Intel Arc Pro A60 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A60

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 817 MHz
Around 60% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Around 71% higher texture fill rate: 262.4 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 708 vs 589

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jun 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s vs 153.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	708 vs 589

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Around 88% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2048
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13253 vs 8994
Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 78982 vs 63485

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	3840 vs 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13253 vs 8994
Geekbench - OpenCL	78982 vs 63485

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

708

589

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

8994

13253

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

63485

78982

Name	Intel Arc Pro A60	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	708	589
PassMark - G3D Mark	8994	13253
Geekbench - OpenCL	63485	78982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		330.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3461.767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		26.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		143.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		979.608
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8054
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1821

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc Pro A60	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Ampere
Code name	DG2-256	GA106
Launch date	6 Jun 2023	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	145	144
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1282 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	817 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	2048	3840
Pixel fill rate	131.2 GPixel/s	61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s	153.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	60 Watt
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		9.846 TFLOPS
Transistor count		12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready