 580 for the most part. But if they are sub $200, why not?
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  • Elusive Ruse
    I don't mind more dilution of the GPU market, never hurts to have options as a consumer.
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  • InvalidError
    The A580 was supposed to be Intel's $220-ish model and that spot is already occupied by the A750. There isn't much room left to launch another lower-end, lower-price model that costs practically the same to make when Intel is likely barely breaking even on the A750.

    Intel may not have many chips with more than one defective Xe core to brand down to the 500-tier either.
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  • Eximo
    Can't ignore the OEM market, that might be where all these will end up.
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  • NinjaChemist
    -Fran- said:
    This seems to be awfully late to the party... So much so that is it even a relevant thing at this point?

    The A750 seems to be, more or less, the same performance class, so it's like toss a coin between the two?

    This puzzles me just as the 5600X3D did.

    Regards.
    AMD/Microcenter provided the rationale for the 5600X3D. These chips didn't meet 5800X3D specifications so they decided to create a new sku rather than trash them. Best Buy and Intel have done similar, although either not as newsworthy or purposely obfuscated. I was looking at an ASUS Dash F15 and wondering why it was so much cheaper at Best Buy than anywhere else, and after really digging into the specs the CPU SKU was specific (this is an anecdote, I didn't perform an exhaustive search) to this Best Buy model, and rated clock speeds were downrated 100-200 MHz across the board.

    Regarding this A580, it may follow a similar path. Intel even said it was a cut down A750. It might be released in small batch to one OEM or SI. Although, I was thinking (hoping) they were testing to compare against their next-gen Battlemage. The A580 would be difficult to launch now since they've already heavily discounted the A770 and A750. They'd have to price it <$200 and it probably costs more to set up a small run of cards to slap the chips into. Might make sense as a mobile chip, though. A laptop that could outperform a desktop 3050 would be sweet.
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