Intel Arc A570M vs NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB Comparison

The Intel Arc A570M and the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB represent two very different answers to the question of what a graphics card should be. One is a modern, power-efficient mobile part aimed at the current laptop market, while the other is a professional workstation behemoth from a previous era. The benchmark data in our database shows a clear, but not absolute, separation in performance, driven by a massive generational gap in architecture and design philosophy.

Where Each One Wins

The use-case split between these two cards is stark. The Intel Arc A570M wins the only head-to-head benchmark we have recorded, which is Geekbench OpenCL. This is a compute-centric test, and the Arc A570M's score of 58,239 completely overshadows the Quadro's 40,098. This indicates that for raw, general-purpose compute workloads, the newer Intel architecture holds a significant advantage. The Arc A570M also benefits from being part of the Alchemist generation, which includes support for modern features like hardware ray tracing and DirectX 12 Ultimate, making it the clear choice for any modern gaming or real-time rendering workload that can leverage these APIs.

The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB, despite losing the compute race, is not without its own domain of superiority. Its primary strength lies in its memory configuration. With a 24 GB frame buffer, it holds three times the memory of the Intel card's 8 GB. For professional applications such as large-scale 3D scene rendering, scientific visualization, or machine learning datasets that require massive amounts of resident data, the Quadro's capacity is its winning ticket. It also has a higher pixel rate (106.9 GPixel/s vs 83.20 GPixel/s) and texture rate (213.9 GTexel/s vs 166.4 GTexel/s), suggesting it could be faster in certain fill-rate-limited rasterization scenarios, even if its overall compute is lower. The data suggests a classic trade-off: the Intel card is a more efficient and faster modern solution for most tasks, while the NVIDIA card is a specialized tool for capacity-hungry professional workflows.

Architecture Differences

The fundamental difference between these two GPUs is the chasm of seven years of technological progress. The Intel Arc A570M is built on the Xe-HPG architecture and fabricated on a 6 nm process at TSMC. In contrast, the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 uses the older Maxwell 2.0 architecture on a 28 nm process. This is a massive difference in manufacturing technology. The Intel chip, codenamed DG2-256, packs 11,500 million transistors into a die size of 269 mm², resulting in a transistor density of 42.8M per mm². The NVIDIA chip, GM200, has 8,000 million transistors spread across a much larger 601 mm² die, giving it a density of just 13.3M per mm². This explains why the Intel chip can achieve its performance while consuming only 75 W, a fraction of the Quadro's 250 W TDP.

Architecturally, the Intel card is fundamentally more modern. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), while the Quadro is limited to DirectX 12 (12_1). This means the Arc A570M can use features like mesh shaders and variable rate shading. The Intel card also features dedicated ray tracing cores (16 of them), a capability the Maxwell-based Quadro lacks entirely. In terms of raw processing units, the Quadro has more of everything: 3072 shading units vs 2048, 192 TMUs vs 128, and 96 ROPs vs 64. This gives it a theoretical peak FP32 performance of 6.844 TFLOPS, which is higher than the Arc A570M's 5.325 TFLOPS. However, this raw throughput advantage is not reflected in the recorded benchmark, demonstrating how architectural efficiency and driver maturity can trump theoretical specs. The Intel card also supports a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface, while the Quadro uses the older PCIe 3.0 x16 standard.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only direct benchmark comparison in our database is the Geekbench OpenCL test, and the result is a decisive victory for the Intel Arc A570M. The Intel card scored 58,239 points, while the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB scored 40,098 points. This translates to a 45.2% advantage for the Intel part. This is a substantial lead and indicates that despite the Quadro's higher theoretical FP32 throughput and larger memory bandwidth (317.4 GB/s vs 224.0 GB/s), the Intel architecture is far more effective at executing the workloads presented in this test.

To put this score in perspective, the Arc A570M's average score of 58,239 places it in the 88th percentile of all GPUs in our database. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, which is just 0.3% faster, and the AMD Radeon PRO V710, which is 0.7% faster. This shows that the A570M, despite being a mobile part, is competing with some very capable desktop and workstation cards in compute tasks. The Quadro M6000 24 GB, with an average score of 43,262, sits in the 83rd percentile. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile and the NVIDIA Quadro M6000, with the RTX 4070 SUPER and RTX 4090 Mobile also within a 1% window. This clustering suggests that the Quadro's performance is still respectable, but it is firmly in a different performance tier than the Intel card.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher memory capacity?

A: The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB has a significantly larger frame buffer of 24 GB, compared to the 8 GB found on the Intel Arc A570M.

Q: How do they compare in raw compute performance?

A: According to the Geekbench OpenCL database, the Intel Arc A570M is the decisive winner, scoring 58,239 versus the Quadro's 40,098, a 45.2% difference in favor of Intel.

Q: Which card is more power-efficient?

A: The Intel Arc A570M has a TDP of 75 W, which is far lower than the 250 W TDP of the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB.

Q: Does the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 support hardware ray tracing?

A: No. The Quadro is based on the older Maxwell 2.0 architecture and has no dedicated ray tracing cores, while the Intel Arc A570M includes 16 of them.

Q: What is the production status of each card?

A: The Intel Arc A570M is listed as "Active" in production, while the NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB is listed as "End-of-life."

Q: Which card has a higher theoretical pixel fill rate?

A: The NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB has a higher pixel rate of 106.9 GPixel/s, compared to the Intel Arc A570M's 83.20 GPixel/s.

Specification Differences

| Specification | Intel Arc A570M | NVIDIA Quadro M6000 24 GB |

| :--- | :--- | :--- |

| Architecture | Xe-HPG | Maxwell 2.0 |

| Process Node | 6 nm | 28 nm |

| Transistors | 11,500 million | 8,000 million |

| Die Size | 269 mm² | 601 mm² |

| Base Clock | 900 MHz | 988 MHz |

| Boost Clock | 1300 MHz | 1114 MHz |

| Memory Size | 8 GB | 24 GB |

| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |

| Memory Bus Width | 128 bit | 384 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 317.4 GB/s |

| Shading Units | 2048 | 3072 |

| TMUs | 128 | 192 |

| ROPs | 64 | 96 |

| RT Cores | 16 | 0 |

| Pixel Rate | 83.20 GPixel/s | 106.9 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 166.4 GTexel/s | 213.9 GTexel/s |

| FP32 Performance | 5.325 TFLOPS | 6.844 TFLOPS |

| TDP | 75 W | 250 W |

| Slot Width | IGP | Dual-slot |

| Power Connectors | None | 1x 8-pin |

| Suggested PSU | None | 600 W |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |

| DirectX Support | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_1) |

| Release Date | 2023-07-31 | 2016-03-04 |

| Production Status | Active | End-of-life |

| Launch MSRP | None | 4,999 USD |