NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs Intel Arc A730M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and Intel Arc A730M 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Intel Arc A730M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Around 12% higher core clock speed: 1237 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 819 vs 683
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10691 vs 10488

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1237 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	819 vs 683
PassMark - G3D Mark	10691 vs 10488

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A730M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1492 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 393.6 GTexel/s vs 119.4 GTexel/s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70899 vs 56878
Around 63% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7911 vs 4842

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 6 Jul 2022
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1492 MHz
Texture fill rate	393.6 GTexel/s vs 119.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3072 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	70899 vs 56878
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7911 vs 4842

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: Intel Arc A730M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

819

683

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10691

10488

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

56878

70899

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4842

7911

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	Intel Arc A730M
PassMark - G2D Mark	819	683
PassMark - G3D Mark	10691	10488
Geekbench - OpenCL	56878	70899
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4842	7911

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	Intel Arc A730M
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Generation 12.7
Code name	GA107	DG2-512
Launch date	6 Jul 2022	2022
Place in performance rating	151	148
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz	2050 MHz
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	6 nm
Pipelines	2560	3072
Pixel fill rate	47.74 GPixel/s	196.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s	393.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	8700 million	21700 million
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		25.19 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		12.60 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6