Intel Arc Pro A60 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc Pro A60 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

Intel Arc Pro A60

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A60

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 44% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1425 MHz
Around 53% higher texture fill rate: 262.4 GTexel/s vs 171.0 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 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Launch date	6 Jun 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1425 MHz
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s vs 171.0 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 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

Around 88% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2048
Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 130 Watt

Pipelines	3840 vs 2048
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	Intel Arc Pro A60	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	483
PassMark - G3D Mark	8033
Geekbench - OpenCL	63779
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20611
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20611
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		7929
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		7929
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8917

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc Pro A60	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Ampere
Code name	DG2-256	GA106
Launch date	6 Jun 2023	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	195	115
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1425 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	2048	3840
Pixel fill rate	131.2 GPixel/s	68.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s	171.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	80 Watt
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		171.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		10.94 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		10.94 TFLOPS
Transistor count		12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Height		PCIe 4.0 x16
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	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready