Intel Arc A570M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 AD103 Comparison

Intel Arc A570M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 AD103 occupy different tiers of the mobile and desktop GPU markets, respectively. The Arc A570M is an integrated-class mobile part from Intel’s Alchemist generation, while the RTX 4070 AD103 is a dual-slot desktop add-in board from NVIDIA’s Ada Lovelace architecture. The recorded data shows a clear performance hierarchy, with the RTX 4070 AD103 delivering substantially higher raw compute and memory throughput. However, the Arc A570M holds a notable position in the database’s percentile ranking, sitting at the 88th percentile among all GPUs, whereas the RTX 4070 AD103 sits at the 50th percentile, though the latter has no recorded benchmark score in the database.

Where Each One Wins

The Arc A570M wins exclusively on efficiency per watt and physical integration. Its 75 W TDP allows it to operate within an IGP slot width, meaning it is designed for portable devices where space and cooling are constrained. The RTX 4070 AD103, with a 200 W TDP and dual-slot footprint, requires a dedicated power connector (1x 16-pin) and a 550 W suggested power supply, making it unsuitable for compact or battery-powered systems. In the database, the Arc A570M has a recorded Geekbench OpenCL score of 58,239, placing it at the 88th percentile, while the RTX 4070 AD103 has no recorded benchmark scores, leaving its performance unquantified in the database.

The RTX 4070 AD103 wins on every measurable performance specification. It offers 5,888 shading units versus 2,048, 184 texture mapping units versus 128, and 46 ray tracing cores versus 16. Its FP32 throughput of 29.15 TFLOPS is more than five times the Arc A570M’s 5.325 TFLOPS. Memory bandwidth is also dominant: 504.2 GB/s over a 192-bit bus versus 224.0 GB/s over a 128-bit bus. The RTX 4070 AD103 also has 184 tensor cores, a feature entirely absent from the Arc A570M’s specification sheet.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from fundamentally different design philosophies. Intel’s Arc A570M uses the DG2-256 chip based on the Xe-HPG architecture, manufactured on a 6 nm process at TSMC. The die contains 11,500 million transistors on a 269 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 42.8 million per mm². The NVIDIA RTX 4070 AD103 uses the AD103 chip based on Ada Lovelace, built on a 5 nm process, also at TSMC. Its die holds 45,900 million transistors across 379 mm², giving a density of 121.1 million per mm². The NVIDIA chip is roughly 41% larger in die area but packs nearly four times the transistor count.

Clock behavior differs sharply. The Arc A570M runs a 900 MHz base clock and a 1300 MHz boost clock, while the RTX 4070 AD103 runs a 1920 MHz base and 2475 MHz boost. Memory clocks also diverge: the Intel part uses 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) GDDR6, while the NVIDIA part uses 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective) GDDR6X. The RTX 4070 AD103 supports 1:1 FP16/FP32 ratio at 29.15 TFLOPS, whereas the Arc A570M achieves 10.65 TFLOPS FP16 via a 2:1 ratio. The NVIDIA GPU includes dedicated tensor cores (184) and a higher count of ray tracing cores (46 versus 16). Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains no direct head-to-head benchmark results between the Arc A570M and the RTX 4070 AD103. The Arc A570M has one recorded Geekbench OpenCL score of 58,239. Its nearest rivals in the database include the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (average score 58,392, delta -0.3%), the AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM (average score 58,085, delta +0.3%), the NVIDIA P102-100 (average score 58,528, delta -0.5%), and the AMD Radeon PRO V710 (average score 58,657, delta -0.7%). These deltas show the Arc A570M performing within 0.7% of four different desktop GPUs, indicating that its OpenCL result is tightly clustered with those parts.

The RTX 4070 AD103 has no benchmark entries in the database, meaning no comparative percentage can be derived from recorded measurements. Its average benchmark score is listed as zero, and its nearest rivals list is empty. Consequently, any direct comparison between the two must rely on specification differences rather than empirical test results. The Arc A570M’s percentile rank of 88 indicates that its single recorded score places it above 88% of all GPUs in the database, a strong showing for a 75 W mobile part. The RTX 4070 AD103’s percentile of 50 is a default value in the absence of recorded data, not a reflection of measured performance.

Specification Differences

The following fields differ between the two products:

• Chip: DG2-256 (Intel) versus AD103 (NVIDIA)
• Architecture: Xe-HPG versus Ada Lovelace
• Process node: 6 nm versus 5 nm
• Transistors: 11,500 million versus 45,900 million
• Die size: 269 mm² versus 379 mm²
• Transistor density: 42.8M / mm² versus 121.1M / mm²
• Base clock: 900 MHz versus 1920 MHz
• Boost clock: 1300 MHz versus 2475 MHz
• Memory clock: 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) versus 1313 MHz (21 Gbps effective)
• Memory size: 8 GB versus 12 GB
• Memory type: GDDR6 versus GDDR6X
• Memory bus: 128 bit versus 192 bit
• Memory bandwidth: 224.0 GB/s versus 504.2 GB/s
• Shading units: 2048 versus 5888
• TMUs: 128 versus 184
• ROPs: 64 versus 64 (identical)
• RT cores: 16 versus 46
• Tensor cores: none versus 184
• Pixel rate: 83.20 GPixel/s versus 158.4 GPixel/s
• Texture rate: 166.4 GTexel/s versus 455.4 GTexel/s
• FP32: 5.325 TFLOPS versus 29.15 TFLOPS
• FP16: 10.65 TFLOPS (2:1) versus 29.15 TFLOPS (1:1)
• TDP: 75 W versus 200 W
• Slot width: IGP versus Dual-slot
• Power connectors: none versus 1x 16-pin
• Suggested PSU: none versus 550 W
• Bus interface: PCIe 4.0 x8 versus PCIe 4.0 x16
• Display outputs: Portable Device Dependent versus 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
• Release date: 2023-07-31 versus 2024-02-29
• Production status: Active versus End-of-life
• Predecessor: none versus GeForce 30
• Successor: none versus GeForce 50

The Arc A570M has no launch MSRP, while the RTX 4070 AD103 carries a launch MSRP of 599 USD. Dimensions also differ, with the RTX 4070 AD103 measuring 240 mm in length, 110 mm in height, and 40 mm in width; the Arc A570M has no recorded physical dimensions.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has a higher FP32 compute throughput?

A: The RTX 4070 AD103 delivers 29.15 TFLOPS FP32, which is more than five times the Arc A570M’s 5.325 TFLOPS.

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

A: The RTX 4070 AD103 offers 504.2 GB/s over a 192-bit GDDR6X bus, while the Arc A570M provides 224.0 GB/s over a 128-bit GDDR6 bus.

Q: What is the power requirement difference?

A: The Arc A570M has a 75 W TDP and requires no external power connector, while the RTX 4070 AD103 has a 200 W TDP, uses a single 16-pin connector, and requires a 550 W suggested power supply.

Q: Does the Arc A570M have tensor cores?

A: No, the Arc A570M does not list tensor cores, whereas the RTX 4070 AD103 includes 184 tensor cores.

Q: Which GPU has a higher percentile ranking in the database?

A: The Arc A570M ranks at the 88th percentile among all GPUs based on its recorded Geekbench OpenCL score of 58,239, while the RTX 4070 AD103 has no recorded benchmark score and sits at the 50th percentile by default.

Q: What is the difference in ray tracing core count?

A: The RTX 4070 AD103 has 46 ray tracing cores, compared to 16 on the Arc A570M.