GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 vs Arc 8-Cores iGPU

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking284not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10090
ArchitectureXe LPGAmpere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameMeteor Lake iGPUGA104
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)1 September 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores83584
Boost clock speed2300 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistorsno data17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data170 Watt
Texture fill rateno data199.0

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Arc 8-Cores iGPU and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

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 dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data12 GB
Memory bus widthno data192 Bit
Memory clock speedno data15 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data360.0 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.3
CUDAno data8.6

Pros & cons summary


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

We couldn't decide between Arc 8-Cores iGPU and GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Arc 8-Cores iGPU is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB GA104 is a desktop one.


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Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU
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