Intel Arc Graphics 64EU vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc Graphics 64EU 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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 Graphics 64EU

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Graphics 64EU

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 1178 MHz
513.8x more texture fill rate: 56.00 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 10 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 148 Watt

Launch date	14 Dec 2023 vs 19 September 2014
Boost clock speed	1750 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate	56.00 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 148 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

3.5x more core clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 300 MHz
3.3x more pipelines: 1664 vs 512

Core clock speed	1050 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	1664 vs 512

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc Graphics 64EU
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Name	Intel Arc Graphics 64EU	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
PassMark - G3D Mark		9640
PassMark - G2D Mark		766
Geekbench - OpenCL		28498
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)		8.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		490.688
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		369

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc Graphics 64EU	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
Essentials
Architecture	Xe-LPG	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	Meteor Lake GT1	GM204
Launch date	14 Dec 2023	19 September 2014
Place in performance rating	not rated	371
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Price now		$407.76
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		28.59
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1750 MHz	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	1664
Pixel fill rate	28.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	56.00 GTexel/s	109 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 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	Ring Bus	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 (12_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	224 GB / s
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround