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Intel Arc A380 Graphics vs GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI

Intel Arc A380 Graphics
Intel Arc A380 Graphics 6 GB GDDR6 · 75 W Speed index 3/100

The Intel Arc A380 Graphics has 1024 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.00 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 3.64 TFLOPS.

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI 4 GB GDDR5 · 1.20 GHz · 145 W Speed index 3/100

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI has 1664 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.20 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 4.00 TFLOPS.

Quick comparison

In FP32 performance, the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI is 9.9 % faster than the Intel Arc A380 Graphics.

Intel Arc A380 GraphicsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Speed index
3/100
3/100
FP32
3.64 TFLOPS
4.00 TFLOPS
Boost Clock
--
1.20 GHz
Memory Size
6 GB GDDR6
4 GB GDDR5
Memory bandwidth
186 GB/s
224 GB/s
TDP
75 W
145 W
Launch Price
--
329 $
121 pts
109 pts

GPU

GPUIntel Arc A380 GraphicsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Based onIntel Arc A380 GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GPU ChipACM-G11GM204-200-A1
Streaming Multiprocessors12813
Shader10241664
Render Output Units3256
Texture Units64104
Raytracing Cores8--
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The Intel Arc A380 Graphics is equipped with a graphics chip of the Alchemist architecture, which has 128 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI is based on the Maxwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 13 execution units.

Memory

MemoryIntel Arc A380 GraphicsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Memory Size6 GB4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR5
Memory Clock1.938 GHz1.753 GHz
Memory Speed15.5 Gbps7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth186 GB/s224 GB/s
Memory Interface96 bit256 bit
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The Intel Arc A380 Graphics is equipped with a 6 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.938 GHz clocks.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI has a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.753GHz.

Clock Speeds

Clock SpeedsIntel Arc A380 GraphicsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Base Clock2.000 GHz1.076 GHz
Boost Clock--1.203 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock--1.18 GHz
OverclockingYesYes
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The Intel Arc A380 Graphics has a turbo clock of --. The turbo frequency of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI is 1.203 GHz.

Thermal Design

Thermal DesignIntel Arc A380 GraphicsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
TDP75 W145 W
TDP (up)75 W--
Tjunction maxUnknown98 °C
PCIe-Power1 x 8-Pin1 x 8-Pin
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The Intel Arc A380 Graphics has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as Unknown.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 98 °C.

Cooler & Fans

Cooler & FansIntel Arc A380 GraphicsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Fan-TypeAxialAxial
Fan 1--1 x 90 mm
Cooler-TypeAir coolingAir cooling
Noise (Idle)0 dB0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Intel Arc A380 Graphics are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI is cooled by a Air cooling.

Connectivity

ConnectivityIntel Arc A380 GraphicsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Max. Displays44
HDCP--2.2
HDMI1x HDMI 2.11x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort3x DP 2.03x DP 1.2
DVI--2
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The Intel Arc A380 Graphics supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version --.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

Featureset

FeaturesetIntel Arc A380 GraphicsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Max. resolution7680x43204096x2160
DirectX12_2 (Ultimate)12_1
RaytracingYesNo
DLSS / FSRYesNo
LEDNo LED lightingNo LED lighting
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The Intel Arc A380 Graphics supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

Supported Video Codecs

Supported Video CodecsIntel Arc A380 GraphicsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
h264Decode / EncodeDecode / Encode
h265 / HEVCDecode / EncodeNo
VP8NoDecode
VP9Decode / EncodeNo
AV1Decode / EncodeNo
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Dimensions

DimensionsIntel Arc A380 GraphicsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
Length--168 mm
Height--123 mm
Width--36 mm
Width (Slots)--2 Slots
SFF-ReadyNoNo
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The Intel Arc A380 Graphics is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

Additional data

Additional dataIntel Arc A380 GraphicsGIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI
GPU InterfacePCIe 4.0 x 8PCIe 3 x 16
Release dateQ3/2022Q1/2016
Launch Price--329 $
Structure size6 nm28 nm
Part-no--GV-N970IX-4GD
Documentsdata sheetdata sheet
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Manufactured using the 6 nanometer process, Intel Arc A380 Graphics was released in Q3/2022.

The GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 MINI published in Q1/2016 is manufactured with a structure width of 28 nanometers.

Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score Intel Arc A380 Graphics +27.5 %

  1. 1,917
  2. 1,504

Port Royal (Raytracing)

  1. 1,325
  2. no data

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL Intel Arc A380 Graphics +20.0 %

  1. 32,724
  2. 27,280

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan Intel Arc A380 Graphics +2.7 %

  1. 33,364
  2. 32,495

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