Intel Arc A380 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A380 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 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, 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), 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).

Intel Arc A380

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A380

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 98% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1033 MHz
1673.5x more texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 78.4 billion / sec
Around 7% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 960
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 140 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
322.8x more memory clock speed: 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 6.0 GB/s
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 606 vs 487
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6242 vs 4017
3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 38292 vs 11364

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 Jun 2022 vs 6 September 2012
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 980 MHz
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1033 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s vs 78.4 billion / sec
Pipelines	1024 vs 960
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	606 vs 487
PassMark - G3D Mark	6242 vs 4017
Geekbench - OpenCL	38292 vs 11364

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

Around 62% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1307 vs 808

Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1307 vs 808

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A380
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

606

487

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6242

4017

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

808

1307

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38292

11364

Name	Intel Arc A380	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
PassMark - G2D Mark	606	487
PassMark - G3D Mark	6242	4017
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	808	1307
Geekbench - OpenCL	38292	11364
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		30.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		705.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.085
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.416
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		62.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3690
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3365

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A380	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Kepler
Code name	DG2-128	GK106
Launch date	14 Jun 2022	6 September 2012
Place in performance rating	313	740
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Price now		$349.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		14.35
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1033 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	980 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.198 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	960
Pixel fill rate	65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s	78.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	2,540 million
CUDA cores		960
Floating-point performance		1,981 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	42 mm, 1.7 inches	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	222 mm, 8.7 inches	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	One 6-pin
Width	114 mm, 4.5 inches
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	186.0 GB/s	144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	96 bit	192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA