Intel Arc A380E vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile Comparison

The Verdict

The data positions these two GPUs in entirely different classes. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile holds a 67th percentile ranking across all GPUs, while the Intel Arc A380E sits at the 50th percentile. The RTX 4060 Mobile delivers an average benchmark score of 22729, which places it within 0.7% of the desktop NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 and 1.3% behind the Intel Arc B580. The Arc A380E has no recorded benchmark scores, no average score, and no nearest rivals in the database, meaning there is no measured performance data to compare directly. The RTX 4060 Mobile is the clear choice for any workload that requires proven compute performance. The Arc A380E, with its end-of-life production status and 75 W power envelope, serves a different purpose entirely, one focused on low-power, single-slot embedded or display-oriented deployments rather than raw throughput.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different foundries and design philosophies. The Intel Arc A380E uses the DG2-128 chip based on the Xe-HPG architecture, built on a 6 nm process at TSMC. The RTX 4060 Mobile uses the AD107 chip based on Ada Lovelace, built on a 5 nm process at the same foundry. Transistor counts differ sharply: the Intel part contains 7,200 million transistors on a 157 mm² die, yielding a density of 45.9 million transistors per square millimeter. The NVIDIA part packs 18,900 million transistors on a 159 mm² die, achieving 118.9 million transistors per square millimeter. Both dies are nearly the same physical size, but the NVIDIA chip fits roughly 2.6 times more transistors into that area.

Memory configurations diverge as well. The Arc A380E has 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 96-bit bus, producing 186.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RTX 4060 Mobile has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, producing 256.0 GB/s. Clock behavior differs: the Intel GPU runs a base and boost clock of 2000 MHz flat, while the NVIDIA GPU runs a 1545 MHz base and 1890 MHz boost. The RTX 4060 Mobile also carries significantly more execution resources, with 3072 shading units, 96 TMUs, 48 ROPs, 24 RT cores, and 96 tensor cores. The Arc A380E has 1024 shading units, 64 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and 8 RT cores, with no tensor core count listed.

Compute throughput tells the same story. The RTX 4060 Mobile reaches 11.61 TFLOPS of FP32 and 11.61 TFLOPS of FP16 with a 1:1 ratio. The Arc A380E reaches 4.096 TFLOPS of FP32 and 8.192 TFLOPS of FP16 with a 2:1 ratio. Pixel and texture rates follow: the NVIDIA part outputs 90.72 GPixel/s and 181.4 GTexel/s, while the Intel part outputs 64.00 GPixel/s and 128.0 GTexel/s. The power envelope is a major differentiator, the Arc A380E draws 75 W and is a single-slot card, while the RTX 4060 Mobile draws 115 W and is an integrated GPU package for laptops. Both support PCIe 4.0 x8 and the same API levels, including DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 4060 Mobile wins on every measurable performance axis in the database. Its benchmark suite covers nine tests, and its average score of 22729 places it in the 67th percentile of all GPUs. The nearest rivals in the database are all desktop or higher-tier parts: the RTX 2080 at 22895 (0.7% faster), the Arc B580 at 23021 (1.3% faster), the RX 7700 XT at 22549 (0.8% slower), and the RTX 5060 Mobile at 22435 (1.3% slower). This puts the RTX 4060 Mobile in a performance band where it trades blows with desktop-class GPUs from the previous generation and current mid-range parts.

The Arc A380E wins on power efficiency and physical footprint. Its 75 W TDP versus the 115 W TDP of the RTX 4060 Mobile represents a 40 W difference. It is a single-slot card with a 254 mm length, 127 mm height, and 20 mm width, with no power connectors required and a suggested PSU of 250 W. The RTX 4060 Mobile has no dimensions listed, no suggested PSU, and its display outputs are listed as portable-device dependent. The Arc A380E also offers four DisplayPort 2.0 outputs, which suits multi-display or embedded configurations. The RTX 4060 Mobile has no fixed display output configuration because it depends on the host laptop design.

In compute-heavy scenarios, the data strongly favors NVIDIA. The RTX 4060 Mobile scores 89420 in Geekbench OpenCL and 89569 in Geekbench Vulkan. Its Passmark G3D score is 17469, and its GPU compute score is 6816. The Arc A380E has no recorded scores in any of these tests, so the database cannot confirm any workload where the Intel part wins on measured performance. The Arc A380E's advantage is structural: lower power, simpler cooling, no external power connectors, and a standardized display output set.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has a higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile has an average benchmark score of 22729. The Intel Arc A380E has no recorded benchmark scores and an average score of 0.

Q: How much memory and bandwidth does each GPU have?

A: The Intel Arc A380E has 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 96-bit bus with 186.0 GB/s bandwidth. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 256.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What are the power requirements of each GPU?

A: The Intel Arc A380E has a 75 W TDP, requires no power connectors, and lists a 250 W suggested PSU. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile has a 115 W TDP, requires no power connectors (as an integrated laptop part), and has no suggested PSU listed.

Q: How does the RTX 4060 Mobile compare to its nearest rivals?

A: It is 0.7% slower than the RTX 2080 (22895), 1.3% slower than the Intel Arc B580 (23021), 0.8% faster than the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (22549), and 1.3% faster than the RTX 5060 Mobile (22435).

Q: Which GPU has more shading units and ray tracing cores?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile has 3072 shading units and 24 RT cores. The Intel Arc A380E has 1024 shading units and 8 RT cores.

Q: What is the production status of each GPU?

A: The Intel Arc A380E is listed as end-of-life, with its successor being Battlemage. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile is listed as active, with its successor being the GeForce 50 Mobile series.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains no direct head-to-head benchmark entries between these two GPUs, and the Arc A380E has zero recorded benchmark results. The comparison therefore relies on the RTX 4060 Mobile's measured scores and the Arc A380E's architectural specifications.

The RTX 4060 Mobile's strongest recorded results come from Geekbench. Its OpenCL score of 89420 and Vulkan score of 89569 indicate substantial compute throughput in both API environments. These are the two highest individual scores in its benchmark set, and they demonstrate that the GPU handles general-purpose compute and graphics workloads with similar efficiency.

Passmark results show a different distribution. The DirectX 9 score of 216 is the highest among the DirectX tests, followed by DirectX 11 at 157, DirectX 10 at 107, and DirectX 12 at 73. The G3D score of 17469 and GPU compute score of 6816 provide the aggregate picture. The DirectX 12 score being the lowest of the four API tests suggests that the newer API path is not the GPU's strongest point, while legacy DirectX 9 performance is comparatively strong.

The Arc A380E cannot be placed on this scale because no scores exist. Its FP32 throughput of 4.096 TFLOPS is roughly 2.8 times lower than the RTX 4060 Mobile's 11.61 TFLOPS, based on the recorded specifications. Its FP16 throughput of 8.192 TFLOPS is also lower than the NVIDIA part's 11.61 TFLOPS, though the Intel part achieves its FP16 number through a 2:1 ratio while NVIDIA uses a 1:1 ratio. Memory bandwidth is 186.0 GB/s versus 256.0 GB/s, a 70 GB/s gap in favor of NVIDIA.

The RTX 4060 Mobile's percentile ranking of 67 versus the Arc A380E's 50 reinforces the same conclusion. The NVIDIA part sits above the median for all GPUs, while the Intel part sits exactly at it. In the context of the nearest rivals, the RTX 4060 Mobile is effectively a desktop-class performer in a mobile package. Its 0.7% deficit to the RTX 2080 and 0.8% advantage over the RX 7700 XT show that it competes with full-size desktop cards despite its laptop-oriented design.

The Arc A380E's role is defined by its constraints: 75 W power draw, single-slot cooling, no power connectors, and four DisplayPort 2.0 outputs. It is a device for systems where power delivery and physical space are limited. The RTX 4060 Mobile is for systems where compute performance is the priority, and the database confirms it delivers desktop-level results in every recorded test.