
Sparkle Intel Arc A380 Elf desktop graphics card review - What can you expect from Intel's 129-Euro budget GPU?
Intel Core i9-14900K | Intel Arc A380 | 415 g
The Intel Arc A380 is a low-cost single-seed desktop GPU and is manufactured at TSMC using the 6 nm process. The graphics processor has the internal designation DG2-128 and combines 1,024 shader units. In terms of VRAM, you still get 6 GB GDDR6, which are connected via a 96-bit interface (15.5 Gbps, 186 GB/s). This makes the Intel Arc A380 the fourth fastest graphics card model from Intel.
Features
As the Intel Arc A380 is also based on the Alchemist architecture, the small model also has the same features as the faster models of the current Arc models. Nevertheless, there are significant performance limitations compared to the faster models. The most useful feature is certainly AV1 support, which enables encoding and decoding on the hardware side.
Performance
The performance of the Intel Arc A380 cannot keep up with current graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia. In view of this, this graphics card is not recommended exclusively for gaming use.
Power consumption
The power consumption of the Intel Arc A380 is estimated by the manufacturer at 75 watts (TGP). In terms of efficiency, the Intel Arc A380 is not convincing due to its low 3D performance. In the internal duel, the Intel Arc A380 is slightly more efficient than an Intel Arc A580 or an Intel Arc A750.
Arc Series
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Codename | DG2-128 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | Xe HPG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 1024 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TMUs | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ROPs | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tensor / AI Cores | 128 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 2000 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shader Speed | 2050 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Theoretical Performance | 8397 TFLOPS FP16, 4194 TFLOPS FP32 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cache | L2: 4 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 15500 effective = 1937 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 96 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | GDDR6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 6 GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bandwidth | 186 GB/s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 12_2, Shader 6.6, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 75 Watt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transistor Count | 7.2 Billion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Die Size | 157 mm² | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 6 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PCIe | 4 8x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Displays | 4 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 14.07.2022 |
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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