Intel Arc A530M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A530M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Arc A530M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A530M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt

Launch date	1 Aug 2023 vs 22 February 2019
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 120 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 1770 MHz vs 1300 MHz
6.9x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 812 vs 602
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12926 vs 6238
Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 61532 vs 47253

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	812 vs 602
PassMark - G3D Mark	12926 vs 6238
Geekbench - OpenCL	61532 vs 47253

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A530M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

602

812

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6238

12926

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

47253

61532

Name	Intel Arc A530M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	602	812
PassMark - G3D Mark	6238	12926
Geekbench - OpenCL	47253	61532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		6263

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A530M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Turing
Code name	DG2-256	TU116
Launch date	1 Aug 2023	22 February 2019
Place in performance rating	198	200
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Price now		$279.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		67.32
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1770 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	1536
Pixel fill rate	62.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	11500 million	6,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		1
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		229 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	12000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6