Intel Arc A730M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A730M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super 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, 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 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1650 MHz
  • Around 41% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2176
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 175 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • 3893x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7786 vs 2
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2022 vs 2 July 2019
Boost clock speed 2050 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Pipelines 3072 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 175 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7786 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 87245 vs 70760
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 857 vs 683
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16542 vs 10488
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1470 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 87245 vs 70760
PassMark - G2D Mark 857 vs 683
PassMark - G3D Mark 16542 vs 10488

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
70760
87245
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
683
857
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10488
16542
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7786
2
Name Intel Arc A730M NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super
Geekbench - OpenCL 70760 87245
PassMark - G2D Mark 683 857
PassMark - G3D Mark 10488 16542
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7786 2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 246.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3885.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 165.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1271.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20969
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5567
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5026
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20969
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5567
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5026

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Arc A730M NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.7 Turing
Code name DG2-512 TU106
Launch date 2022 2 July 2019
Place in performance rating 147 150
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2050 MHz 1650 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 1470 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 2176
Pixel fill rate 196.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 393.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 175 Watt
Transistor count 21700 million 10.8 B
CUDA cores 2176
Maximum GPU temperature 89 C
Render output units 64

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent
Display Port 1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Height 4.435” (112.6mm)
Length 9.0” (228.60mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 8 pin
Width 2-Slot

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.1
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.6 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 336.0 GB/s 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready