Intel Arc A730M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

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RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
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  • Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
  • Core clock speed 975
  • Max video memory 8 GB
  • Memory type GDDR6
  • Memory clock speed 11000
  • Maximum resolution
Arc A730M
Arc A730M
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  • Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
  • Core clock speed 1100
  • Max video memory 12 GB
  • Memory type GDDR6
  • Memory clock speed 14000
  • Maximum resolution
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Games supported 98%

General info

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

Place in performance ranking103101
Value for money40.49no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2021)Xe HPG (2020−2022)
GPU code nameN18E-G3Alchemist
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2 April 2020 (3 years old)30 March 2022 (1 year old)
Current price$812 no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores307224
Core clock speed975 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1230 MHzno data
Number of transistors13,600 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt120 Watt (80 - 120 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate207.4211.2

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and Arc A730M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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.

Laptop sizelargemedium sized
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

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

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed11000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth352.0 GB/s288.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 outputsNo outputs
G-SYNC support+no data

Technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1401.3
CUDA7.5no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 34.87
Arc A730M 35.08
+0.6%

Arc A730M outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q by 1% in our combined benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 60306
Arc A730M 63844
+5.9%

Arc A730M outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q by 6% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 16%

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 29637
+1.7%
Arc A730M 29144

GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q outperforms Arc A730M by 2% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Score

Benchmark coverage: 13%

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 18579
Arc A730M 19564
+5.3%

Arc A730M outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q by 5% in 3DMark Fire Strike Score.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 127741
+68.3%
Arc A730M 75896

GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q outperforms Arc A730M by 68% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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 seemingly made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 21903
+2.9%
Arc A730M 21294

GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q outperforms Arc A730M by 3% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 HD111
+37%
81
−37%
1440p70
+42.9%
49
−42.9%
4K48no data

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
−1.6%
60−65
+1.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60−65
−1.6%
65−70
+1.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
−4.9%
64
+4.9%
Battlefield 5 100−110
−0.9%
100−110
+0.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 95−100
−1%
95−100
+1%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
−12.7%
71
+12.7%
Far Cry 5 80−85
−10.8%
92
+10.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 103
+25.6%
80−85
−25.6%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Hitman 3 110−120
−8.8%
123
+8.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn 109
+41.6%
75−80
−41.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
−1.3%
80−85
+1.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
−30.8%
85
+30.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60−65
−1.6%
65−70
+1.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
+13%
54
−13%
Battlefield 5 100−110
−0.9%
100−110
+0.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 95−100
−1%
95−100
+1%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+8.6%
58
−8.6%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+0%
83
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
Hitman 3 110−120
+6.6%
106
−6.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45
−71.1%
75−80
+71.1%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
−1.3%
80−85
+1.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 80−85
−37.3%
114
+37.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
−15.4%
75
+15.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 60−65
−1.6%
65−70
+1.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
+27.1%
48
−27.1%
Battlefield 5 100−110
−0.9%
100−110
+0.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 60−65
+10.5%
57
−10.5%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+6.4%
78
−6.4%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+0%
110−120
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 80−85
+69.4%
49
−69.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+35.4%
48
−35.4%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Hitman 3 60−65
−1.6%
65
+1.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
−2.1%
45−50
+2.1%
Metro Exodus 51
+34.2%
35−40
−34.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 32 no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 53
+35.9%
35−40
−35.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
+0%
37
+0%
Battlefield 5 75−80
−1.3%
75−80
+1.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
−19.2%
31
+19.2%
Far Cry 5 77
+26.2%
60−65
−26.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+0%
75−80
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−20.7%
35
+20.7%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Hitman 3 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Metro Exodus 32
+33.3%
24−27
−33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
−3.7%
27−30
+3.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 32
+33.3%
24−27
−33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Battlefield 5 40−45
−2.3%
40−45
+2.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Far Cry 5 42
+27.3%
30−35
−27.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

This is how RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and Arc A730M compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • RTX 2080 Super Max-Q is 37% faster than Arc A730M

1440p resolution:

  • RTX 2080 Super Max-Q is 42.9% faster than Arc A730M

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2080 Super Max-Q is 69.4% faster than the Arc A730M.
  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Arc A730M is 71.1% faster than the RTX 2080 Super Max-Q.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 34.87 35.08
Recency 2 April 2020 30 March 2022
Memory bus width 256 192
Pipelines / CUDA cores 3072 24
Memory bandwidth 352 288
Chip lithography 12 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 120 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q and Arc A730M. The differences in performance seem too small.


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