Intel Arc A730M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A730M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 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).

Intel Arc A730M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A730M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 22% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1680 MHz
Around 60% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 1920
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 160 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 7 January 2019
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1680 MHz
Pipelines	3072 vs 1920
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 160 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7521 vs 7486

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 1100 MHz
8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70826 vs 68757
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 750 vs 683
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14152 vs 10488

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1365 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	70826 vs 68757
PassMark - G2D Mark	750 vs 683
PassMark - G3D Mark	14152 vs 10488

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A730M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

68757

70826

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

683

750

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10488

14152

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

7521

7486

Name	Intel Arc A730M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Geekbench - OpenCL	68757	70826
PassMark - G2D Mark	683	750
PassMark - G3D Mark	10488	14152
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7521	7486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		220.337
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3131.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		135.923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6714

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A730M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Turing
Code name	DG2-512	TU106
Launch date	2022	7 January 2019
Place in performance rating	147	151
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Price now		$349.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		62.74
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1680 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1365 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	1920
Pixel fill rate	196.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	393.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	10,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort count		2
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
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6