Intel Arc A310 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A310 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 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 RTX 3050 8GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A310

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1552 MHz
Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1777 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
Around 73% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Launch date	2022 vs 4 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1552 MHz
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 130 Watt
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

2.2x more texture fill rate: 142.2 GTexel/s vs 64.00 GTexel/s
3.3x more pipelines: 2560 vs 768
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 918 vs 634
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12598 vs 5437

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s vs 64.00 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2560 vs 768
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	918 vs 634
PassMark - G3D Mark	12598 vs 5437

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A310
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

634

918

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5437

12598

Name	Intel Arc A310	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Geekbench - OpenCL	30574
PassMark - G2D Mark	634	918
PassMark - G3D Mark	5437	12598

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A310	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Ampere
Code name	DG2-128	GA106
Launch date	2022	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	241	52
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	768.0 GFLOPS (1:4)	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	6.144 TFLOPS (2:1)	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	3.072 TFLOPS	9.098 TFLOPS
Pipelines	768	2560
Pixel fill rate	32.00 GPixel/s	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	64.00 GTexel/s	142.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		242 mm, 9.5 inches
Width		112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	124.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6