Intel Arc A730M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A730M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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 A730M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1468 MHz
  • 1675.6x more texture fill rate: 393.6 GTexel/s vs 234.9 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2560
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 16 nm
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 47% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70789 vs 48090
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2022 vs 27 June 2017
Boost clock speed 2050 MHz vs 1468 MHz
Texture fill rate 393.6 GTexel/s vs 234.9 GTexel / s
Pipelines 3072 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 16 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 70789 vs 48090

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • 5.7x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 715 vs 683
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11414 vs 10488
  • 3.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6008 vs 1793
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1290 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Memory clock speed 10008 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 715 vs 683
PassMark - G3D Mark 11414 vs 10488
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6008 vs 1793

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A730M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
70789
48090
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
683
715
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10488
11414
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1793
6008
Name Intel Arc A730M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL 70789 48090
PassMark - G2D Mark 683 715
PassMark - G3D Mark 10488 11414
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1793 6008
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Arc A730M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.7 Pascal
Code name DG2-512 GP104
Launch date 2022 27 June 2017
Place in performance rating 184 181
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2050 MHz 1468 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 1290 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 16 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 25.19 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.60 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3072 2560
Pixel fill rate 196.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 393.6 GTexel/s 234.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 21700 million 7,200 million
Floating-point performance 7,516 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent No outputs
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 336.0 GB/s 320.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 10008 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5X
Shared memory 0

Technologies

Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready