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Intel Arc A380 vs GeForce GTX 1650

Intel Arc A380
VS
GeForce GTX 1650
Intel Arc A380
DG2-128
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650
TU117

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Intel Arc A380 6 GB with 1024 shaders against the 2 years and 10 months older GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB that utilizes 14 pipelines and 896 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
6 GB GDDR6
VS
4 GB GDDR5
32.2
(Mediocre)
Value Index
12.2
(Bad)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1650 over Arc A380
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A380
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 6 nm process technology
  • 40% higher maximum theoretical performance (4.2 vs 3 TFLOPS)
  • Ray-tracing support with 8 dedicated RT cores
  • Includes 2 GB more video memory
  • Has 45% higher memory bandwidth: 186 vs 128.1 GB/s
  • Features 128 tensor cores for effective deep learning and AI workloads

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
Arc A380
vs
GTX 1650

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
58
31
24
14
57
32
24
15
The Witcher 3
49
37
26
12
43
33
21
10
Counter-Strike 2
51
38
26
12
75
54
34
14
Far Cry 6
41
37
24
11
45
41
26
13
Hogwarts Legacy
18
14
10
-
25
21
17
-
CoD: Modern Warfare III
31
29
19
13
37
31
20
14
Ghost of Tsushima
26
20
13
-
25
15
14
-
Cyberpunk 2077
26
23
12
-
28
22
13
-
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
42
38
23
14
45
43
29
13
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 38 42
1080p Ultra 30 32
1440p Ultra 20 22
4K Ultra 10 11
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Arc A380 +1%
3444
GTX 1650
3420
Time Spy 4231 3562
Solar Bay 14981 12275
Port Royal 1495 -
Fire Strike 9945 9702
Wild Life Extreme 7811 7353
Night Raid 49170 46224
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Arc A380 +1%
39896
GTX 1650
39481
Background Blur 81.3 img/sec 66.4 img/sec
Face Detection 38.4 img/sec 43.3 img/sec
Horizon Detection 1.18 Gpixels/sec 1.51 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 1.65 Gpixels/sec 1.68 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 2.45 Gpixels/sec 1.87 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.46 Gpixels/sec 0.49 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 146.5 Gpixels/sec 187.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 7107.7 FPS 5261.5 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
Arc A380
6320
GTX 1650 +24%
7868
G2D Mark 639 551
DirectX 11 37 FPS 58 FPS
DirectX 12 35 FPS 35 FPS
GPU Compute 2780 Ops/s 3031 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 720 & 37746 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Arc A380 +6%
464.79
GTX 1650
438.56
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 116 & 919 samples
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
Arc A380
5656
GTX 1650 +34%
7569
GB6 ML Half Precision
Arc A380 +3%
6112
GTX 1650
5940
GB6 ML Quantized
Arc A380
4218
GTX 1650 +32%
5581
Image Classification (SP) 3198 3208
Image Segmentation (HP) 3938 4254
Image Super Resolution (Q) 5735 7050
Face Detection (HP) 5634 6849
Pose Estimation (Q) 20620 23562
Text Classification (SP) 798 1755
Machine Translation (HP) 1098 3096
Object Detection (SP) 3460 3710
Depth Estimation (Q) 11598 12946
Style Transfer (SP) 55429 48894
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Arc A380 and GeForce GTX 1650

General

Vendor Intel Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released January 14, 2022 April 23, 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $139 $149
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Generation 12.7 Turing
GPU Codename DG2-128 TU117
Rival Equivalent - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti -
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 12400 or above - Intel Core i5 9400 or above
Desktop GPU rating (86th and 88th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 2000 MHz 1485 MHz
Boost Clock 2050 MHz 1665 MHz
Shading Units 1024 896
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 64 56
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) - 14
Tensor Cores 128 No
Ray-tracing Cores 8 No
L1 Cache - 64KB per cluster
L2 Cache 4MB shared 1024KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 66 GPixel/s 53 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 131 GTexel/s 93 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
Arc A380 +40%
4.2 TFLOPS
GTX 1650
3 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 75 W 75 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 6 nm 12 nm
Die Size 157 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor Count 7 billion 4 billion
Transistor Density 44.59 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory Size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory Clock 1937 MHz 2001 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 15500 Mbps 8000 Mbps
Bus 96-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
Arc A380 +45%
186 GB/s
GTX 1650
128.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA - 7.5
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.0 1.4a

Cast your vote

Choose between two graphics cards
37 (74%)
13 (26%)
Total votes: 50

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