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 6 year(s) 0 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
Around 4% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7775 vs 7472

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	7775 vs 7472

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 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 71691 vs 70628
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 747 vs 683
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14134 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	71691 vs 70628
PassMark - G2D Mark	747 vs 683
PassMark - G3D Mark	14134 vs 10488

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

70628

71691

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

683

747

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10488

14134

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

7775

7472

Name	Intel Arc A730M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Geekbench - OpenCL	70628	71691
PassMark - G2D Mark	683	747
PassMark - G3D Mark	10488	14134
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7775	7472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		217.04
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3119.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		21.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		133.975
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	152	155
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