Intel Arc A370M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A370M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 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 69% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1216 MHz
  • 911.1x more texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 144 billion / sec
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
  • 4.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 165 Watt
  • 250x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 7.0 GB/s
  • Around 52% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 167.171 vs 110.006
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1470.844 vs 1348.307
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.937 vs 9.194
  • Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 71.258 vs 37.443
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 482.549 vs 477.015
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 Mar 2022 vs 19 September 2014
Boost clock speed 2050 MHz vs 1216 MHz
Texture fill rate 131.2 GTexel/s vs 144 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 165 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 110.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1470.844 vs 1348.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 10.937 vs 9.194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 71.258 vs 37.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 482.549 vs 477.015

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

  • 2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 792 vs 724
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11104 vs 5115
  • Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 34824 vs 29668
  • Around 26% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4321 vs 3443
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 2048 vs 1024
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 792 vs 724
PassMark - G3D Mark 11104 vs 5115
Geekbench - OpenCL 34824 vs 29668
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4321 vs 3443

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A370M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
167.171
110.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1470.844
1348.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
10.937
9.194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
71.258
37.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
482.549
477.015
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
724
792
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
5115
11104
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
29668
34824
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3443
4321
Name Intel Arc A370M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 167.171 110.006
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1470.844 1348.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 10.937 9.194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 71.258 37.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 482.549 477.015
PassMark - G2D Mark 724 792
PassMark - G3D Mark 5115 11104
Geekbench - OpenCL 29668 34824
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3443 4321
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3335
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 9566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3335

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Arc A370M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

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 361 364
Launch price (MSRP) $549
Price now $605.06
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 21.18

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2050 MHz 1216 MHz
Core clock speed 1550 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 2048
Pixel fill rate 65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 131.2 GTexel/s 144 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 165 Watt
Transistor count 7200 million 5,200 million
CUDA cores 2048
Floating-point performance 4,981 gflops

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
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support 1
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support
VGA аnalog display support 1

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 1
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pins

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
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
BatteryBoost
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
Surround