Intel Arc A380E x2 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile Comparison

FAQ

Q: What are the key performance differences between the Intel Arc A380E x2 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile delivers substantially higher raw compute. Its FP32 throughput is 17.04 TFLOPS versus 4.096 TFLOPS for the Arc A380E x2, and its texture rate reaches 266.2 GTexel/s compared to 128.0 GTexel/s. The NVIDIA part also has a significantly higher average benchmark score of 35,435, while the Intel part has no recorded benchmark scores.

Q: How does memory capacity and bandwidth compare between the two?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile uses 12 GB of GDDR7 on a 192-bit bus, delivering 672.0 GB/s bandwidth. The Intel Arc A380E x2 has 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 96-bit bus, providing 186.0 GB/s. The NVIDIA solution offers double the memory capacity and roughly 3.6 times the bandwidth.

Q: What are the differences in power requirements?

A: The Intel Arc A380E x2 has a TDP of 130 W and requires a 1x 6-pin power connector, with a suggested PSU of 300 W. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile has a TDP of 60 W and uses no power connectors, as it is an integrated GPU for portable devices. The Intel card is single-slot, while the NVIDIA part is IGP.

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

A: The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile has 5,888 shading units and 46 ray tracing cores. The Intel Arc A380E x2 has 1,024 shading units and 8 ray tracing cores. The NVIDIA GPU also has 184 tensor cores, while the Intel part has none listed.

Q: What is the production status and release timing for each?

A: The Intel Arc A380E x2 is end-of-life, released on 2024-03-31, with a predecessor of Xe Graphics and successor of Battlemage. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is active, released on 2025-02-28, with a predecessor of GeForce 40 Mobile and no successor listed.

Q: How does the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile rank among all GPUs in the database?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile sits at the 80th percentile among all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA Quadro GV100 (average score 35,520, delta -0.2%), the AMD Radeon Pro Duo (35,860, delta -1.2%), the NVIDIA A2 (34,690, delta +2.1%), and the NVIDIA T1000 (36,289, delta -2.4%).

The Verdict

The recorded data shows a decisive performance gap. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile holds an 80th percentile rank with an average benchmark score of 35,435, while the Intel Arc A380E x2 sits at the 50th percentile with no benchmark scores recorded. The NVIDIA part is the clear choice for any application requiring substantial compute throughput, memory bandwidth, or ray tracing capability.

The Intel Arc A380E x2, being end-of-life and designed as a multi-display solution with 8x mini-DisplayPort 2.0 outputs, targets a different use case: high-density display output rather than raw rendering performance. For users needing many display connections from a single-slot card, the Intel part has a defined role. For gaming, content creation, or general GPU compute, the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile dominates across every measurable category.

The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile also delivers better efficiency from a power perspective, with a 60 W TDP versus 130 W for the Intel card, while producing more than four times the FP32 throughput. The data indicates no scenario where the Intel part outperforms the NVIDIA GPU in rendering or compute workloads. The only practical reason to select the Intel Arc A380E x2 is its unique display output configuration, which the NVIDIA mobile part cannot match.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records no direct head-to-head benchmark comparisons between these two GPUs. However, the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile has nine individual benchmark scores, while the Intel Arc A380E x2 has none. This absence itself is informative: the Intel part lacks measured performance data, whereas the NVIDIA part demonstrates consistent results across multiple test suites.

The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile scores 143,870 in Geekbench OpenCL and 139,213 in Geekbench Vulkan. In Passmark tests, it records 24,004 in G3D, 10,101 in GPU Compute, 981 in G2D, 259 in DirectX 9, 237 in DirectX 11, 151 in DirectX 10, and 102 in DirectX 12. These figures establish a baseline for the NVIDIA part across both compute and graphics workloads.

The average benchmark score of 35,435 places the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile close to the NVIDIA Quadro GV100 (35,520, delta -0.2%) and the AMD Radeon Pro Duo (35,860, delta -1.2%). It sits slightly ahead of the NVIDIA A2 (34,690, delta +2.1%) and slightly behind the NVIDIA T1000 (36,289, delta -2.4%). This clustering indicates the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile performs in a consistent band with these workstation-class GPUs, despite being a mobile part.

Without recorded benchmarks for the Intel Arc A380E x2, the performance comparison rests on specification-level differences. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile delivers 17.04 TFLOPS FP32 versus 4.096 TFLOPS, a 4.16 times advantage. Its texture rate of 266.2 GTexel/s exceeds the Intel part's 128.0 GTexel/s by roughly 2.1 times. Pixel rates also favor NVIDIA: 115.8 GPixel/s versus 64.00 GPixel/s.

The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile achieves these results with a lower TDP of 60 W compared to 130 W for the Intel card. The NVIDIA GPU also uses a newer PCIe interface: PCIe 5.0 x16 versus PCIe 4.0 x8 for Intel. This interface advantage, combined with higher memory bandwidth, suggests the NVIDIA part will sustain performance better in data-intensive workloads.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every specification field. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile uses the GB205 chip with Blackwell 2.0 architecture, while the Intel Arc A380E x2 uses the DG2-128 chip with Xe-HPG architecture. The NVIDIA part belongs to the GeForce 50-series and GeForce 50 Mobile generation; the Intel part is from the Alchemist (Arc 3) generation.

Process nodes differ: NVIDIA uses a 5 nm process from TSMC, Intel uses a 6 nm process also from TSMC. Transistor counts diverge sharply: the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile has 31,100 million transistors on a 263 mm² die (118.3M / mm² density), while the Intel part has 7,200 million on a 157 mm² die (45.9M / mm² density). This represents a 4.3 times transistor advantage for NVIDIA.

Clock speeds show a notable inversion. The Intel Arc A380E x2 runs at a fixed 2000 MHz base and boost, with memory at 1937 MHz (15.5 Gbps effective). The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile runs at 847 MHz base and 1447 MHz boost, with memory at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective). Despite lower core clocks, the NVIDIA GPU achieves far higher throughput due to its larger shader count.

Memory configurations differ completely: 6 GB GDDR6 on a 96-bit bus versus 12 GB GDDR7 on a 192-bit bus. Bandwidth measures 186.0 GB/s for Intel and 672.0 GB/s for NVIDIA. The NVIDIA part has 5,888 shading units, 184 TMUs, 80 ROPs, 46 RT cores, and 184 tensor cores. The Intel part has 1,024 shading units, 64 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and 8 RT cores, with no tensor cores listed.

Power and physical specifications also diverge. The Intel card has a 130 W TDP, single-slot width, one 6-pin power connector, a 300 W suggested PSU, and dimensions of 265 mm length, 127 mm height, and 20 mm width. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile has a 60 W TDP, is an IGP with no power connectors, no suggested PSU, and no listed dimensions. Display outputs: Intel provides 8x mini-DisplayPort 2.0; NVIDIA is portable device dependent. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Architecture Differences

The architectures represent two different design philosophies. Intel's Xe-HPG architecture on a 6 nm TSMC process targets efficiency and multi-display capability in a compact single-slot form factor. The DG2-128 chip contains 7,200 million transistors on a 157 mm² die, with a transistor density of 45.9M / mm². This is Intel's Alchemist generation, now end-of-life, with its successor being Battlemage.

NVIDIA's Blackwell 2.0 architecture on a 5 nm TSMC process represents a newer, denser design. The GB205 chip packs 31,100 million transistors onto a 263 mm² die, achieving 118.3M / mm² density. This is more than 2.5 times the transistor density of the Intel chip. The GeForce 50 Mobile generation is currently active, succeeding GeForce 40 Mobile.

Ray tracing hardware differs significantly: NVIDIA includes 46 RT cores, Intel includes 8. Tensor core support exists only on the NVIDIA side with 184 tensor cores; the Intel part lists none. This means the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile can accelerate AI workloads and DLSS-type operations, while the Intel Arc A380E x2 lacks dedicated tensor hardware entirely.

Memory technology also reflects generational differences. NVIDIA uses GDDR7 at 28 Gbps effective, while Intel uses GDDR6 at 15.5 Gbps effective. The NVIDIA memory clock of 1750 MHz is lower than Intel's 1937 MHz, but the wider 192-bit bus and newer memory standard result in 672.0 GB/s bandwidth versus 186.0 GB/s.

The PCIe interface differs as well: NVIDIA uses PCIe 5.0 x16, Intel uses PCIe 4.0 x8. This doubles the potential host interface bandwidth for NVIDIA and reflects the newer platform expectations of the GeForce 50 Mobile generation. Both support identical API levels: DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Where Each One Wins

Based on the recorded data, the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile wins in every compute and rendering category. Its FP32 throughput of 17.04 TFLOPS is 4.16 times higher than the Intel part's 4.096 TFLOPS. Its texture rate of 266.2 GTexel/s is 2.08 times higher. Its pixel rate of 115.8 GPixel/s is 1.81 times higher. Its memory bandwidth of 672.0 GB/s is 3.61 times higher. The NVIDIA GPU also has 5.75 times more shading units, 4.75 times more ray tracing cores, and 2.5 times more ROPs.

The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile records an 80th percentile rank with an average benchmark score of 35,435. Its nearest rivals are workstation-class GPUs like the Quadro GV100 and Radeon Pro Duo, confirming its position as a high-performance mobile solution. The Intel Arc A380E x2 holds only a 50th percentile rank with no benchmark scores, indicating it performs at the median level of all GPUs in the database without any measured validation.

The Intel Arc A380E x2 wins only in specific configuration aspects. It offers 8x mini-DisplayPort 2.0 outputs, making it suitable for multi-display setups that the NVIDIA portable device dependent outputs cannot match. It also has a fixed 2000 MHz clock speed, which is higher than the NVIDIA boost clock of 1447 MHz, though this does not translate into performance advantages. Its single-slot form factor with a 6-pin power connector makes it a straightforward add-in card for desktop systems.

For workloads involving AI acceleration, ray tracing, or high-resolution gaming, the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is the only viable option based on the data. For display wall installations requiring numerous outputs from one card, the Intel Arc A380E x2 has a specific purpose. The NVIDIA part also wins on efficiency: 17.04 TFLOPS at 60 W versus 4.096 TFLOPS at 130 W, yielding a far superior performance-per-watt ratio.