Intel Arc A770 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

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Arc A770 compared with GeForce RTX 3060

	IntelArc A770	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3060
Overview
Released
Released	October 2022	February 2021
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	Intel	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Xe HPG (Alchemist)	Ampere
Shader cores
Shader cores	4,096	3,584
Boost clock
Boost clock	–	1,780 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	32 Xe-cores in 8 render slices; 512 Xe Vector Engines; Intel lists a 2100 MHz graphics clock, not a boost-clock rating. Photo shows the 16 GB Limited Edition backplate; 8 GB partner coolers vary	NVIDIA reference GPU specifications; photo shows Gainward's stock-clock 12 GB Ghost partner card. NVIDIA announced worldwide partner availability of the 8 GB revision from November 2022.
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	TSMC N6	8 nm (Gainward Ghost datasheet)
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	32 ray tracing units	Second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	512 Intel XMX engines; 262 TOPS INT8	Third-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	Intel XeSS	NVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	–	1.32 GHz; NVIDIA rounds boost to 1.78 GHz, while Gainward's stock-clock 12 GB Ghost and 8 GB Pegasus both specify 1,777 MHz
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	16 GB GDDR6 or 8 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR6 or 8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	192-bit or 128-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	560 GB/s or 512 GB/s	360 GB/s or 240 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	16 GB GDDR6 at 17.5 Gbps; also sold as an 8 GB version with 16 Gbps memory (512 GB/s)	15 Gbps GDDR6. Original 12 GB is 192-bit with 360 GB/s bandwidth (Gainward Ghost); later 8 GB is 128-bit with 240 GB/s (Gainward Pegasus).
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	225 W	170 W (better)
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	DisplayPort 2.0 up to UHBR 10, HDMI 2.1, HDMI 2.0b; up to 4 displays	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3; check the chosen partner card
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320 at 60 Hz over DisplayPort, 4096 × 2160 at 60 Hz over HDMI	7680 × 4320; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR or 8K 60 Hz HDR
Power connector
Power connector	–	Varies by partner card; Gainward's 12 GB Ghost and 8 GB Pegasus each specify 1 × PCIe 8-pin
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	–	550 W on NVIDIA's reference specification, based on an Intel Core i9-10900K system
Slot width
Slot width	–	Varies by partner card; no Founders Edition model
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	2 multi-format codec engines; H.264, HEVC and AV1 encode and decode	Seventh-generation NVENC, fifth-generation NVDEC; hardware AV1 decode, no AV1 encode