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
Specifications (specs)
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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
30574
58014
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
634
776
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5437
11659
Name Intel Arc A310 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 1
DisplayPort support
HDMI

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 8-pin
Length 229 mm

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0
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 8004 MHz
Memory type GDDR6