Intel Arc A770 vs GeForce RTX 3050

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Intel Arc A770 16 GB with 4096 shaders against the 9 months older GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

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)

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Currency
16 GB GDDR6
VS
8 GB GDDR6
67.4
(Good)
Value Index
47.6
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 3050 over Arc A770
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A770
  • Performs significantly better (up to 2x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 2.2x higher maximum theoretical performance (19.7 vs 9.1 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 57% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 66 vs 42 FPS
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 6 nm process technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3050
  • Supports Nvidia DLSS 2 technology

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
119
77
64
50
92
53
43
26
The Witcher 3
147
126
91
46
90
70
49
24
Counter-Strike 2
162
114
82
42
139
101
72
31
Far Cry 6
108
98
75
41
76
66
49
25
Hogwarts Legacy
69
57
45
22
49
38
30
13
CoD: Modern Warfare III
80
81
58
37
59
49
35
22
Ghost of Tsushima
69
58
45
25
46
35
28
15
Cyberpunk 2077
86
77
53
24
48
45
26
11
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
118
105
81
43
80
73
49
25
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 106 75
1080p Ultra 88 59
1440p Ultra 66 42
4K Ultra 37 21
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 A770 +99%
12635
6348
Time Spy 13554 6235
Solar Bay 51133 30191
Port Royal 7236 3546
Fire Strike 34120 15967
Wild Life Extreme 26276 12795
Night Raid 122449 74854
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Arc A770 +70%
113935
67028
Background Blur 175 img/sec 110.4 img/sec
Face Detection 98 img/sec 64.4 img/sec
Horizon Detection 3.63 Gpixels/sec 2.87 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 5.51 Gpixels/sec 3.76 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 8.51 Gpixels/sec 2.89 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.89 Gpixels/sec 0.81 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 492.6 Gpixels/sec 270.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 24819.2 FPS 9339.7 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
n/a
4722

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
Arc A770 +7%
13351
12471
G2D Mark 760 916
DirectX 11 78 FPS 90 FPS
DirectX 12 74 FPS 59 FPS
GPU Compute 5820 Ops/s 6415 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6]1790 & 9379 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Arc A770 +40%
2047.42
1463.42
Sources: Blender [9], [10]795 & 1082 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Arc A770
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 3050
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-21 -> DmitryDmitryCinebench 20244722
📘 2026-04-21 -> DmitryDmitrySteel Nomad Light6237

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 A770 +13%
13344
11848
GB6 ML Half Precision
14119
RTX 3050 +51%
21368
GB6 ML Quantized
Arc A770 +28%
10082
7905
Image Classification (SP) 5750 4958
Image Segmentation (HP) 16175 12747
Image Super Resolution (Q) 12997 9816
Face Detection (HP) 21409 22467
Pose Estimation (Q) 67820 41362
Text Classification (SP) 849 2563
Machine Translation (HP) 2627 3721
Object Detection (SP) 7465 5929
Depth Estimation (Q) 24186 18361
Style Transfer (SP) 183238 84665
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Intel Arc A770 and GeForce RTX 3050

General

Vendor Intel Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released October 12, 2022 January 27, 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $329 $249
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Generation 12.7 Ampere
GPU Codename DG2-512 GA106
Rival Equivalent - GeForce RTX 3050 -
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 12500 or above - Intel Core i5 12400 or above
Desktop GPU rating (51st and 70th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 2100 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost Clock 2400 MHz 1777 MHz
Shading Units 4096 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 256 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 128 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) - 20
Tensor Cores 512 80
Ray-tracing Cores 32 20
L1 Cache - 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 16MB shared 2MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 307 GPixel/s 57 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 614 GTexel/s 142 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
Arc A770 +116%
19.7 TFLOPS
9.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 225 W 130 W
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Fabrication Process 6 nm 8 nm
Die Size 406 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor Count 21 billion 12 billion
Transistor Density 51.72 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 16000 Mbps 14000 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
Arc A770 +129%
512 GB/s
224 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA - 8.6
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2
DisplayPort - 1.4a

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