Intel Arc A380: First benchmarks available – News
Last month, Intel unveiled its first discrete desktop graphics card in years, the Intel Arc A380. Now the PC hardware side Gamersnexus.net published a first video on Youtube, which compares the performance of the Intel graphics card in modern games with current and older graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia.
Since the Intel Arc A380 is supposed to be on the market for around 150 US dollars, the AMD Radeon RX 6400 and Nvidia’s Geforce GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 1650 can be compared. These three graphics cards cost around 170 to 210 euros.
| Intel Arc A380 | AMD RX 6400 | Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti | Nvidia GTX 1650 | |
| architecture | alchemist | RDNA 2 | Pascal | Turing |
| GPU | DG2-128EU | GPS 24 | GP107 | TU117 |
| production | 6nm (TSMC) | 6nm (TSMC) | 14nm | 12nm |
| Storage | 6GB GDDR6 | 4GB GDDR6 | 4GB GDDR5 | 4GB GDDR6 |
| memory bandwidth | 96bit (192GB/s) | 64bit (128GB/s) | 128-bit (112GB/s) | 128-bit (192GB/s) |
| power connection | 1x 8-pin PCIe | – | – | – |
| TDP/TBP | 75W | 53 w | 75W | 75W |
In the benchmarks, the Intel Arc A380 can do particularly well without rBAR (resizable BAR) are hardly convincing and are particularly noticeable without rBAR due to micro stutters and not smooth display, although the graphics card theoretically and on average delivers enough frames per second to enable smooth gaming. The performance is quite acceptable in high to very high settings and more modern and complex games could be played smoothly enough with lower details.
The table shows the average frames per second of the Intel Arc A380 and the worst 1% of the frame rate in each case. Once without and once with rBAR. The comparison of the three other graphics cards refers to the average frame rate achieved by the A380 without rBAR. Also shown is the speed benefit of enabled rBAR.
| 1080p, DirectX 12, High or Ultra Settings | Intel Arc A380 (Average; Avg) | Intel Arc A380 (Low 1%) | Intel Arc A380 with rBAR (Avg) | Intel Arc A380 with rBAR (Low 1%) | Intel ARC A380 with rBAR to Avg | RX 6400 to Avg |
GTX 1050 Ti to Avg |
GTX 1650 to Avg |
| Read Dead Redemption 2 | 32.3 | 4.6 | 42.1 | 24.9 | +30.3% | +35.9% | -18.6% | +38.1% |
| F1 2021 | 39.9 | 15.8 | 43.1 | 27.5 | +8.0% | -12.5% | -10.3% | +28.3% |
| Far cry 6 | 44.5 | 17.6 | 53.7 | 30.9 | +20.7% | +32.8% | -9.9% | +35.1% |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 38.5 | 21:4 | 49.8 | 42.5 | +29.4% | +47.5% | -4.9% | +49.6% |
| GTA 5, DirectX 11 | 28.9 | 19.1 | 33.5 | 24.2 | +26.7% | +110% | +105% | +166% |
In F1 2021 the Intel Arc A380 can deliver good performance and is even around 10.3 to 12.5% faster than the GTX 1050 Ti and RX 6400. For all other games, Intel’s new graphics card cannot keep up with the AMD Radeon RX6400 and is between 32 .8% and 110% back. Compared to the six-year-old GTX 1050 Ti, the A380 only needs to GTA 5 beat under DirectX 11. Compared to the two-year-old GTX 1650, it cannot convince in any of the five games.
Overall, the graphics card is an acceptable first step for Intel’s return to the graphics card market. At the same time, the result in GTA 5 means a lot of work for Intel when it comes to optimizing the drivers, especially for older games. The graphics card cannot be used without rBAR, since it achieves good average frame rates in the newer games, but stutters of around 0.3 s should spoil the gaming experience noticeably. According to Gamersnexus.net, the Intel Arc A380 is primarily suitable for hobbyists and people who would like to try out completely new and not yet fully developed products. Simply installing, installing drivers and playing is not yet possible.
Reference-www.gamersglobal.de
