GPU Comparison
Select up to 2 GPUs to analyze their pricing, performance, and specifications side-by-side.
On raw speed the Radeon RX 6700 XT comes out significantly faster — about 18% ahead of the Arc A580. But the Arc A580 is the better value, undercutting it by $590 GBP for the performance you get.
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Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Arc A580: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Arc A580
The Radeon RX 6700 XT is significantly faster, around 18% ahead of the Arc A580. That gap is enough to move it up a tier: the Radeon RX 6700 XT is comfortable at 1440p, while the Arc A580 is better matched to 1080p.
Price & Value
The Arc A580 currently lists from $279 GBP, $590 GBP less than the Radeon RX 6700 XT at $869 GBP. Despite being slower, the Arc A580 offers the better performance-per-dollar (~164% better value), so budget-focused buyers should weigh it carefully. The Arc A580 still sits about $100 GBP above its $179 GBP MSRP. The Radeon RX 6700 XT still sits about $390 GBP above its $479 GBP MSRP.
Power & Efficiency
At 175W against 230W, 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 Radeon RX 6700 XT carries 12GB versus 8GB on the Arc A580. The extra 4GB 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 2 years newer than the Radeon RX 6700 XT (Alchemist vs RDNA 2), so it generally benefits from a more modern architecture and longer driver-support runway.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the Radeon RX 6700 XT brings AMD FSR upscaling and strong rasterization value, 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: Radeon RX 6700 XT or Arc A580?
Choose the Radeon RX 6700 XT if you want the most performance and can absorb the higher price. If you're optimizing for value, the Arc A580 stretches your money further for only slightly lower performance.