Intel Arc A770 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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Intel Arc A770
DG2-512
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Intel Arc A770 16 GB with 4096 shaders against the 1 year and 11 months older GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB that utilizes 38 pipelines and 4864 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A770
- Manufactured using a more efficient 6 nm process technology
- 22% higher maximum theoretical performance (19.7 vs 16.2 TFLOPS)
- Includes 8 GB more video memory
- Features 360 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
- Shows 17% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 77 vs 66 FPS
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 2 technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 119 77 64 50 |
132 88 75 54 |
| The Witcher 3 | 147 126 91 46 |
152 128 92 47 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 162 114 82 42 |
226 169 121 64 |
| Far Cry 6 | 108 98 75 41 |
114 103 83 47 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 69 57 45 22 |
86 73 55 29 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 80 81 58 37 |
107 99 72 47 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 69 58 45 25 |
82 69 48 28 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 86 77 53 24 |
92 81 48 22 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 118 105 81 43 |
139 132 95 53 |
| 1080p High | 106 | 126 |
| 1080p Ultra | 88 | 105 |
| 1440p Ultra | 66 | 77 |
| 4K Ultra | 37 | 43 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 13554 | 11707 |
| Solar Bay | 51133 | 54429 |
| Port Royal | 7236 | 6971 |
| Fire Strike | 34120 | 29571 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 26276 | 24417 |
| Night Raid | 122449 | 109862 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 175 img/sec | 185.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 98 img/sec | 108.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.63 Gpixels/sec | 5.35 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.51 Gpixels/sec | 7.17 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 8.51 Gpixels/sec | 5.54 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.89 Gpixels/sec | 1.15 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 492.6 Gpixels/sec | 478 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 24819.2 FPS | 15183 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 760 | 989 |
| DirectX 11 | 78 FPS | 164 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 74 FPS | 78 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 5820 Ops/s | 9865 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 5750 | 7384 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 16175 | 19320 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 12997 | 16108 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 21409 | 34615 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 67820 | 74811 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 849 | 2638 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 2627 | 4136 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 7465 | 8718 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 24186 | 25946 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 183238 | 153275 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Intel Arc A770 and GeForce RTX 3060 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | October 12, 2022 | December 2, 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | $399 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | DG2-512 | GA104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 3050 | - Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 12500 or above | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (51st and 48th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2100 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2400 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4096 | 4864 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 256 | 152 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 128 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | - | 38 |
| Tensor Cores | 512 | 152 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 32 | 38 |
| L1 Cache | - | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 16MB shared | 4MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 307 GPixel/s | 133 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 614 GTexel/s | 253 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 225 W | 200 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 6 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 406 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 21 billion | 17 billion |
| Transistor Density | 51.72 MTr/mm² | 43.37 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 | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
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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