Intel Arc A730M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards Intel Arc A730M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition, chip, information processing units.

• Architecture
  Xe HPG / Generation 12.7 -
• Execution Units
  3072 30
• GPU Chip
  DG2-512 TU106
• L1 Cache
  No -
• L2 Cache
  12 MB -
• Render Output Units
  96 48
• RT Cores
  24 -
• Texture Units
  192 120
• Based on
  - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
• Shader
  - 1920

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

• Memory Bandwidth
  336 GB/s 336 GB/s
• Memory Clock
  1750 MHz -
• Memory Data Rate
  14 Gbps -
• Memory Size
  12 GB 6 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6
• Memory Bus
  - 192 bit
• Memory Speed (legacy frequency label)
  - 1750 MHz

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

• Base Clock
  300 MHz 1365 MHz
• Boost Clock
  1100 MHz 1680 MHz
• Game Clock
  - -
• Overclocking
  - Yes

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

• TDP
  80 W 160 W
• Maximum Junction Temperature
  - -
• TDP (up)
  - -

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system Intel Arc A730M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition.

• Cooler-Type
  - Air cooling
• Fan-Type
  - Axial
• Fan 1
  - 2 x 90 mm
• Fan 2
  - -
• Noise (Idle)
  - 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  - -

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  1 4
• PCIe Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
• Power Connectors
  No 1 x 8-Pin
• DisplayPort Ports
  - 2 × DisplayPort 1.4a
• DVI Ports
  - 1 × DVI
• HDCP Version
  - 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  - 1 × HDMI 2.0b
• USB-C Ports
  - 1 × USB-C
• VGA Ports
  - -

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• DirectX
  12.2 12_2
• Max. resolution
  3840 × 2160 7680 × 4320
• OpenCL
  3.0 -
• OpenGL
  4.6 -
• Shader Model
  6.6 -
• Vulkan
  1.3 -
• DLSS / FSR
  - Yes
• LED
  - No LED lighting
• Raytracing
  - Yes

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• AV1
  - No
• h264
  - Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  - Decode / Encode
• VP8
  - Decode
• VP9
  - Decode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Slot Size
  IGP 2 PCIe-Slots
• Height
  - 113 mm
• Length
  - 229 mm
• Weight
  - -
• Width
  - -

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Founders Edition and Intel Arc A730M.

• Process Technology
  6 nm 12 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q1/2019
• Documents
  - data sheet
• Launch Price (historical)
  - -
• Part Number
  - -

• FP16 (theoretical)
  13.52 TFLOPS -
• FP32 (theoretical)
  6.758 TFLOPS -
• FP64 (theoretical)
  1.69 TFLOPS -
• Pixel Rate
  105.6 GPixel/s -
• Texture Rate
  211.2 GTexel/s -