Intel Arc Pro A30M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc Pro A30M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM 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).

Intel Arc Pro A30M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A30M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
Around 14% higher boost clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1755 MHz
Around 1% higher texture fill rate: 128.0 GTexel/s vs 126.4 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Launch date	8 Aug 2022 vs 4 Jan 2022
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1755 MHz
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel/s vs 126.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 130 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1515 MHz vs 1500 MHz
2.3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 1024
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 96% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 60596 vs 30987
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 958 vs 696
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12003 vs 5862

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1515 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Pipelines	2304 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	60596 vs 30987
PassMark - G2D Mark	958 vs 696
PassMark - G3D Mark	12003 vs 5862

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc Pro A30M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

30987

60596

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

696

958

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5862

12003

Name	Intel Arc Pro A30M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	30987	60596
PassMark - G2D Mark	696	958
PassMark - G3D Mark	5862	12003
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		6261
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		207.741
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2522.737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		19.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		87.152
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		806.848

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc Pro A30M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Ampere
Code name	DG2-128	GA106
Launch date	8 Aug 2022	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	196	195
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz	1755 MHz
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	1515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,024 GFLOPS (1:4)	126.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.192 TFLOPS (2:1)	8.087 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.096 TFLOPS	8.087 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	2304
Pixel fill rate	64.00 GPixel/s	56.16 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	128.0 GTexel/s	126.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Form factor		Dual-slot
Length		242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		300 Watt
Width		112 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	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	128.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6