Intel Arc A370M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A370M and NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Arc A370M

NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A370M

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1550 MHz vs 500 MHz
618.9x more texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 90 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 110 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1200 MHz
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 623 vs 413
22.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4625 vs 202

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 Mar 2022 vs 5 June 2006
Core clock speed	1550 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 110 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	623 vs 413
PassMark - G3D Mark	4625 vs 202

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A370M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

623

413

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

4625

202

Name	Intel Arc A370M	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	167.171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1470.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	71.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	482.549
PassMark - G2D Mark	623	413
PassMark - G3D Mark	4625	202
Geekbench - OpenCL	28611
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3443

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A370M	NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Curie
Code name	DG2-128	G71
Launch date	30 Mar 2022	5 June 2006
Place in performance rating	380	376
Launch price (MSRP)		$599
Price now		$54.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		4.54
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz
Core clock speed	1550 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	90 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,050 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.198 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024
Pixel fill rate	65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	110 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		270 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0c
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	2x 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3