Intel Arc A730M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A730M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 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) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1620 MHz
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2304
  • 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
Launch date 2022 vs 17 October 2018
Boost clock speed 2050 MHz vs 1620 MHz
Pipelines 3072 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 175 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

  • Around 28% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 24% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 87863 vs 70826
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 820 vs 683
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16151 vs 10488
  • Around 12% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8850 vs 7911
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1410 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 87863 vs 70826
PassMark - G2D Mark 820 vs 683
PassMark - G3D Mark 16151 vs 10488
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8850 vs 7911

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A730M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
70826
87863
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
683
820
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10488
16151
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7911
8850
Name Intel Arc A730M NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Geekbench - OpenCL 70826 87863
PassMark - G2D Mark 683 820
PassMark - G3D Mark 10488 16151
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7911 8850
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 251.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3742.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 153.341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1304.365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3350

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Arc A730M NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.7 Turing
Code name DG2-512 TU106
Launch date 2022 17 October 2018
Place in performance rating 147 146
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Price now $499.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 42.76

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2050 MHz 1620 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 1410 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 2304
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 10,800 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

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 (12_1)
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 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6