Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) vs GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot rated426
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Xe LPG
GPU code nameGA104Meteor Lake iGPU
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2022 (2 years ago)14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Current price$383 no data

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 cores35844
Boost clock speed1777 MHz1950 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)195 Wattno data
Texture fill rate199.0no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X and Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) 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.

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 typeGDDR6Xno data
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed19 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth304.1 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4ano data
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12_2
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3no data
CUDA8.6no data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X and Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc). We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X is a desktop card while Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GDDR6X
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