Intel Arc A370M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A370M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A370M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 48% higher core clock speed: 1550 MHz vs 1050 MHz
  • Around 74% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1178 MHz
  • 1203.7x more texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4.2x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 148 Watt
  • 250x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 167.171 vs 105.107
  • Around 20% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1470.844 vs 1225.96
  • Around 25% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.937 vs 8.76
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 71.258 vs 35.714
  • Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 29668 vs 28476
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 Mar 2022 vs 19 September 2014
Core clock speed 1550 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Boost clock speed 2050 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate 131.2 GTexel/s vs 109 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 148 Watt
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 167.171 vs 105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1470.844 vs 1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 10.937 vs 8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 71.258 vs 35.714
Geekbench - OpenCL 29668 vs 28476

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

  • Around 63% higher pipelines: 1664 vs 1024
  • Around 2% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 489.884 vs 482.549
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 769 vs 724
  • Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9638 vs 5115
  • Around 5% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3626 vs 3443
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 1664 vs 1024
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 489.884 vs 482.549
PassMark - G2D Mark 769 vs 724
PassMark - G3D Mark 9638 vs 5115
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3626 vs 3443

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A370M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
167.171
105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1470.844
1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.937
8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
71.258
35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
482.549
489.884
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
724
769
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5115
9638
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
29668
28476
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3443
3626
Name Intel Arc A370M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 167.171 105.107
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1470.844 1225.96
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 10.937 8.76
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 71.258 35.714
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 482.549 489.884
PassMark - G2D Mark 724 769
PassMark - G3D Mark 5115 9638
Geekbench - OpenCL 29668 28476
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3443 3626
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11499
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3340

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Arc A370M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.7 Maxwell 2.0
Code name DG2-128 GM204
Launch date 30 Mar 2022 19 September 2014
Place in performance rating 361 363
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Price now $407.76
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 28.59

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2050 MHz 1178 MHz
Core clock speed 1550 MHz 1050 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 28 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 1664
Pixel fill rate 65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 131.2 GTexel/s 109 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 148 Watt
Transistor count 7200 million 5,200 million
CUDA cores 1664
Floating-point performance 3,920 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature 98 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Audio input for HDMI Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (26.7 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 500 Watt
SLI options 4x
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pins

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Shader Model 6.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 112.0 GB/s 224 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 7.0 GB/s
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
Adaptive Vertical Sync
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
SLI
Surround