Intel Arc A310 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A310 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB 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, 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 A310

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A310

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 17% higher boost clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1709 MHz
468.2x more texture fill rate: 64.00 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
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
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 634 vs 611

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 26 December 2017
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Texture fill rate	64.00 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	634 vs 611

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Around 67% higher pipelines: 1280 vs 768
Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 5 GB vs 4 GB
4.1x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective
Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 35108 vs 30574
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9056 vs 5437

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1280 vs 768
Maximum memory size	5 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	35108 vs 30574
PassMark - G3D Mark	9056 vs 5437

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A310
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

30574

35108

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

634

611

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5437

9056

Name	Intel Arc A310	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	30574	35108
PassMark - G2D Mark	634	611
PassMark - G3D Mark	5437	9056
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		10818
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3417
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3917

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A310	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Pascal
Code name	DG2-128	GP106
Launch date	2022	26 December 2017
Place in performance rating	241	303
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz	1709 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	1280
Pixel fill rate	32.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	64.00 GTexel/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
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	5 GB
Memory bandwidth	124.0 GB/s	160.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	160 Bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5