Intel Arc A770 vs Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti: Which is Better?

Intel Arc A770 vs Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti: Which is better? The graphics card market has always been dominated by AMD and Nvidia, without any third player as a competitor. But gradually, things are now changing with the arrival of Intel’s first high-productive graphics card- Arc A770 GPU.

The Intel Arc A770 is more of a midrange graphics card rather than a flagship. This means in the nearest future, we could see Intel producing graphics cards that would rival the top-end GPUs like RTX 4090 or RX 6950 XT. But for now, the Intel Arc A770 can only be compared to the likes of Nvidia RTX 3060/Ti and Radeon RX 6650 XT.

Intel Arc A770 vs Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti: Specs Comparison

	Intel Arc A770	Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti
Cores	32 Xe-Cores	3,584
RT Cores	32	38
Memory	8/16 GB	8 GB
Bandwidth	512GB/s	448GB/s
Boots Clock	2.1GHz	1.7GHz
Memory Bus	256-bit	256-bit
TBP	225W	200W

Intel Arc A770 vs Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti

Price

The Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti is more expensive. It has an MSRP of $399 and the custom editions from third-party retailers like MSI, EVGA, Asus, etc are selling for between $450 – $500. But if you’re lucky, you could get discounts from some retailers.

On the other hand, the Intel Arc A770 is priced at $330 for the 8GB memory option, while the 16GB memory option is priced slightly higher at $350. And as usual, the custom editions by MSI, Gigabyte, Asus, etc will be more expensive than the MSRP.

Release Date and Availability

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti was launched in December 2020 and became available almost immediately after launching. While the Intel Arc A770 was announced in September 2022 and started selling in October 2022. You can use the box at the bottom of this post to purchase either of them.

Performance

The Intel Arc A770 has a better performance than the Nvidia RTX 3060. However, when you compare it to the RTX 3060 Ti, it comes behind. In order words, we could say, the performance of the Intel Arc A770 is between that of the Nvidia RTX 3060 and Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti GPU.

Starting with the gaming tests at 1080p Ultra settings, the Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti is 14% better than the Intel Arc A770 GPU. And when you go higher to 1440p ultra settings, the Intel graphics card closed the gap by 2%. In Order words, the Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti outperformed the Intel Arc A770 by 12%.

Ray tracing is demanding and so far we’re impressed with the Intel Arc A770. But in a five games average per second comparison (1080p Ultra), the Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti outperformed the Intel Arc A770 by 9%. And when you step higher to 1440p, the Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti is 7% better.

Intel Arc A770 vs Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti: Verdict

Is the Intel Arc A770 worth it? For now “No” but maybe things could change in the nearest future when the Company has fixed the drivers issue. For one thing, it is cheaper than the competition and has the potential of delivering top-flight performance if not for the drivers that are holding it back.

The Intel Arc A770 vs Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti ends in the favour of the Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti. It is more expensive but it gives lesser issues and better performance than the Intel Arc A770 GPU.

Buy Intel Arc A770 and Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti

Intel Arc A770	Price
Buy on Amazon	$574.41

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	Price
Buy on Amazon	$599.99