Intel Arc Pro A40 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc Pro A40 and NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

Intel Arc Pro A40

NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A40

Videocard is newer: launch date 17 year(s) 8 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 525 MHz
25904.8x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel/s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 110 nm
48x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 128 MB
Around 82% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1100 MHz

Launch date	8 Aug 2022 vs 14 November 2004
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 525 MHz
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel/s vs 4.2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1100 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc Pro A40
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL

Name	Intel Arc Pro A40	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
Geekbench - OpenCL	32858
PassMark - G3D Mark		95
PassMark - G2D Mark		243

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc Pro A40	NVIDIA GeForce 6700 XL
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Curie
Code name	DG2-128	NV43 A2
Launch date	8 Aug 2022	14 November 2004
Place in performance rating	711	710
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1700 MHz
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	525 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	110 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	870.4 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	6.963 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	3.482 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024
Pixel fill rate	54.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel/s	4.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	146 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0	1x DVI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 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	6 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1100 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR3