Intel Arc G3 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The Intel Arc G3 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER occupy opposite ends of the GPU spectrum, and the recorded data reflects that split clearly. The Arc G3 is an integrated graphics processor built into Intel's Panther Lake mobile platform. It delivers 6.144 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, has 1280 shading units, 40 TMUs, and 20 ROPs, and carries a 25 W TDP. Its memory is system shared, with bandwidth described as system dependent, meaning performance scales with the host platform's memory configuration rather than a dedicated VRAM pool. This part is designed for portable devices, as its display outputs are listed as portable device dependent, and it requires no power connectors.

The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER is a discrete add-in board with a 350 W TDP, a dual-slot cooler, a 304 mm length, a 137 mm height, and a 48 mm width. It uses 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256 bit bus, delivering 896.0 GB/s of bandwidth. Its compute resources are substantially larger: 8960 shading units, 280 TMUs, 96 ROPs, 70 RT cores, and 280 tensor cores. FP32 throughput reaches 43.94 TFLOPS, and FP16 throughput is also 43.94 TFLOPS at a 1:1 ratio. The RTX card uses a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface and a single 16-pin power connector.

In any workload that stresses raw throughput, the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER wins outright. Its FP32 output is roughly 7.2 times that of the Arc G3. Pixel fill rate favors the NVIDIA part at 235.4 GPixel/s versus 48.00 GPixel/s, and texture rate favors it at 686.6 GTexel/s versus 96.00 GTexel/s. The RTX card also has dedicated tensor cores, which the Arc G3 lacks entirely, and seven times as many RT cores, 70 versus 10. The Arc G3 cannot match the NVIDIA card in any measured compute or bandwidth metric in the database.

The Arc G3 wins in the categories that matter for integrated parts: power draw and physical footprint. Its 25 W TDP is a fraction of the 350 W TDP of the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER. It is an IGP, meaning it occupies no expansion slot and requires no power connectors. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER, by contrast, is a dual-slot card needing a 16-pin connector and a 304 mm length of clearance. For an ultraportable or low-power system, the Arc G3 is the only viable option of the two; for any performance-oriented task, the RTX card dominates every recorded specification.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different foundries, different process nodes, and different design philosophies. Intel fabricates the Arc G3 on a 3 nm process at Intel's own foundry. The chip, codenamed Panther Lake, uses the Xe3-LPG architecture and belongs to the Arc Graphics-M generation. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER is built by TSMC on a 5 nm process, uses the GB203 chip, and employs the Blackwell 2.0 architecture in the GeForce 50 series. The process node difference is notable: Intel uses a smaller lithography, but the NVIDIA chip integrates far more hardware.

The transistor counts reflect that disparity. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER integrates 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 120.6 million per square millimeter. Intel does not disclose transistor count or die size for the Arc G3, so a direct density comparison is not possible from the database. What is clear is the scale difference in functional blocks. The NVIDIA GPU packs 8960 shading units versus 1280 on the Intel part, 280 TMUs versus 40, 96 ROPs versus 20, 70 RT cores versus 10, and 280 tensor cores versus none.

Memory architecture separates the two fundamentally. The Arc G3 uses system shared memory, with a system shared bus width and system dependent bandwidth. It has no dedicated VRAM. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER uses 16 GB of GDDR7 across a 256 bit bus, achieving 896.0 GB/s. Clock behavior also differs. The Arc G3 has a 300 MHz base clock and a 2400 MHz boost clock. The RTX card runs a 2295 MHz base and 2452 MHz boost, with memory clocked at 1750 MHz, 28 Gbps effective. The NVIDIA part's higher clocks, combined with its massive shading unit count, produce its 43.94 TFLOPS FP32 figure.

API support is essentially identical. Both GPUs support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has a more capable display output set: 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b, whereas the Arc G3's outputs are portable device dependent. The power delivery designs diverge sharply. The Arc G3 draws 25 W, uses no power connector, and is an IGP. The RTX card draws 350 W, uses a single 16-pin connector, and requires a dual-slot cooler. The NVIDIA GPU is also physically large, measuring 304 mm by 137 mm by 48 mm.

The production status for both is active. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has a release date of December 31, 2025, and the Arc G3 has a release date of May 31, 2026, making the Intel part a later arrival by several months. The RTX card has a launch MSRP of 749 USD. The Arc G3 has no listed launch MSRP, consistent with its integrated nature.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database contains no direct head-to-head benchmark entries between the Intel Arc G3 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER. The wins tally shows zero for each side, and the head-to-head array is empty. Comparisons must therefore rely on the recorded specification data and the RTX card's own benchmark entries.

The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has one recorded benchmark result: a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 6269.5. Its average benchmark score is 6270. The database places it at the 36th percentile of all GPUs, with nearest rivals clustered tightly around that score. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER AD102 matches it exactly at 6270 with a 0% delta. The NVIDIA Quadro K620 scores 6282, which is 0.2% higher. The AMD FirePro W600 scores 6223, 0.8% lower. The AMD Radeon R7 M350 scores 6327, 0.9% higher. The Arc G3 has no benchmark scores in the database, an average score of 0, and a 50th percentile rating across all GPUs. It also has no nearest rivals listed.

The FP32 figures illustrate the compute gap. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER delivers 43.94 TFLOPS, while the Arc G3 delivers 6.144 TFLOPS, a difference of roughly 7.15 times. FP16 tells a similar story: the RTX card sustains 43.94 TFLOPS at 1:1, while the Arc G3 reaches 12.29 TFLOPS at a 2:1 ratio. The RTX card's FP16 throughput is approximately 3.6 times higher. Memory bandwidth is the largest relative gap. The RTX card's 896.0 GB/s compares to a system dependent figure for the Arc G3, but even a generous system shared configuration would not approach the dedicated GDDR7 bandwidth.

Texture and pixel rates reinforce the same conclusion. The RTX card's 686.6 GTexel/s is about 7.2 times the Arc G3's 96.00 GTexel/s. Pixel rate is 235.4 GPixel/s versus 48.00 GPixel/s, a factor of roughly 4.9. The RTX card also has 280 tensor cores, a feature class entirely absent from the Arc G3, and 70 RT cores versus 10, a 7-to-1 advantage in ray tracing hardware. Every quantifiable performance metric in the database favors the NVIDIA part by a wide margin.

The Verdict

The data supports a straightforward split. Systems that require a discrete GPU with dedicated memory, high compute throughput, and tensor core acceleration should use the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER. Its 43.94 TFLOPS FP32, 896.0 GB/s bandwidth, 16 GB GDDR7, and 280 tensor cores place it in a completely different performance class. Its 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 6269.5 places it near the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER AD102, which scores 6270, and within 1% of the Quadro K620, FirePro W600, and Radeon R7 M350 results. The 350 W TDP, dual-slot footprint, 304 mm length, and 16-pin connector are the costs of that performance.

Systems that cannot accommodate a discrete card should use the Intel Arc G3. Its 25 W TDP, IGP form factor, and lack of power connectors make it suitable for portable devices. Its 6.144 TFLOPS FP32 and 10 RT cores are modest, but its Xe3-LPG architecture and 3 nm process bring a modern feature set to integrated graphics. The absence of a dedicated memory bus means performance depends on the host system's shared memory configuration.

The database shows no benchmark overlap between the two, so a direct performance comparison is not possible from recorded results. What the recorded specifications establish is that the NVIDIA card outperforms the Intel part by roughly 7 times in FP32 and texture rate, nearly 5 times in pixel rate, and offers features the Intel part lacks entirely, such as tensor cores and dedicated GDDR7 memory. The Arc G3 counters with dramatically lower power consumption and no physical installation requirements. The choice reduces to whether the system can support and power a large discrete GPU.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has more shading units?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has 8960 shading units, while the Intel Arc G3 has 1280.

Q: What is the memory configuration of each GPU?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER uses 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 256 bit bus with 896.0 GB/s bandwidth. The Arc G3 uses system shared memory with a system dependent bandwidth.

Q: How do their power requirements compare?

A: The Arc G3 has a 25 W TDP, is an IGP, and requires no power connectors. The RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has a 350 W TDP, is a dual-slot card, and uses a single 16-pin power connector.

Q: What was the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER's 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score?

A: It scored 6269.5, with an average benchmark score of 6270.

Q: Which GPUs are nearest in performance to the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER AD102 matches at 6270 with a 0% delta. The Quadro K620 scores 6282 (0.2% higher), the AMD FirePro W600 scores 6223 (0.8% lower), and the AMD Radeon R7 M350 scores 6327 (0.9% higher).

Q: Does the Intel Arc G3 have tensor cores?

A: No. The Arc G3 lists no tensor cores, while the RTX 5070 Ti SUPER has 280.