NVIDIA A30 vs Intel Arc A770

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA A30 and Intel Arc A770 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).

NVIDIA A30

Intel Arc A770

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA A30

Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 225 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 127071 vs 108639

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	127071 vs 108639

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A770

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 2100 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 67% higher boost clock speed: 2400 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 90% higher texture fill rate: 614.4 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s
Around 14% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 3584
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
Around 65% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Launch date	12 Oct 2022 vs 12 Apr 2021
Core clock speed	2100 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	2400 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Texture fill rate	614.4 GTexel/s vs 322.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4096 vs 3584
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA A30
GPU 2: Intel Arc A770

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

127071

108639

Name	NVIDIA A30	Intel Arc A770
Geekbench - OpenCL	127071	108639
PassMark - G2D Mark		753
PassMark - G3D Mark		13175
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2969
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		552.246
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4822.738
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		36.277
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		19.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1958.986

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA A30	Intel Arc A770
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Generation 12.7
Code name	GA100	DG2-512
Launch date	12 Apr 2021	12 Oct 2022
Place in performance rating	99	98
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	2400 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	2100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	6 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	5.161 TFLOPS (1:2)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS (1:1)	39.32 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	10.32 TFLOPS	19.66 TFLOPS
Pipelines	3584	4096
Pixel fill rate	138.2 GPixel/s	307.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	322.6 GTexel/s	614.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	54200 million	21700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	8-pin EPS	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
DirectX		12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	933.1 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	3072 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1215 MHz, 2.4 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	HBM2e	GDDR6