Intel Arc A310 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A310 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 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.

Intel Arc A310

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A310

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 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 67% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 125 Watt

Launch date	2022 vs 29 Oct 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 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

2.5x more texture fill rate: 157.1 GTexel/s vs 64.00 GTexel/s
Around 83% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 768
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 62665 vs 30251
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 805 vs 647
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12750 vs 5502

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	157.1 GTexel/s vs 64.00 GTexel/s
Pipelines	1408 vs 768
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	62665 vs 30251
PassMark - G2D Mark	805 vs 647
PassMark - G3D Mark	12750 vs 5502

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A310
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

30251

62665

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

647

805

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5502

12750

Name	Intel Arc A310	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Geekbench - OpenCL	30251	62665
PassMark - G2D Mark	647	805
PassMark - G3D Mark	5502	12750
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		187.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2548.187
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		15.882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		117.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		901.388
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17812
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5990

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A310	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Turing
Code name	DG2-128	TU116
Launch date	2022	29 Oct 2019
Place in performance rating	219	220
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
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)	157.1 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	6.144 TFLOPS (2:1)	10.05 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	3.072 TFLOPS	5.027 TFLOPS
Pipelines	768	1408
Pixel fill rate	32.00 GPixel/s	85.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	64.00 GTexel/s	157.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	125 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	6600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		9 inches (229 mm)
Width		Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	124.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6