Intel Arc A380 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A380 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A380

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 817 MHz
  • Around 60% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1282 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 606 vs 589
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 14 Jun 2022 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed 2000 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed 2050 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 606 vs 589

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

  • Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 153.8 GTexel/s vs 131.2 GTexel/s
  • 3.8x more pipelines: 3840 vs 1024
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13253 vs 6242
  • 2.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1821 vs 808
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 78982 vs 38292
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 153.8 GTexel/s vs 131.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3840 vs 1024
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13253 vs 6242
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1821 vs 808
Geekbench - OpenCL 78982 vs 38292

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A380
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
606
589
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6242
13253
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
808
1821
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
38292
78982
Name Intel Arc A380 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark 606 589
PassMark - G3D Mark 6242 13253
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 808 1821
Geekbench - OpenCL 38292 78982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 330.903
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3461.767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 26.167
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 143.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 979.608
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Arc A380 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.7 Ampere
Code name DG2-128 GA106
Launch date 14 Jun 2022 12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating 313 144
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2050 MHz 1282 MHz
Core clock speed 2000 MHz 817 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 8 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 8.397 TFLOPS (2:1) 9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 4.198 TFLOPS 9.846 TFLOPS
Pipelines 1024 3840
Pixel fill rate 65.60 GPixel/s 61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 131.2 GTexel/s 153.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 60 Watt
Transistor count 7200 million 12000 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0 Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Height 42 mm, 1.7 inches
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
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
Laptop size large

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 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 186.0 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 96 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready