Intel Arc A770 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A770 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

Intel Arc A770

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A770

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 39% higher core clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 1709 MHz
4494.5x more texture fill rate: 614.4 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
3.2x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 16 nm
2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6 GB

Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 5 January 2018
Core clock speed	2100 MHz vs 1506 MHz
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz vs 1709 MHz
Texture fill rate	614.4 GTexel/s vs 136.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 6 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 225 Watt
4x more memory clock speed: 8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 225 Watt
Memory clock speed	8008 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A770
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2

Name	Intel Arc A770	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
PassMark - G2D Mark	686
PassMark - G3D Mark	10630
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	13621
Geekbench - OpenCL	106116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	558.572
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	6840.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	39.71
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	143.941
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2147.102
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14345
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14345

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A770	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Pascal
Code name	DG2-512	GP106
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	5 January 2018
Place in performance rating	69	72
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz	1709 MHz
Core clock speed	2100 MHz	1506 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	16 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	39.32 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	19.66 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4096	1280
Pixel fill rate	307.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	614.4 GTexel/s	136.7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	225 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	4,400 million
Floating-point performance		4,375 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Length		250 mm
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	16 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	512.0 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	8008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5