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Arc A770

4.8 · 716 votes
Best for 1080p esports gaming

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VRAM
16 GB
CUDA
4,096
FP32
19.66 TF
Bandwidth
512 GB/s
TDP
225W
Boost
2400 MHz
Strengths at a Glance

How it stacks up to the flagship

Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.

FP32 compute19.66 TFLOPS19%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s29%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity16 GB50%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units4,09619%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency28/10048%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks

Estimated benchmark results

Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.

3DMark Time Spy11,520pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)5,940pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,664spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute79,200pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts

Performance breakdown

Gaming32
Ray tracing33
AI / Compute33
Creator / 3D32
Power efficiency28
Real-World Gaming

FPS Across Resolutions

1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 42 fps
1080p
56
1440p
44
4K
25
Counter-Strike 2avg 88 fps
1080p
139
1440p
87
4K
37
Fortniteavg 86 fps
1080p
141
1440p
81
4K
37
Battlefield 5avg 83 fps
1080p
112
1440p
85
4K
51
Far Cry 5avg 76 fps
1080p
101
1440p
80
4K
48
Valorantavg 205 fps
1080p
199
1440p
228
4K
189

Average FPS across all PC games

1080p
114fps
1440p
59fps
4K
37fps

Cost per frame

Launch MSRP ($329) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.

1080p
$3.24
1440p
$4.90
4K
$8.89
Community Feedback

What Owners Say

Owners praise the great value for high-res gaming with plenty of video memory. The common gripe is older or less popular games can have driver glitches and performance issues.

Pros
  • Great for high-res texture mods
  • Handles modern games at high settings
  • Stays cool in most standard cases
  • Ray tracing works well for the price
Cons
  • Driver issues still annoying sometimes
  • Uses more power than expected
  • Ray tracing performance disappoints

Supported technologies

Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode

Full specifications

Graphics processor
Architecture
Generation 12.7
Process node
6 nm
Transistors
21.7 B
SM Count
32
Release date
2022
Launch price
$329
Core configuration
CUDA Cores
4,096
RT Cores
32
Tensor Cores
512
TMUs
256
ROPs
128
L2 cache
16 MB
Memory
Size
16 GB
Type
GDDR6
Bus width
256-bit
Bandwidth
512 GB/s
Memory clock
2000 MHz
Clocks & throughput
Base clock
2100 MHz
Boost clock
2400 MHz
FP32 (float)
19.66 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
19.66 TFLOPS
Pixel rate
307 GPixel/s
Texture rate
614.4 GTexel/s
Board & power
TDP
225W
Suggested PSU
450W
Power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Slot width
2-slot
Display & outputs
Max resolution
7680×4320
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0

API and SDK support

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model
6.6
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Verdict

Our verdict on the Arc A770

Intel Arc A770 is a first-gen desktop GPU with massive 16GB VRAM, but its driver maturity lags behind rivals.

Get it if you need heaps of VRAM for creative work or gaming at high resolutions without breaking the bank. Skip it if you play older DirectX 9 or 10 games, where driver overhead can tank performance.

Buy it if…

  • You want a big VRAM buffer for modded games or AI experiments.
  • You need ray tracing on a budget for older AAA titles.
  • You run Linux and want open-source driver support for daily use.
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