Intel Arc A380 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A380 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

Intel Arc A380

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A380

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 832 MHz
Around 77% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1155 MHz
Around 77% higher texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 73.92 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Launch date	14 Jun 2022 vs 17 Dec 2021
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 832 MHz
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1155 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s vs 73.92 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q

2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 75 Watt

Pipelines	2048 vs 1024
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A380
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q

Name	Intel Arc A380	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	606
PassMark - G3D Mark	6242
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	808
Geekbench - OpenCL	38292

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A380	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Ampere
Code name	DG2-128	GA107
Launch date	14 Jun 2022	17 Dec 2021
Place in performance rating	313	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1155 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	832 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS (2:1)	9.462 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.198 TFLOPS	4.731 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	2048
Pixel fill rate	65.60 GPixel/s	36.96 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s	73.92 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		147.8 GFLOPS (1:32)
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	42 mm, 1.7 inches	35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	222 mm, 8.7 inches	229 mm, 9 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Width	114 mm, 4.5 inches	113 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	186.0 GB/s	96.00 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6