Intel Arc A310E vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Comparison

Intel Arc A310E and NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell occupy very different positions in the hardware landscape, despite sharing similar physical dimensions and a 75 W power class. The Intel part is an end-of-life entry-level solution from the Alchemist generation, while the NVIDIA card is an active, current-generation professional workstation product. The recorded data shows a decisive performance gap, with the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell delivering roughly eight times the average benchmark score of the Arc A310E, though the Intel card retains specific architectural and interface advantages that matter in narrow use cases.

Where Each One Wins

The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell wins in essentially every compute and graphics workload where raw throughput is the deciding factor. Its FP32 performance of 17.03 TFLOPS dwarfs the Intel Arc A310E's 3.072 TFLOPS, a 5.5x advantage. The pixel rate of 93.94 GPixel/s versus 32.00 GPixel/s and texture rate of 266.2 GTexel/s versus 64.00 GTexel/s further confirm NVIDIA's dominance in fill-rate-bound scenarios. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell also carries 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, delivering 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth, compared to 4 GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus at 124.0 GB/s.

The Intel Arc A310E wins on clock speed and power efficiency at the component level. Its base and boost clocks are both 2000 MHz, while the NVIDIA card runs at a 982 MHz base and 1957 MHz boost. The Intel card achieves its performance at a 75 W TDP, identical to the NVIDIA part's 70 W TDP, meaning it delivers its modest output with a higher clock rate and lower transistor count. The Arc A310E also uses a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface, while the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell uses PCIe 5.0 x8, though the older standard remains broadly compatible with existing platforms.

The benchmark data for the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell shows a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2374.5, a Geekbench OpenCL score of 106087, and a Geekbench Vulkan score of 113865. Passmark results include a G3D score of 20049 and a GPU compute score of 8396. The Intel Arc A310E has no recorded benchmark scores in the database, so its wins are limited to architectural features and interface compatibility rather than measured performance.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from fundamentally different design philosophies. Intel's Arc A310E uses the DG2-128 chip built on Xe-HPG architecture, manufactured on TSMC's 6 nm process. It packs 7,200 million transistors into a 157 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 45.9 million per square millimeter. NVIDIA's RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell uses the GB206 chip on Blackwell 2.0 architecture, also from TSMC but on a 5 nm process. It contains 21,900 million transistors on a 181 mm² die, achieving 121.0 million transistors per square millimeter.

The compute resources differ dramatically. The Arc A310E has 768 shading units, 32 TMUs, 16 ROPs, and 6 ray tracing cores, with no dedicated tensor cores listed. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell has 4352 shading units, 136 TMUs, 48 ROPs, 34 ray tracing cores, and 136 tensor cores. This explains the FP16 throughput disparity: the Intel card reaches 6.144 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio, while the NVIDIA card hits 17.03 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio, indicating that Blackwell does not rely on packed math to reach its half-precision peak.

Memory technology also separates the two. Intel uses GDDR6 at 1937 MHz (15.5 Gbps effective), while NVIDIA uses GDDR7 at 1125 MHz (18 Gbps effective). The newer GDDR7 standard, combined with a wider 128-bit bus, gives NVIDIA more than double the memory bandwidth. Display outputs are similar in count but differ in version: Intel provides four mini-DisplayPort 2.0 connectors, while NVIDIA provides four mini-DisplayPort 2.1b connectors. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Physical design shows minor differences. Both cards are 168 mm and 167 mm long respectively, 69 mm high, and 20 mm wide. The Intel card is single-slot, while the NVIDIA card is dual-slot. Neither requires external power connectors, and both suggest a 250 W power supply. The Intel card is marked end-of-life with a successor named Battlemage, while the NVIDIA card is active with no successor listed and a predecessor of Workstation Ada.

FAQ

Q: Which card has more memory bandwidth?

A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell offers 288.0 GB/s, more than double the Intel Arc A310E's 124.0 GB/s.

Q: Do both cards support ray tracing?

A: Yes, both have dedicated ray tracing cores. The Intel Arc A310E has 6, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell has 34.

Q: What is the power consumption of each card?

A: The Intel Arc A310E has a 75 W TDP, and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell has a 70 W TDP. Neither requires external power connectors.

Q: Which card has a higher boost clock?

A: The Intel Arc A310E boosts to 2000 MHz, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell boosts to 1957 MHz.

Q: What is the production status of each GPU?

A: The Intel Arc A310E is end-of-life, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is active.

Q: How do the transistor counts compare?

A: The NVIDIA card contains 21,900 million transistors, roughly three times the Intel card's 7,200 million.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every measurable specification. The Intel Arc A310E uses the DG2-128 chip on Xe-HPG architecture, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell uses the GB206 chip on Blackwell 2.0. Process nodes are 6 nm for Intel and 5 nm for NVIDIA, both from TSMC. Transistor counts are 7,200 million versus 21,900 million, with die sizes of 157 mm² versus 181 mm².

Clock speeds show Intel's advantage: 2000 MHz base and boost versus NVIDIA's 982 MHz base and 1957 MHz boost. Memory configurations are starkly different: 4 GB GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus at 124.0 GB/s versus 16 GB GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus at 288.0 GB/s. Shading units number 768 versus 4352, TMUs 32 versus 136, ROPs 16 versus 48, and ray tracing cores 6 versus 34. The NVIDIA card adds 136 tensor cores, which the Intel card lacks entirely.

Rasterization and compute rates follow the same pattern. Pixel rate is 32.00 GPixel/s versus 93.94 GPixel/s, texture rate is 64.00 GTexel/s versus 266.2 GTexel/s, FP32 is 3.072 TFLOPS versus 17.03 TFLOPS, and FP16 is 6.144 TFLOPS versus 17.03 TFLOPS. The Intel card is single-slot, the NVIDIA card is dual-slot. Both use PCIe x8, but Intel is PCIe 4.0 and NVIDIA is PCIe 5.0. Display outputs are four mini-DisplayPort 2.0 versus four mini-DisplayPort 2.1b. The Intel card is end-of-life with a Battlemage successor, while the NVIDIA card is active with a Workstation Ada predecessor.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains no direct head-to-head benchmark entries between these two cards, but the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell has a full suite of recorded scores. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 result of 2374.5 indicates strong DirectX 12 rasterization performance for a 70 W card. The Geekbench OpenCL score of 106087 and Vulkan score of 113865 show balanced compute capabilities across both major GPU APIs.

Passmark results for the NVIDIA card reveal a mixed profile. The G3D score of 20049 places it in a competitive position among workstation and mobile GPUs. Its nearest rivals in the database include the AMD Radeon RX 6700M with an average score of 25633 and a delta of -1.4%, the AMD Radeon Pro W5700 at 25726 with -1.8%, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile at 25740 with -1.8%, and the NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile at 24763 with +2%. These deltas show the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell trailing the top three rivals by less than 2% and leading the RTX A5000 Mobile by 2%.

The average benchmark score of 25269 for the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell, combined with its 70th percentile ranking among all GPUs, confirms it sits in the upper-middle tier of the database. The Intel Arc A310E has no benchmark scores recorded, so its relative performance cannot be quantified from the database. Its 50th percentile ranking appears to reflect its position in the overall product stack rather than measured results.

Given the absence of Intel benchmark data, the meaningful comparison comes from the specification sheet. The RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell's 5.5x advantage in FP32 throughput, 4.5x advantage in pixel rate, and 2.3x advantage in memory bandwidth indicate that it would dominate in rendering, compute, and memory-intensive workloads. The Intel card's higher clock speeds and lower transistor density suggest it may run cooler under load, but the NVIDIA card's 70 W TDP is actually lower than Intel's 75 W TDP despite far greater performance.

The Passmark compute score of 8396 for the NVIDIA card, alongside its G2D score of 1303, indicates strong general-purpose GPU compute and 2D acceleration. DirectX 9, 10, 11, and 12 scores of 241, 122, 174, and 80 respectively show the card's legacy API performance. These figures paint a picture of a card that excels in modern workloads while maintaining backward compatibility, a profile consistent with its workstation positioning. The Intel Arc A310E, by contrast, offers no measured data in the database, leaving its practical performance to be inferred from its specifications alone.