SPARKLE Intel Arc A310 ELF
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SPARKLE Intel Arc A310 ELF and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The SPARKLE Intel Arc A310 ELF is based on the Intel Arc A310 Graphics and has 768 texture shaders and 96 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB, which has 8960 shaders and 70 execution units.
SPARKLE Intel Arc A310 ELF GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
Intel Arc A310 Graphics Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
ACM-G11 GPU Chip GA102
Alchemist Architecture Ampere
96 Streaming Multiprocessors 70
768 Shader 8960
16 Render Output Units 112
32 Texture Units 280
6 Raytracing Cores 70

Memory

The SPARKLE Intel Arc A310 ELF has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 124 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB can access 12 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 912 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6X
1.938 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
15.5 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
124 GB/s Memory bandwidth 912 GB/s
64 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The SPARKLE Intel Arc A310 ELF clocks in the base with up to 2.000 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is 1.260 GHz.

2.000 GHz Base Clock 1.260 GHz
2.000 GHz Boost Clock 1.710 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SPARKLE Intel Arc A310 ELF is 75 W (Reference). The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has a TDP of 350 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

75 W (Reference) TDP 350 W
-- TDP (up) --
Unknown Tjunction max 93 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SPARKLE Intel Arc A310 ELF has a total of 1 Axial fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the SPARKLE Intel Arc A310 ELF.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v2.0 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The SPARKLE Intel Arc A310 ELF supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
No DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

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

Dimensions

The SPARKLE Intel Arc A310 ELF is 153 mm long, 100 mm high and -- wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is 285 mm long, 112 mm high and -- wide.

153 mm Length 285 mm
100 mm Height 112 mm
-- Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The SPARKLE Intel Arc A310 ELF was released in Q4/2022 at a price of --.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 699 $ (Reference).

SA310E-4G Part-no --
Q4/2022 Release date Q1/2022
-- Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
6 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
60 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
70 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
104 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
76 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
126 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
107 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
185 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
200 fps (avg)

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

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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