Arc 7-Cores iGPU vs GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated318
Place by popularity48not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Xe LPG (2023)
GPU code nameGA104Meteor Lake iGPU
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 September 2021 (3 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores35847
Core clock speed1320 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1777 MHz2200 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Wattno data
Texture fill rate199.0no data
Floating-point processing power12.74 TFLOPSno data
ROPs48no data
TMUs112no data
Tensor Cores112no data
Ray Tracing Cores28no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16no data
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6no data
Maximum RAM amount12 GBno data
Memory bus width192 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1875 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth360.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4ano data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12_2
Shader Model6.6no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2021 14 December 2023
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm

Arc 7-Cores iGPU has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 and Arc 7-Cores iGPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 is a desktop card while Arc 7-Cores iGPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104
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Intel Arc 7-Cores iGPU
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