GPU Comparison
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On raw speed the Arc A580 comes out noticeably faster — about 10% ahead of the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. But the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the better value, undercutting it by $51 GBP for the performance you get.
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Arc A580 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Arc A580 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
The Arc A580 is noticeably faster, around 10% ahead of the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Both cards sit in the same broad class, well suited to 1080p.
Price & Value
The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti currently lists from $227 GBP, $51 GBP less than the Arc A580 at $279 GBP. Despite being slower, the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti offers the better performance-per-dollar (~11% better value), so budget-focused buyers should weigh it carefully. The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is trading below its $699 GBP MSRP — a genuine deal. The Arc A580 still sits about $100 GBP above its $179 GBP MSRP.
Power & Efficiency
At 175W against 250W, the Arc A580 is both the lower-power and the more efficient card, making it the easier build to cool and power. Its more modern Alchemist architecture on a TSMC N6 process is part of why it does more with each watt.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
The GeForce GTX 1080 Ti carries 11GB versus 8GB on the Arc A580. The extra 3GB helps at 4K, with high-resolution texture packs, and for content-creation or local-AI workloads that exhaust smaller buffers.
Generation & Longevity
The Arc A580 is roughly 6 years newer than the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Alchemist vs Pascal), so it generally benefits from a more modern architecture and longer driver-support runway.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti brings NVIDIA DLSS upscaling/frame generation and stronger ray tracing, while the Arc A580 offers Intel XeSS upscaling and AV1 encoding. If you lean on upscaling or ray tracing, that ecosystem difference can matter as much as the frame-rate gap.
Which should you buy: GeForce GTX 1080 Ti or Arc A580?
Choose the Arc A580 if you want the most performance and can absorb the higher price. If you're optimizing for value, the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti stretches your money further for only slightly lower performance.