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GeForce RTX 3070 vs Intel Arc A770 16GB

Compare the GeForce RTX 3070 and Intel Arc A770 16GB on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.

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The short answer

The GeForce RTX 3070 is the better buy here: it's both faster at 1080p and gives more performance per dollar.

  • GeForce RTX 3070 is about 47% faster at 1080p (gaming index 47 vs 32).
  • GeForce RTX 3070 is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 105%.
  • GeForce RTX 3070 delivers about 202% more frames per dollar at 1080p.
  • Intel Arc A770 16GB carries more VRAM (16GB vs 8GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.

1080p gaming
GeForce RTX 307047
Intel Arc A770 16GB32

GeForce RTX 3070 is about 47% faster at 1080p.

Performance per dollar

1080p gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.

GeForce RTX 3070

11.2

per $100 spent

Better value

Intel Arc A770 16GB

3.7

per $100 spent

Specs head-to-head

GeForce RTX 3070
Intel Arc A770 16GB
Price (from)
$420.60
$861.58
1080p gaming index
47
32
VRAM
8GB GDDR6
16GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
560 GB/s
Boost clock
1725 MHz
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Shader cores
5,888
4,096
Ray tracing cores
46
32
Tensor / AI cores
184
512
TDP
220W
225W
Recommended PSU
650W
650W
Upscaling
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction
XeSS 2, XeSS 2 Frame Generation
Architecture
Ampere GA104
Alchemist ACM-G10
Process node
Samsung 8N
TSMC N6
MSRP
$499.00
$349.00

Productivity & compute

GeForce RTX 3070
Intel Arc A770 16GB
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (points)
31,058
30,008
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
3,180
2,965
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
114,484
110,325
Render-Blender (samples/min)
3,378
2,149

Where to buy

GeForce RTX 3070from $420.60
From$420.60
16 versions in stock
Intel Arc A770 16GBfrom $861.58
From$861.58
1 version in stock

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