Intel Arc B770 vs NVIDIA H200 NVL Comparison

FAQ

Q: What is the Intel Arc B770 and how does it fit into Intel's lineup?

A: The Intel Arc B770 is a Battlemage generation (Arc 7) graphics card built on the Xe2-HPG architecture. It uses the BMG-G31 chip manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC with a die size of 368 mm². It is the successor to the Alchemist generation.

Q: What kind of memory configuration does the NVIDIA H200 NVL use?

A: The NVIDIA H200 NVL uses 141 GB of HBM3e memory on a 6144 bit bus, delivering 4.89 TB/s of bandwidth. Its memory clock is 1593 MHz with 6.4 Gbps effective speed.

Q: What is the performance percentile ranking of each card in the database?

A: The Intel Arc B770 sits at the 50th percentile among all GPUs, while the NVIDIA H200 NVL ranks at the 100th percentile. The H200 NVL has an average benchmark score of 334891 in Geekbench OpenCL; the Arc B770 has no recorded benchmark scores in the database.

Q: How does the NVIDIA H200 NVL compare to its nearest rivals?

A: The H200 NVL is 3.1% behind the NVIDIA B200, 9.4% behind the NVIDIA B300 SXM6 AC, 5.3% ahead of the AMD Instinct MI300X, and 13.2% ahead of the NVIDIA L40S based on average scores.

Q: What are the power requirements for each card?

A: The Intel Arc B770 has a TDP of 225 W and a suggested PSU of 550 W, using one 6-pin and one 8-pin power connector. The NVIDIA H200 NVL has a TDP of 600 W and a suggested PSU of 1000 W, using an 8-pin EPS connector.

Q: Which card has higher FP16 and FP32 compute throughput?

A: The NVIDIA H200 NVL delivers 60.32 TFLOPS FP32 and 120.6 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1). The Intel Arc B770 delivers 19.66 TFLOPS FP32 and 39.32 TFLOPS FP16 (2:1).

The Verdict

The recorded data splits cleanly along workload lines. The NVIDIA H200 NVL is a server-oriented accelerator with a 100th percentile ranking, 141 GB of HBM3e memory, 4.89 TB/s bandwidth, and 16896 shading units. Its only benchmark entry, Geekbench OpenCL at 334891, places it ahead of the AMD Instinct MI300X by 5.3% and behind the NVIDIA B200 by 3.1%. All of its nearest rivals are data center accelerators, and it has no display outputs. This is a compute and AI inference card, not a rendering card.

The Intel Arc B770 is a consumer graphics card built for rasterization and ray tracing. It has 4096 shading units, 32 dedicated ray tracing cores, 256 TMUs, and 128 ROPs. Its pixel rate of 307.2 GPixel/s and texture rate of 614.4 GTexel/s point to traditional graphics workloads. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6, and it has HDMI 2.1a and DisplayPort 2.1 outputs. It sits at the 50th percentile, indicating mid-range positioning.

The data does not support a single winner. The H200 NVL dominates raw compute, memory capacity, and bandwidth. The Arc B770 dominates display connectivity, graphics API support, and ray tracing hardware. Buyers who need graphics output should choose the Arc B770. Buyers who need maximum compute throughput and massive memory capacity should choose the H200 NVL.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database has no direct head-to-head benchmark entries between the Intel Arc B770 and the NVIDIA H200 NVL. The Arc B770 has zero recorded benchmark scores and zero wins in the database. The H200 NVL has one Geekbench OpenCL score of 334891, giving it a 100th percentile ranking.

The nearest rival data for the H200 NVL provides context for its performance level. It trails the NVIDIA B300 SXM6 AC by 9.4%, trails the NVIDIA B200 by 3.1%, leads the AMD Instinct MI300X by 5.3%, and leads the NVIDIA L40S by 13.2%. The L40S comparison is notable because the L40S is also a dual-purpose card with graphics capability, yet the H200 NVL still leads it by a wide margin in compute.

On the Arc B770 side, the lack of benchmark data means no direct score comparisons can be drawn. The available specification data shows an FP32 throughput of 19.66 TFLOPS versus 60.32 TFLOPS for the H200 NVL, a 3.07x difference. FP16 throughput shows 39.32 TFLOPS versus 120.6 TFLOPS, a 3.07x difference. Memory bandwidth shows 512.0 GB/s versus 4.89 TB/s, a 9.55x difference. These gaps indicate that the H200 NVL is in a different performance class, but the Arc B770's graphics-specific features are absent from the H200 NVL entirely.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every measurable specification.

Chip and process: The Arc B770 uses the BMG-G31 chip on a 368 mm² die. The H200 NVL uses the GH100 chip on an 814 mm² die with 80,000 million transistors and a transistor density of 98.3M per mm². Both use a 5 nm process at TSMC.

Clocks: The Arc B770 runs at 2100 MHz base and 2400 MHz boost. The H200 NVL runs at 1365 MHz base and 1785 MHz boost. The Arc B770's memory clock is 2000 MHz with 16 Gbps effective speed; the H200 NVL's memory clock is 1593 MHz with 6.4 Gbps effective speed.

Memory: The Arc B770 has 16 GB of GDDR6 on a 256 bit bus with 512.0 GB/s bandwidth. The H200 NVL has 141 GB of HBM3e on a 6144 bit bus with 4.89 TB/s bandwidth.

Compute units: The Arc B770 has 4096 shading units, 256 TMUs, 128 ROPs, and 32 RT cores. The H200 NVL has 16896 shading units, 528 TMUs, 24 ROPs, and 528 tensor cores. The H200 NVL has no RT core count listed.

Rates: The Arc B770 has a pixel rate of 307.2 GPixel/s and texture rate of 614.4 GTexel/s. The H200 NVL has a pixel rate of 42.84 GPixel/s and texture rate of 942.5 GTexel/s.

Power: The Arc B770 has a TDP of 225 W with a suggested PSU of 550 W and connectors of one 6-pin plus one 8-pin. The H200 NVL has a TDP of 600 W with a suggested PSU of 1000 W and an 8-pin EPS connector.

Bus and dimensions: The Arc B770 uses PCIe 4.0 x16. The H200 NVL uses PCIe 5.0 x16 and measures 267 mm in length and 111 mm in height.

Display outputs: The Arc B770 has 1x HDMI 2.1a and 3x DisplayPort 2.1. The H200 NVL has no display outputs.

API support: The Arc B770 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The H200 NVL lists N/A for DirectX, OpenGL, and Vulkan.

Production and release: The H200 NVL is marked as Active in production status, released in November 2024, with Server Ada as predecessor and Server Blackwell as successor. The Arc B770 has no production status listed, a release date of December 2025, and Alchemist as predecessor.

Architecture Differences

The Intel Arc B770 uses the Xe2-HPG architecture, which is Intel's second-generation high-performance graphics architecture. It emphasizes graphics features such as dedicated ray tracing cores, a full DirectX 12 Ultimate feature set, and modern display output standards. The 32 RT cores provide hardware-accelerated ray tracing, and the 128 ROPs support high pixel throughput for rasterization. The architecture targets consumer gaming and rendering workloads.

The NVIDIA H200 NVL uses the Hopper architecture, designed for server and data center acceleration. The GH100 chip contains 528 tensor cores, which are specialized matrix math units for AI and deep learning workloads. The architecture does not provide graphics APIs or display outputs, confirming its compute-only focus. The 16896 shading units handle general compute, while the 528 tensor cores accelerate the mixed-precision operations common in training and inference.

The memory architectures reflect the different design goals. The Arc B770 uses GDDR6 in a 16 GB configuration, adequate for consumer resolutions and game assets. The H200 NVL uses HBM3e with 141 GB capacity and a 6144 bit bus, sized for large model weights and data sets. The 4.89 TB/s bandwidth is an order of magnitude higher, which matters for memory-bound compute kernels.

Process technology is the same node at TSMC, but die size differs dramatically: 368 mm² for the Arc B770 versus 814 mm² for the H200 NVL. The H200 NVL packs more than four times the shading units and a much larger memory interface into a die over twice the size.

Where Each One Wins

Graphics output: The Arc B770 wins outright. It has 1x HDMI 2.1a and 3x DisplayPort 2.1 outputs. The H200 NVL has no display outputs at all. Any workload requiring a monitor, VR headset, or display connection must use the Arc B770.

Ray tracing: The Arc B770 has 32 dedicated ray tracing cores. The H200 NVL has no RT core count listed. For games and rendering applications that use ray-traced effects, the Arc B770 has the hardware support.

API compatibility: The Arc B770 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6. The H200 NVL lists N/A for all three. Consumer software stacks that rely on these APIs will only run on the Arc B770.

Pixel throughput: The Arc B770 delivers 307.2 GPixel/s versus 42.84 GPixel/s for the H200 NVL. This 7.17x advantage in pixel rate reflects the Arc B770's ROP count of 128 versus 24 for the H200 NVL, making it the stronger choice for rasterization-heavy workloads.

Compute throughput: The H200 NVL wins substantially. It delivers 60.32 TFLOPS FP32 versus 19.66 TFLOPS for the Arc B770, a 3.07x lead. In FP16, the H200 NVL delivers 120.6 TFLOPS versus 39.32 TFLOPS, also a 3.07x lead.

Memory capacity and bandwidth: The H200 NVL has 141 GB versus 16 GB, an 8.8x capacity advantage. Bandwidth is 4.89 TB/s versus 512.0 GB/s, a 9.55x advantage. Workloads that fit large models or data sets in memory will favor the H200 NVL.

Tensor operations: The H200 NVL has 528 tensor cores. The Arc B770 has no tensor core count listed. AI inference and training workloads that use tensor operations run on the H200 NVL.

Texture throughput: The H200 NVL has a texture rate of 942.5 GTexel/s versus 614.4 GTexel/s for the Arc B770, a 1.53x lead, driven by its 528 TMUs versus 256.

Bus interface: The H200 NVL uses PCIe 5.0 x16 versus PCIe 4.0 x16 for the Arc B770. The newer bus standard provides higher host transfer bandwidth for data movement.

Production status: The H200 NVL is listed as Active in production. The Arc B770 has no production status listed. For procurement decisions, the H200 NVL is confirmed as an available product.