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We ran all of the games through our test suite at 1440p ultra settings, though performance obviously drops quite a bit compared to 1080p ultra. We even tested 4K ultra... but not with the ray tracing games, as that's simply too much. We'll have the 4K rasterization charts below, if you're interested, but only a few of the games even managed to break 30 fps. Let's start with 1440p.
The 256-bit memory interface starts to become a much bigger factor at 1440p, allowing the Arc A580 to pull ahead of the RX 7600 and RX 6650 XT now. That's still mostly thanks to the DXR performance, however, and the A580 really doesn't have enough muscle to do 1440p with ray tracing.
You can certainly make the argument that 1440p is too demanding for most of the GPUs in our charts. If you're gunning for 60 fps or higher, the A580 only hits that mark in two games. It also barely squeaks past 30 fps in five other games, with five more in the 39~53 fps range. And again, some form of upscaling (XeSS or FSR2) would make some of the games far more playable, even at 1440p.
1440p ultra with rasterization remains mostly playable on the Arc A580, with performance again landing between the RX 6600 and RTX 3060. If we ignore the close price proximity of the A750, it's easily the best value. But don't forget that power requirements will also tend to be higher than many of the other GPUs shown here.
Every game in our rasterization suite still breaks 30 fps, and Far Cry 6 and Horizon Zero Dawn even break the 60 fps mark. You could also boost performance a moderate ~20% in most of the games by dropping to the high preset, which would give more breathing room for 1440p gaming.
There's not too much to say about heavy ray tracing games at 1440p without upscaling. The Arc A580 generally comes up short in such situations. Control, Metro Exodus Enhanced, and Spider-Man: Miles Morales all get 31 fps average performance, but 1% lows are in the low to mid 20s. Of those, only Spider-Man has XeSS upscaling support, while the other two only have DLSS support.
If you want a GPU for 1440p gaming, with ray tracing enabled, you'll need at least an RTX 4060 to give it a real shot, and stepping up to an RTX 4070 or RX 7800 XT would be advisable.
Here's a look at the 4K rasterization performance, which as you'd expect isn't much to write home about. The overall average is just 27 fps, and only three of the nine games we tested (Far Cry 6, Forza Horizon 5, and Horizon Zero Dawn) manage to break 30 fps. These charts are mostly to satisfy people's curiosity rather than a major talking point for the Arc A580.
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