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Intel Arc A770 vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs vs Intel Arc A350M

Intel Arc A770

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The Intel Arc A770 is a mid-range desktop GPU and is manufactured using the 6 nm process at TSMC. The graphics processor has 4,096 shader units and 8 or 16 GB GDDR6 VRAM with a 256-bit interface (16 Gbps, 512 GB/s).

Features

As the top model based on the Alchemist architecture, Intel offers the Arc A770, the top model in the series. As a completely new development, Intel wants to put pressure on AMD and Nvidia with these graphics cards. Features such as ray tracing are supported and the Intel Arc A770 comes with 32 RT cores. Intel is also implementing 512 Tensor Cores, which we can already find in the current graphics cards from Nvidia. With support for AV1, the graphics card is particularly interesting for content creators. Only the Ada Lovelace models from Nvidia and the RDNA3 GPUs from AMD are currently capable of hardware-side encoding and decoding with the new codec.

Performance

The performance of the Intel Arc A770 is comparable with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 or an AMD Radeon RX 7600 comparable. The Intel model copes much better with newer games. With ray tracing enabled, the Intel Arc A770 can even outperform its two competitors. Based on the performance shown, the Intel Arc A770 is ideally suited for 1080p gaming in 2023.

Power consumption

The manufacturer specifies the power consumption of the Intel Arc A770 at 225 watts (TGP). This is slightly more than a Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 or the AMD Radeon RX 7600.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs

► remove from comparison Intel Iris Xe G7 96EUs

The Intel Xe Graphics G7 (Tiger-Lake U GPU with 96 EUs) is a integrated graphics card in the high end Tiger-Lake U CPUs (15 - 28 Watt). It is using the new Xe architecture (Gen12) and was introduced in September 2020. The GPU clocks with a base clock speed (guaranteed) of 400 MHz in all CPUs and can boost up to 1340 MHz (i7-1185G7). The slowest variant offers only 1100 MHz boost (i5-1130G7, 12 Watt TDP).

The performance depends on the TDP settings of the laptop and the used cooling. First informations show that the chip can be configured at 12 and 28 Watt TDP default (as the Ice Lake-U chips) and the performance should be around a dedicated GeForce MX350 in 3DMark benchmarks. For gaming we are expecting a bit worse performance due to the missing dedicated graphics memory and driver support. Many games e.g. had problems when testing the various laptops (e.g. Horizon Zero Dawn or Cyberpunk 2077 did not start or were crashing - see list below). Less demanding games like the Mass Effect Legendary Edition ran in medium settings fine. Compared to the older Ice Lake Iris Plus G7 GPU, the new Tiger Lake GPU should be approximately twice as fast. Therefore, the iGPU is still only for lowest graphical settings and low resolutions in demanding games.

The Tiger Lake SoCs and therefore the integrated GPU are manufactured in the modern 10nm+ (10nm SuperFin) process (improved 10nm process) at Intel and therefore should offer a very good efficiency.

Intel Arc A350M

► remove from comparison Intel A350M

The Intel Arc A350M is a dedicated mobile entry level graphics card for laptops based on Xe HPG microarchitecture. It uses the ACM-G11 chip and offers 6 of the 8 Xe-cores (95 ALUs), 6 of the 8 ray tracing units and a 64-bit memory bus for 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory. The chip integrates 7.2 billion transistors and the die measures 157 mm2.

The chip also integrates two media engines for VP9, AVC, HEVC, and AV1 8k en- and decoding. The 4 display pipes support up to 4x 4k120 HDR via DMI 2.0B or DisplayPort 2.0 10G. 

The A350M is produced in 6nm at TSMC (N6 process) and supports dynamic power share (using Deep Link) with 12th gen Intel CPUs (Alder Lake).

Intel Arc A770Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUsIntel Arc A350M
Arc Series
Arc A770 4096 @ 2.1 - 2.4 GHz256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
Arc A750 3584 @ 2.05 - 2.4 GHz256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
Arc A580 3072 @ 1.7 - 2 GHz256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
A770M 4096 @ 1.65 GHz256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
A730M 3072 @ 1.1 GHz192 Bit @ 14000 MHz
A570M 16 @ 0.9 - 1.3 GHz128 Bit @ 14000 MHz
A550M 16 @ 0.9 - 2.01 GHz128 Bit @ 14000 MHz
A530M 12 @ 0.9 - 1.3 GHz128 Bit @ 14000 MHz
A370M 8 @ 1.55 GHz64 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Arc A380 1024 @ 2 GHz96 Bit @ 15500 MHz
A310 6 @ 2 GHz64 Bit @ 15500 MHz
A350M 6 @ 1.15 GHz64 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Iris Xe G7 96EUs 96 @ 0.4 - 1.35 GHz
Iris Xe G7 80EUs 80 @ 0.4 - 1.35 GHz
UHD Graphics 64EUs 64 @ 1.4 GHz
UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs 48 @ 0.35 - 1.45 GHz
UHD Graphics 32EUs 32 @ 1.25 GHz
UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 32 @ 0.35 - 1.45 GHz
UHD Graphics Xe 750 32EUs 32 @ 0.35 - 1.45 GHz
UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) 24 @ 0.45 - 0.75 GHz
UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) 16 @ 0.35 - 1.45 GHz
Arc A770 4096 @ 2.1 - 2.4 GHz256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
Arc A750 3584 @ 2.05 - 2.4 GHz256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
Arc A580 3072 @ 1.7 - 2 GHz256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
A770M 4096 @ 1.65 GHz256 Bit @ 16000 MHz
A730M 3072 @ 1.1 GHz192 Bit @ 14000 MHz
A570M 16 @ 0.9 - 1.3 GHz128 Bit @ 14000 MHz
A550M 16 @ 0.9 - 2.01 GHz128 Bit @ 14000 MHz
A530M 12 @ 0.9 - 1.3 GHz128 Bit @ 14000 MHz
A370M 8 @ 1.55 GHz64 Bit @ 14000 MHz
Arc A380 1024 @ 2 GHz96 Bit @ 15500 MHz
A310 6 @ 2 GHz64 Bit @ 15500 MHz
A350M 6 @ 1.15 GHz64 Bit @ 14000 MHz
CodenameDG2-512Tiger Lake XeAlchemist
ArchitectureAlchemistGen. 11 Ice LakeXe HPG
Pipelines4096 - unified96 - unified6 - unified
TMUs256
ROPs128
Raytracing Cores326
Tensor / AI Cores512
Core Speed2100 - 2400 (Boost) MHz400 - 1350 (Boost) MHz1150 MHz
Theoretical Performance39.32 TFLOPS FP16, 19.66 TFLOPS FP32
CacheL2: 16 MBL1: 1.1 MB, L2: 4 MB
Memory Speed16000 effective = 2000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Max. Amount of Memory16 GB4 GB
Shared Memorynoyesno
Memory Bandwidth512 GB/s112 GB/s
APIDirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), Shader 6.6, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.3DirectX 12_1, OpenGL 4.6DirectX 12_2, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3
Power Consumption225 Watt28 Watt35 Watt (25 - 35 Watt TGP)
Transistors21.7 Billion7.2 Billion
Die Size 406 mm² 157 mm²
technology6 nm10 nm6 nm
PCIe4.0 x164 8x
Displays4 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 2.04 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.0b, DisplayPort 2.0 10G Ready
Date of Announcement12.10.2022 15.08.2020 30.03.2022
FeaturesQuickSync
Link to Manufacturer Pageark.intel.com
CPU in Iris Xe G7 96EUsGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Intel Core i9-13900HK14 x 1900 MHz, 45 W? MHz1500 MHz
Intel Core i9-13905H14 x 1900 MHz, 45 W? MHz1500 MHz
Intel Core i9-13900H14 x 1900 MHz, 45 W? MHz1500 MHz
min. - max.400 MHz950 - 1550 MHz

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - Arc A770
14.9 pt (45%)
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - Iris Xe G7 96EUs
2.3 pt (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
14047 Points (41%)
min: 789     avg: 1676     median: 1736 (5%)     max: 2133 Points
min: 2976     avg: 3289     median: 3397 (10%)     max: 3494 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
13953 Points (37%)
min: 707     avg: 1495     median: 1559.5 (4%)     max: 1871 Points
min: 2731     avg: 2993     median: 3050 (8%)     max: 3197 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
628292 Points (71%)
min: 159203     avg: 229702     median: 208639 (24%)     max: 375145 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
442457 Points (57%)
min: 35612     avg: 78972     median: 75768 (10%)     max: 168062 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
69520 Points (74%)
min: 9231     avg: 19160     median: 19060 (20%)     max: 30468 Points
min: 23965     avg: 25147     median: 25146.5 (27%)     max: 26328 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
139166 Points (37%)
min: 13162     avg: 26437     median: 26929.5 (7%)     max: 38578 Points
min: 28623     avg: 36315     median: 36314.5 (10%)     max: 44006 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
30755 Points (54%)
min: 2096     avg: 4471     median: 4679 (8%)     max: 6105 Points
min: 5961     avg: 6267     median: 6009 (11%)     max: 6832 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
32666 Points (37%)
min: 2286     avg: 4918     median: 5139 (6%)     max: 6482 Points
min: 6800     avg: 7088     median: 7147 (8%)     max: 7318 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
489026 Points (59%)
min: 35195     avg: 100853     median: 92967 (11%)     max: 245127 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
16789 Points (73%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
28890 Points (64%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
min: 8379     avg: 11281     median: 11469 (6%)     max: 14527 Points
170%
1 A350M +
19449 Points (10%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
min: 2054     avg: 3545     median: 3692 (4%)     max: 4304 Points
144%
1 A350M +
min: 5189     avg: 5300     median: 5299.5 (6%)     max: 5410 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid
72422 Points (68%)
min: 10094     avg: 14766     median: 14905.5 (14%)     max: 21714 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Night Raid Graphics Score
131749 Points (51%)
min: 11724     avg: 18060     median: 19106 (7%)     max: 24384 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
35386 Points (49%)
min: 2897     avg: 6704     median: 6873 (10%)     max: 8500 Points
min: 10123     avg: 10766     median: 10766 (15%)     max: 11409 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
41303 Points (35%)
min: 2867     avg: 6355     median: 6523.5 (6%)     max: 7676 Points
min: 10687     avg: 10730     median: 10730 (9%)     max: 10773 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + Intel Arc A770
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
103295 Points (30%)
3DM Vant. Perf. total + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 16744     avg: 24719     median: 25686 (7%)     max: 33312 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. total + Intel Arc A350M
31023 Points (9%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + Intel Arc A770
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
102514 Points (58%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 15353     avg: 21535     median: 22199 (13%)     max: 28500 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + Intel Arc A350M
28186 Points (16%)
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
71200 Points (78%)
min: 23832     avg: 36963     median: 38071 (42%)     max: 50056 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + Intel Arc A770
3DMark 06
58321 Points (76%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 17626     avg: 28562     median: 28566.5 (37%)     max: 34555 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + Intel Arc A350M
31625 Points (41%)
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
3DMark 06
24558 Points (32%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1366x768 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
3DMark 06
38453 Points (50%)
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
83 fps (27%)
min: 11.3     avg: 14.9     median: 15.1 (5%)     max: 20 fps
19.5 fps (6%)
Unigine Heaven 2.1 - Heaven 2.1 high
23.1 fps (4%)
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
73.4 fps (18%)
specvp12 sw-03 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 37.3     avg: 44.7     median: 45.9 (11%)     max: 53.1 fps
specvp12 snx-02 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
1.4 fps (0%)
specvp12 snx-02 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 2.85     avg: 3.6     median: 3.6 (1%)     max: 4 fps
specvp12 showcase-01 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
119 fps (26%)
specvp12 showcase-01 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 15     avg: 18.5     median: 17.9 (4%)     max: 24.8 fps
specvp12 mediacal-01 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
46.7 fps (12%)
specvp12 mediacal-01 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 8.13     avg: 11.7     median: 11.9 (3%)     max: 14.5 fps
specvp12 maya-04 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
183 fps (50%)
specvp12 maya-04 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 30.4     avg: 39.9     median: 39.8 (11%)     max: 51.9 fps
specvp12 energy-01 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
2.4 fps (2%)
specvp12 energy-01 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 0.32     avg: 0.5     median: 0.4 (0%)     max: 0.92 fps
specvp12 creo-01 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
45.3 fps (18%)
specvp12 creo-01 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 7.28     avg: 17.1     median: 9.6 (4%)     max: 30 fps
specvp12 catia-04 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
174 fps (29%)
specvp12 catia-04 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 29.2     avg: 37.6     median: 38.5 (6%)     max: 41.7 fps
specvp12 3dsmax-05 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05
179 fps (31%)
specvp12 3dsmax-05 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 30.1     avg: 39.6     median: 40.2 (7%)     max: 46.7 fps
SPECviewperf 13 specvp13 sw-04 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 sw-04
77.5 fps (21%)
specvp13 sw-04 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 11.66     avg: 51.7     median: 55.8 (15%)     max: 63.7 fps
specvp13 sw-04 + Intel Arc A350M
57.6 fps (15%)
specvp13 snx-03 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 snx-03
2.6 fps (0%)
specvp13 snx-03 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 5.16     avg: 6.4     median: 6.5 (1%)     max: 7.03 fps
specvp13 snx-03 + Intel Arc A350M
3.2 fps (0%)
specvp13 showcase-02 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 showcase-02
119 fps (26%)
specvp13 showcase-02 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 14.8     avg: 18.8     median: 18.2 (4%)     max: 25 fps
specvp13 showcase-02 + Intel Arc A350M
27.7 fps (6%)
specvp13 medical-02 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 medical-02
80.8 fps (17%)
specvp13 medical-02 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 8.47     avg: 14     median: 14.5 (3%)     max: 16 fps
specvp13 medical-02 + Intel Arc A350M
19.9 fps (4%)
specvp13 maya-05 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 maya-05
319 fps (36%)
specvp13 maya-05 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 34.3     avg: 45.4     median: 45.5 (5%)     max: 58.4 fps
specvp13 maya-05 + Intel Arc A350M
63.6 fps (7%)
specvp13 energy-02 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 energy-02
22.5 fps (7%)
specvp13 energy-02 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 3.35     avg: 4.2     median: 4.3 (1%)     max: 4.72 fps
specvp13 energy-02 + Intel Arc A350M
11.8 fps (4%)
specvp13 creo-02 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 creo-02
90 fps (13%)
specvp13 creo-02 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 3.38     avg: 35.7     median: 38.4 (6%)     max: 46.2 fps
specvp13 creo-02 + Intel Arc A350M
49.1 fps (7%)
specvp13 catia-05 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 catia-05
260 fps (29%)
specvp13 catia-05 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 42.5     avg: 54.3     median: 55.5 (6%)     max: 61 fps
specvp13 catia-05 + Intel Arc A350M
77 fps (9%)
specvp13 3dsmax-06 + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 13 - specvp13 3dsmax-06
179 fps (31%)
specvp13 3dsmax-06 + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 30     avg: 39.4     median: 40 (7%)     max: 46.5 fps
specvp13 3dsmax-06 + Intel Arc A350M
55.7 fps (10%)
SPECviewperf 2020 specvp2020 snx-04 4k + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 snx-04 4k
2.6 fps (0%)
specvp2020 snx-04 4k + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 4.98     avg: 6.3     median: 6.3 (1%)     max: 6.9 fps
specvp2020 medical-03 4k + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 medical-03 4k
22.3 fps (21%)
specvp2020 medical-03 4k + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 2.03     avg: 3.2     median: 2.7 (3%)     max: 6.02 fps
specvp2020 maya-06 4k + Intel Arc A770
SPECviewperf 2020 - specvp2020 maya-06 4k
195 fps (32%)
specvp2020 maya-06 4k + Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
min: 20.4     avg: 28.6     median: 24.6 (4%)     max: 55.9 fps