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).

Intel Arc A730M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A730M

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 11 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: 87815 vs 70760
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 821 vs 683
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16156 vs 10488
Around 14% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8861 vs 7786

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1410 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	87815 vs 70760
PassMark - G2D Mark	821 vs 683
PassMark - G3D Mark	16156 vs 10488
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8861 vs 7786

Compare benchmarks

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

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

70760

87815

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

683

821

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10488

16156

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

7786

8861

Name	Intel Arc A730M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Geekbench - OpenCL	70760	87815
PassMark - G2D Mark	683	821
PassMark - G3D Mark	10488	16156
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7786	8861
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