Intel Arc A310 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A310 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Intel Arc A310

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A310

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1708 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 16 nm
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt

Launch date	2022 vs 25 December 2016
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1708 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 120 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104

4.1x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective

Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A310
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104

Name	Intel Arc A310	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104
Geekbench - OpenCL	30574
PassMark - G2D Mark	634
PassMark - G3D Mark	5437

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A310	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3 GB GP104
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Pascal
Code name	DG2-128	GP104
Launch date	2022	25 December 2016
Place in performance rating	241	not rated
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz	1708 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	768.0 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	6.144 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	3.072 TFLOPS
Pipelines	768
Pixel fill rate	32.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	64.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	7,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		250 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	124.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6