Intel Arc Pro A30M vs NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc Pro A30M and NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q 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.

Intel Arc Pro A30M

NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A30M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 722 MHz
1846.8x more texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel/s vs 69.31 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 696 vs 556
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5862 vs 3568

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Aug 2022 vs 30 August 2015
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 722 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel/s vs 69.31 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 100 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	696 vs 556
PassMark - G3D Mark	5862 vs 3568

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

Around 50% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1024
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Pipelines	1536 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc Pro A30M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

696

556

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5862

3568

Name	Intel Arc Pro A30M	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
Geekbench - OpenCL	30987
PassMark - G2D Mark	696	556
PassMark - G3D Mark	5862	3568

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc Pro A30M	NVIDIA GRID M6-8Q
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	DG2-128	GM204
Launch date	8 Aug 2022	30 August 2015
Place in performance rating	196	194
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	722 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,024 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.192 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.096 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	1536
Pixel fill rate	64.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel/s	69.31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	5,200 million
Floating-point performance		2,218 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	160.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5