Intel Arc A310 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A310 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 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, 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A310
- Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- Around 31% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1530 MHz
- Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1785 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
- Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt
| Launch date | 2022 vs 14 March 2019 |
| Core clock speed | 2000 MHz vs 1530 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2000 MHz vs 1785 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm vs 12 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt vs 120 Watt |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
- 4.1x more memory clock speed: 8004 MHz vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective
- Around 90% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 58014 vs 30574
- Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 776 vs 634
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11659 vs 5437
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| Memory clock speed | 8004 MHz vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 58014 vs 30574 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 776 vs 634 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 11659 vs 5437 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: Intel Arc A310
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
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| Name | Intel Arc A310 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 |
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| Geekbench - OpenCL | 30574 | 58014 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 634 | 776 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 5437 | 11659 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 189.842 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1902.867 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 13.408 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 116.183 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 875.838 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 14998 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3717 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3359 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 14998 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3717 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3359 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1065 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| Intel Arc A310 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Generation 12.7 | Turing |
| Code name | DG2-128 | TU116 |
| Launch date | 2022 | 14 March 2019 |
| Place in performance rating | 241 | 258 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $219 | |
| Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 2000 MHz | 1785 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 2000 MHz | 1530 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 12 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 | 6,600 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort count | 1 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Single-slot | |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 250 Watt | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |
| Length | 229 mm | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.0 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | |
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Memory |
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| 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 | 8004 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | |
