Intel Arc A730M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A730M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 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.

Intel Arc A730M

NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A730M

Videocard is newer: launch date 19 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
1856.6x more texture fill rate: 393.6 GTexel/s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 90 nm
Around 81% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 145 Watt
12x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1210 MHz
41.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9808 vs 236

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 24 April 2006
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	393.6 GTexel/s vs 2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 145 Watt
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 2x 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1210 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	9808 vs 236

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 653 vs 565

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	653 vs 565

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A730M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

565

653

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9808

236

Name	Intel Arc A730M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	70573
PassMark - G2D Mark	565	653
PassMark - G3D Mark	9808	236
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1732

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A730M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Curie
Code name	DG2-512	G71
Launch date	2022	24 April 2006
Place in performance rating	227	230
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,799
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	90 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	25.19 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.60 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3072
Pixel fill rate	196.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	393.6 GTexel/s	2x 12 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	145 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	278 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	4x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length		305 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0c
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	2x 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	2x 38.7 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1210 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3