NVIDIA RTX A500 vs Intel Arc A370M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A500 and Intel Arc A370M 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX A500

Intel Arc A370M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A500

2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 1024

Pipelines	2048 vs 1024

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A370M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1550 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1770 MHz
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 113.3 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 60 Watt

Launch date	30 Mar 2022 vs 10 Nov 2021
Core clock speed	1550 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1770 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s vs 113.3 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 60 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A500
GPU 2: Intel Arc A370M

Name	NVIDIA RTX A500	Intel Arc A370M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		167.171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1470.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		10.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		71.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		482.549
PassMark - G2D Mark		724
PassMark - G3D Mark		5115
Geekbench - OpenCL		29747
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3443

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A500	Intel Arc A370M
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Generation 12.7
Code name	GA107	DG2-128
Launch date	10 Nov 2021	30 Mar 2022
Place in performance rating	not rated	333
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	2050 MHz
Core clock speed	1440 MHz	1550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	6 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	113.3 GFLOPS (1:64)	1,050 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	7.250 TFLOPS (1:1)	8.397 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	7.250 TFLOPS	4.198 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	1024
Pixel fill rate	56.64 GPixel/s	65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	113.3 GTexel/s	131.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count		7200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
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	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	112.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6