Intel Arc A380 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A380 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

Intel Arc A380

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A380

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 850 MHz
7016x more texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 18.7 billion / sec
2.9x more pipelines: 1024 vs 352
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 40 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 100 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
Around 61% higher memory clock speed: 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1200 MHz
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 616 vs 458
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6246 vs 1617

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 Jun 2022 vs 25 May 2010
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s vs 18.7 billion / sec
Pipelines	1024 vs 352
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 100 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	616 vs 458
PassMark - G3D Mark	6246 vs 1617

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A380
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

616

458

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6246

1617

Name	Intel Arc A380	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
PassMark - G2D Mark	616	458
PassMark - G3D Mark	6246	1617
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	799
Geekbench - OpenCL	38206

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A380	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Fermi
Code name	DG2-128	GF100
Launch date	14 Jun 2022	25 May 2010
Place in performance rating	302	299
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	40 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.198 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	352
Pixel fill rate	65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s	18.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	3,100 million
Floating-point performance		598.4 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	42 mm, 1.7 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Length	222 mm, 8.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Width	114 mm, 4.5 inches
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 API
OpenCL	3.0	1.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	186.0 GB/s	76.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	96 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI