Expected for months, the graphics cards High-end Arc – here in a mobile version – is finally in the spotlight at Intel.
A short month after the publication of a first result under 3DMark, Intel details the performance of its Arc A770M and A730M GPUs. What convince us that it is back to compete with AMD and NVIDIA?
Dual GPUs for Gamer Laptops
After the release, two months ago, of the A350M GPU, Intel decided to change its tune and draw more muscular models based on Arc 7. Two GPUs thus have the honors of a more detailed.
First there is the one English speakers call the flagship (or flagship). The Arc 770M is thus designed around the ACM-G10 GPU. This is its full version with its 32 Xe-Cores, 4,096 ALUs and 32 units dedicated to the ray tracing. The GPU here is clocked at 1.65 GHz and supported by 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus.
Alongside this model, Intel distributes an “incomplete” version of the same GPU via the Arc A730M. In fact, we only have 24 Xe-Cores, 3,072 ALUs and 24 units dedicated to the ray tracing. The frequency is limited to 1.1 GHz and the video memory to 12 GB of GDDR6 on 192-bit bus.
In front of the RTX 3060… in consumption too
In order to compare its GPUs with those of the competition, Intel specifies that it has used four configurations opposing the Arc A730M, the Arc A770M, the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobility and the GeForce RTX 3060 Mobility.
- Bow A770M – Pre-production laptop (Core i9-12900HK, 16GB DDR5-4800)
- Bow A730M – Pre-production laptop (Core i7-12700H, 16 GB DDR5-4800)
- RTX-3060 – MSI Pulse GL66 (Core i7-11800H, 16GB DDR4-3200)
- RTX 3050 Ti – MSI ROG Zephyrus M16 (Core i7-11800H, 16GB DDR4-3200)
Tested on a wide variety of relatively recent games, these laptop models show a 13% advantage for the Arc A730M over the RTX 3050 Ti while the Arc A770M outperforms the RTX 3060 by 12%.
In absolute terms, and provided that these values are verified by independent tests, Intel’s record is interesting. However, it is quickly forgotten that the Arc A730M / A770M used significantly higher TGPs than the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti / RTX 3060.
- Intel Arc A770M (120 – 150W)
- Intel Arc A730M (80 – 120W)
- NVIDIA RTX 3060 (85W Max-Q)
- NVIDIA RTX 3050 Ti (60W Max-Q)
It will therefore be necessary to see how Intel’s GPUs with equivalent TGP behave. Also, it is important to keep in mind that NVIDIA solutions have been on the market for more or less a year.
Source : WCCFTech
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