Intel Arc A370M vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Comparison

FAQ

Q: How do the Intel Arc A370M and NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell compare on Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell scores 106,087 in Geekbench OpenCL, while the Intel Arc A370M scores 29,676. The NVIDIA card leads by 72% in this test.

Q: Which GPU wins in Geekbench Vulkan performance?

A: The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell wins decisively, scoring 113,865 versus 28,673 for the Intel Arc A370M, a 74.8% advantage.

Q: What is the average benchmark score for each GPU?

A: The Intel Arc A370M has an average benchmark score of 29,175, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell averages 25,269. Despite the NVIDIA card winning both head-to-head tests, its average is pulled down by its Passmark scores.

Q: How does the Intel Arc A370M rank among all GPUs?

A: The Intel Arc A370M sits at the 74th percentile of all GPUs in the database, with its closest rival being the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH at a 0.1% difference.

Q: What is the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell's percentile ranking?

A: It ranks at the 70th percentile of all GPUs, placing it near the AMD Radeon RX 6700M, which is 1.4% ahead, and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile, which is 1.8% ahead.

Q: What are the production statuses of these two GPUs?

A: The Intel Arc A370M is end-of-life, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell is active and currently in production.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from fundamentally different architectural lineages. The Intel Arc A370M uses the DG2-128 chip built on Xe-HPG architecture, part of the Alchemist generation for Arc 3 Mobile. It is fabricated on a 6 nm process at TSMC, with 7,200 million transistors packed into a 157 mm² die. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell uses the GB206 chip with Blackwell 2.0 architecture, belonging to the Blackwell PRO W (x000) generation. It is built on a more advanced 5 nm process at TSMC, with 21,900 million transistors on a 181 mm² die.

The transistor density tells the story of the manufacturing advantage: the NVIDIA chip achieves 121.0M transistors per mm², while the Intel chip manages 45.9M per mm². This density gap translates directly into compute resources. The NVIDIA GPU packs 4,352 shading units, 136 texture mapping units, and 48 raster output pipelines. The Intel GPU has 1,024 shading units, 64 TMUs, and 32 ROPs.

Ray tracing hardware also differs substantially. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell includes 34 RT cores and 136 tensor cores, while the Intel Arc A370M has 8 RT cores and no tensor core count listed. This gives NVIDIA a significant advantage in ray-traced workloads and AI-accelerated tasks.

Memory architecture diverges sharply. The Intel card uses 4 GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus, delivering 112.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The NVIDIA card has 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus, providing 288.0 GB/s. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, so API compatibility is identical, but the underlying hardware capabilities are not.

Power and physical design also differ. The Intel Arc A370M has a 35 W TDP and is an IGP (integrated graphics processor) with no power connectors. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell has a 70 W TDP, is dual-slot, requires no power connectors, and suggests a 250 W PSU. The NVIDIA card measures 167 mm in length, 69 mm in height, and 20 mm in width, while the Intel card's dimensions are not recorded in the database. The bus interface also differs: PCIe 4.0 x8 for Intel versus PCIe 5.0 x8 for NVIDIA.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records two direct head-to-head benchmark comparisons, and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell wins both. In Geekbench OpenCL, the NVIDIA card scores 106,087 against 29,676 for the Intel Arc A370M. That is a 72% lead for NVIDIA, a gap that reflects the massive difference in shading units (4,352 versus 1,024) and memory bandwidth (288.0 GB/s versus 112.0 GB/s).

In Geekbench Vulkan, the NVIDIA card extends its advantage slightly. It scores 113,865 while the Intel card scores 28,673, a 74.8% margin. The Vulkan result shows NVIDIA's architecture scaling well under a cross-platform graphics API, not just in compute-oriented OpenCL.

The Intel Arc A370M has no wins in the head-to-head comparison. However, its average benchmark score of 29,175 is actually higher than the NVIDIA card's average of 25,269. This is because the NVIDIA card's average includes several Passmark tests where it scores relatively low: Passmark DirectX 9 (241), DirectX 10 (122), DirectX 11 (174), and DirectX 12 (80). Its Passmark G3D score of 20,049 and GPU compute score of 8,396 are strong, but the DirectX legacy tests drag the average down.

For context on the Intel card's standing, its nearest rivals in the database are the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH (0.1% ahead), AMD FirePro W8000 (0.1% ahead), AMD Radeon RX 470 (0.6% behind), and AMD Radeon RX 6800M (1% behind). These are all within a narrow band, suggesting the Intel card performs consistently around that tier.

The NVIDIA card's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6700M (1.4% ahead), AMD Radeon Pro W5700 (1.8% ahead), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile (1.8% ahead), and NVIDIA RTX A5000 Mobile (2% behind). This places the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell in a competitive mobile workstation segment, though the head-to-head data shows it far outclasses the Intel Arc A370M in both recorded tests.

Specification Differences

The specification table shows clear divergence across nearly every field. The process node differs: 6 nm for Intel, 5 nm for NVIDIA. Transistor counts are 7,200 million versus 21,900 million, and die sizes are 157 mm² versus 181 mm². Transistor density is 45.9M per mm² for Intel and 121.0M per mm² for NVIDIA.

Clock speeds tell an interesting story. The Intel card has a higher base clock at 1550 MHz versus 982 MHz for NVIDIA, and a higher boost clock at 2050 MHz versus 1957 MHz. However, the NVIDIA card achieves far higher performance despite lower clocks, due to its larger chip and wider memory subsystem. Memory clocks are 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) for Intel and 1125 MHz (18 Gbps effective) for NVIDIA.

Memory capacity is 4 GB for Intel versus 16 GB for NVIDIA, and memory type is GDDR6 versus GDDR7. Bus width is 64-bit versus 128-bit, and bandwidth is 112.0 GB/s versus 288.0 GB/s. Shading units are 1,024 versus 4,352, TMUs are 64 versus 136, and ROPs are 32 versus 48. RT cores are 8 versus 34, and the NVIDIA card has 136 tensor cores while the Intel card has none listed.

Pixel rate is 65.60 GPixel/s for Intel and 93.94 GPixel/s for NVIDIA. Texture rate is 131.2 GTexel/s for Intel and 266.2 GTexel/s for NVIDIA. FP32 compute is 4.198 TFLOPS for Intel and 17.03 TFLOPS for NVIDIA. FP16 is 8.397 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio) for Intel and 17.03 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio) for NVIDIA.

TDP is 35 W for Intel and 70 W for NVIDIA. Slot width is IGP for Intel and dual-slot for NVIDIA. Power connectors are none for both, but the NVIDIA card suggests a 250 W PSU while the Intel card has no PSU recommendation. Bus interface is PCIe 4.0 x8 for Intel and PCIe 5.0 x8 for NVIDIA. Display outputs are portable device dependent for Intel and 4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1b for NVIDIA.

Release dates differ significantly: the Intel Arc A370M launched on 2022-03-29, while the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell launched on 2025-08-10. The Intel card is end-of-life, and the NVIDIA card is active. The NVIDIA card lists its predecessor as Workstation Ada, while the Intel card has no predecessor or successor recorded.

The Verdict

The data points to a clear hierarchy. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell dominates the Intel Arc A370M in both recorded head-to-head benchmarks, with a 72% lead in Geekbench OpenCL and a 74.8% lead in Geekbench Vulkan. For any workload that uses these APIs, the NVIDIA card is the substantially faster option, and the margin is large enough that no driver optimization or software tweak could plausibly close the gap.

The Intel Arc A370M is an end-of-life product from 2022, built on a smaller chip with 4 GB of memory and a 64-bit bus. Its 35 W TDP and IGP form factor make it suitable for thin-and-light portable devices, but the benchmark data shows it operates in a different performance class. Its nearest rivals, such as the AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH and AMD Radeon RX 470, are similarly dated or mid-range parts.

The NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell, despite its lower percentile ranking (70th versus 74th), is the better choice for anyone needing raw compute performance. Its 16 GB of GDDR7 memory, 288.0 GB/s bandwidth, and 17.03 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput position it for professional workloads, and its active production status means ongoing driver support.

Who should pick the Intel Arc A370M? Only those constrained by its IGP form factor and 35 W power envelope, where discrete-style cards cannot fit. The database shows it is competitive with its immediate rivals, but those rivals are all within 1% of its average score, meaning it offers no standout advantage even in its own tier.

Who should pick the NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell? Anyone with a dual-slot slot and a 250 W PSU who needs strong compute, ray tracing, or AI performance. Its tensor cores and 34 RT cores are not present on the Intel card at all, and its benchmark results in both OpenCL and Vulkan are roughly three to four times higher. The specification differences, from memory capacity to texture rate, all favor NVIDIA, and the head-to-head data confirms that the performance gap is real and substantial.