Intel Arc A770 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A770 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A770

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
  • Around 43% higher core clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 1470 MHz
  • Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 1650 MHz
  • 2.7x more texture fill rate: 614.4 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
  • Around 88% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2176
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 70% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 13635 vs 8017
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Oct 2022 vs 7 Dec 2021
Core clock speed 2100 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Boost clock speed 2400 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Texture fill rate 614.4 GTexel/s vs 224.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines 4096 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 13635 vs 8017

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

  • Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 184 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 841 vs 761
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15890 vs 13159
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 184 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 841 vs 761
PassMark - G3D Mark 15890 vs 13159

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A770
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
761
841
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
13159
15890
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
13635
8017
Name Intel Arc A770 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
PassMark - G2D Mark 761 841
PassMark - G3D Mark 13159 15890
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 13635 8017
Geekbench - OpenCL 106047
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

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Arc A770 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.7 Turing
Code name DG2-512 TU106
Launch date 12 Oct 2022 7 Dec 2021
Place in performance rating 64 67

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2400 MHz 1650 MHz
Core clock speed 2100 MHz 1470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 12 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 39.32 TFLOPS (2:1) 14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 19.66 TFLOPS 7.181 TFLOPS
Pipelines 4096 2176
Pixel fill rate 307.2 GPixel/s 79.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 614.4 GTexel/s 224.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 225 Watt 184 Watt
Transistor count 21700 million 10800 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Height 35 mm, 1.4 inches
Length 229 mm, 9 inches
Width 113 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 512.0 GB/s 336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6