Intel Arc A730M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A730M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 A730M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1770 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70573 vs 61068
  • Around 63% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1732 vs 1062
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2022 vs 22 February 2019
Boost clock speed 2050 MHz vs 1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 70573 vs 61068
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1732 vs 1062

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

  • Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • 6.9x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 808 vs 565
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12908 vs 9808
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 808 vs 565
PassMark - G3D Mark 12908 vs 9808

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A730M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
70573
61068
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
565
808
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
9808
12908
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1732
1062
Name Intel Arc A730M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
Geekbench - OpenCL 70573 61068
PassMark - G2D Mark 565 808
PassMark - G3D Mark 9808 12908
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1732 1062
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 208.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2573.643
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 16.447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 145.886
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 926.614
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16952
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Arc A730M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.7 Turing
Code name DG2-512 TU116
Launch date 2022 22 February 2019
Place in performance rating 219 220
Launch price (MSRP) $279
Price now $279.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 67.32

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2050 MHz 1770 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 12 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 25.19 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.60 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3072
Pixel fill rate 196.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 393.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 120 Watt
Transistor count 21700 million 6,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count 1
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 229 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 12000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6