Intel Arc Pro A60 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc Pro A60 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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 Pro A60

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A60

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Around 32% higher texture fill rate: 262.4 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 170 Watt
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)

Launch date	6 Jun 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s vs 199.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 75% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2048
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 708
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 8994
Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 63485

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1320 MHz vs 900 MHz
Pipelines	3584 vs 2048
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	971 vs 708
PassMark - G3D Mark	17107 vs 8994
Geekbench - OpenCL	88251 vs 63485

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc Pro A60
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

708

971

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8994

17107

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

63485

88251

Name	Intel Arc Pro A60	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
PassMark - G2D Mark	708	971
PassMark - G3D Mark	8994	17107
Geekbench - OpenCL	63485	88251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1961

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc Pro A60	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Ampere
Code name	DG2-256	GA106
Launch date	6 Jun 2023	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	145	134
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	2048	3584
Pixel fill rate	131.2 GPixel/s	85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s	199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	170 Watt
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		12.74 TFLOPS
Transistor count		13250 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	450 Watt
Length		242 mm (9.5 inches)
Supplementary power connectors		1x 12-pin
Width		112 mm (4.4 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	360 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6