Arc A310 vs GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
On raw speed the GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop comes out dramatically faster — about 375% ahead of the Arc A310.
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GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop vs Arc A310: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop vs Arc A310
The GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop is dramatically faster, around 375% ahead of the Arc A310. That gap is enough to move it up a tier: the GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop is comfortable at 1080p, while the Arc A310 is better matched to entry-level 1080p.
Power & Efficiency
On power, the Arc A310 is the gentler choice at 30W versus 115W. The GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop is more efficient per watt because it's faster, but its higher 115W draw means more heat and a bigger PSU. Its more modern Ada Lovelace architecture on a TSMC 4N process is part of why it does more with each watt.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
The GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop carries 8GB versus 4GB on the Arc A310. The extra 4GB helps at 4K, with high-resolution texture packs, and for content-creation or local-AI workloads that exhaust smaller buffers.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the Arc A310 brings Intel XeSS upscaling and AV1 encoding, while the GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop offers NVIDIA DLSS upscaling/frame generation and stronger ray tracing. If you lean on upscaling or ray tracing, that ecosystem difference can matter as much as the frame-rate gap.
Which should you buy: Arc A310 or GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop?
The GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop is the faster card by about 375%. Since one of these is a laptop GPU, its listed price covers the whole system rather than just the chip, so it isn't directly comparable — base your decision on the spec differences above.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Technical Specifications Comparison
Architecture & Cores
| Specification | Arc A310 | GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Alchemist | Ada Lovelace |
| Process Node | TSMC N6 | TSMC 4N |
| CUDA Cores (Shading Units / CUDA Cores) | 768 | 3,072✓ |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 6 | 24✓ |
| Tensor / AI Cores | 96 | 96 |
Clock Speeds
| Specification | Arc A310 | GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 2,000 MHz✓ | 1,470 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2,000 MHz | 2,370 MHz✓ |
Memory
| Specification | Arc A310 | GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM Capacity | 4 GB | 8 GB✓ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 64-bit | 128-bit✓ |
| Memory Speed | 15.5 Gbps | 16 Gbps✓ |
| Bandwidth | 124 GB/s | 256 GB/s✓ |
Connectivity & Power
| Specification | Arc A310 | GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| TDP | 30 W✓ | 115 W |
| Power Connectors | None | None |
| Released | Oct 2022 | Feb 2023 |