GeForce GTX 960 vs Arc 8-Core iGPU

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Arc 8-Core iGPU with GeForce GTX 960, including specs and performance data.

Arc 8-Core iGPU
2023
15.92
+16.7%

Arc 8-Core iGPU outperforms GTX 960 by a moderate 17% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking311352
Place by popularitynot in top-10050
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data7.91
Power efficiencyno data9.06
ArchitectureXe LPG (2023)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameMeteor Lake iGPUGM206
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date14 December 2023 (1 year ago)22 January 2015 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores81024
Core clock speedno data1127 MHz
Boost clock speed2300 MHz1178 MHz
Number of transistorsno data2,940 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data120 Watt
Texture fill rateno data75.39
Floating-point processing powerno data2.413 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data64

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).

Bus supportno dataPCI Express 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
Heightno data4.376" (11.1 cm)
Widthno data2-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)no data400 Watt
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin
SLI options-+

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 typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data7.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data112 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR+-

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 Connectorsno dataDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Multi monitor supportno data4 displays
HDMI-+
HDCP-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
G-SYNC support-+
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GameStream-+
GeForce ShadowPlay-+
GPU Boostno data2.0
GameWorks-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12_212 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-+
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 15.92
+16.7%
GTX 960 13.64

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 12375
+14.9%
GTX 960 10768

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 38877
+26.4%
GTX 960 30751

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 8561
+8.2%
GTX 960 7916

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 44226
GTX 960 49918
+12.9%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Arc 8-Core iGPU 397122
+27.7%
GTX 960 310860

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD36
−80.6%
65
+80.6%
1440p17
+21.4%
14−16
−21.4%
4K14
−107%
29
+107%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data3.06
1440pno data14.21
4Kno data6.86

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 53
+39.5%
35−40
−39.5%
Counter-Strike 2 111
+32.1%
80−85
−32.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+19.4%
30−35
−19.4%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 40
+5.3%
35−40
−5.3%
Battlefield 5 70−75
+14.1%
60−65
−14.1%
Counter-Strike 2 85
+1.2%
80−85
−1.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+19.4%
30−35
−19.4%
Far Cry 5 39
−30.8%
50−55
+30.8%
Fortnite 90−95
+13.3%
80−85
−13.3%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+14.5%
60−65
−14.5%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
+17%
45−50
−17%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
+18.2%
55−60
−18.2%
Valorant 130−140
+9.8%
120−130
−9.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 28
−35.7%
35−40
+35.7%
Battlefield 5 70−75
+14.1%
60−65
−14.1%
Counter-Strike 2 42
−100%
80−85
+100%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 210−220
+10.1%
190−200
−10.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+19.4%
30−35
−19.4%
Far Cry 5 36
−41.7%
50−55
+41.7%
Fortnite 90−95
+13.3%
80−85
−13.3%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+14.5%
60−65
−14.5%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
+17%
45−50
−17%
Grand Theft Auto V 25
−96%
49
+96%
Metro Exodus 28
−10.7%
30−35
+10.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
+18.2%
55−60
−18.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 48
−4.2%
50
+4.2%
Valorant 130−140
+9.8%
120−130
−9.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
+14.1%
60−65
−14.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+19.4%
30−35
−19.4%
Far Cry 5 34
−50%
50−55
+50%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+14.5%
60−65
−14.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
+18.2%
55−60
−18.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24
−16.7%
28
+16.7%
Valorant 130−140
+9.8%
120−130
−9.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 90−95
+13.3%
80−85
−13.3%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+20.7%
27−30
−20.7%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 120−130
+15.5%
110−120
−15.5%
Grand Theft Auto V 11
−118%
24−27
+118%
Metro Exodus 21−24
+22.2%
18−20
−22.2%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
+15.5%
140−150
−15.5%
Valorant 160−170
+11.2%
150−160
−11.2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
+16.7%
40−45
−16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
+23.1%
12−14
−23.1%
Far Cry 5 32
−3.1%
30−35
+3.1%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+16.2%
35−40
−16.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+16.7%
24−27
−16.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 35−40
+18.2%
30−35
−18.2%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 14−16
+16.7%
12−14
−16.7%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+27.3%
10−12
−27.3%
Grand Theft Auto V 9
−200%
27−30
+200%
Metro Exodus 14−16
+27.3%
10−12
−27.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
+25%
20−22
−25%
Valorant 95−100
+18.3%
80−85
−18.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
+23.8%
21−24
−23.8%
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
+27.3%
10−12
−27.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+18.8%
16−18
−18.8%
Forza Horizon 4 30−33
+15.4%
24−27
−15.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+21.4%
14−16
−21.4%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 16−18
+13.3%
14−16
−13.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Dota 2 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Dota 2 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Dota 2 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%

This is how Arc 8-Core iGPU and GTX 960 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 960 is 81% faster in 1080p
  • Arc 8-Core iGPU is 21% faster in 1440p
  • GTX 960 is 107% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Atomic Heart, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the Arc 8-Core iGPU is 39% faster.
  • in Grand Theft Auto V, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 960 is 200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Arc 8-Core iGPU is ahead in 48 tests (76%)
  • GTX 960 is ahead in 12 tests (19%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (5%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.92 13.64
Recency 14 December 2023 22 January 2015
Chip lithography 5 nm 28 nm

Arc 8-Core iGPU has a 16.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc 8-Core iGPU is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 960 in performance tests.

Be aware that Arc 8-Core iGPU is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 960 is a desktop one.

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