Intel Arc A570M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A570M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 A570M

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A570M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1178 MHz
1526.6x more texture fill rate: 166.4 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
Around 23% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1664
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
Around 97% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 148 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
250x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57815 vs 28478

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2023 vs 19 September 2014
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate	166.4 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 1664
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 148 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	57815 vs 28478

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 900 MHz

Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 900 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A570M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57815

28478

Name	Intel Arc A570M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Geekbench - OpenCL	57815	28478
PassMark - G3D Mark		9636
PassMark - G2D Mark		768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		489.884
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3626

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A570M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	DG2-256	GM204
Launch date	1 Aug 2023	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	366	362
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Price now		$407.76
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2048	1664
Pixel fill rate	83.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	166.4 GTexel/s	109 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	148 Watt
CUDA cores		1664
Floating-point performance		3,920 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		98 °C
Transistor count		5,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		500 Watt
SLI options		4x
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pins
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround