Intel Arc A730M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A730M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q 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 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 87% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1095 MHz
  • Around 4% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2944
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 683 vs 534
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2022 vs 29 January 2019
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 2050 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Pipelines 3072 vs 2944
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 683 vs 534

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

  • 6.9x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 83162 vs 70760
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13106 vs 10488
  • Around 2% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7928 vs 7786
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 12000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 83162 vs 70760
PassMark - G3D Mark 13106 vs 10488
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7928 vs 7786

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A730M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
70760
83162
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
683
534
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10488
13106
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
7786
7928
Name Intel Arc A730M NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
Geekbench - OpenCL 70760 83162
PassMark - G2D Mark 683 534
PassMark - G3D Mark 10488 13106
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 7786 7928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 297.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3676.805
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 22.75
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 162.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1116.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 19139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8905
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8060
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 19139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8905
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8060

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Arc A730M NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.7 Turing
Code name DG2-512 TU104B
Launch date 2022 29 January 2019
Place in performance rating 147 148
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2050 MHz 1095 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 735 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 2944
Pixel fill rate 196.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 393.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 21700 million 13,600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0
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 12000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6