GPU Comparison
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The Arc A380 is significantly faster than the GeForce GTX 970, leading by roughly 20% in our performance index. It is also the stronger value pick here, so it's the easy recommendation if your budget allows.
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Arc A380 vs GeForce GTX 970: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Arc A380 vs GeForce GTX 970
The Arc A380 is significantly faster, around 20% ahead of the GeForce GTX 970. Both cards sit in the same broad class, well suited to entry-level 1080p.
Price & Value
Right now the Arc A380 starts at $159 EUR against $344 EUR for the GeForce GTX 970. Because it's both faster and competitively priced, the Arc A380 wins on performance-per-dollar by about 160%.
Power & Efficiency
The Arc A380 draws just 75W versus 145W for the GeForce GTX 970, and it also delivers more performance per watt — so it runs cooler and quieter and needs less PSU headroom. Its more modern Alchemist architecture on a TSMC N6 process is part of why it does more with each watt.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
With 6GB against 4GB, the Arc A380 has more headroom for 4K textures and memory-hungry creative/AI tasks where the GeForce GTX 970's 4GB can fall short.
Generation & Longevity
The Arc A380 is roughly 8 years newer than the GeForce GTX 970 (Alchemist vs Maxwell), so it generally benefits from a more modern architecture and longer driver-support runway.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the Arc A380 brings Intel XeSS upscaling and AV1 encoding, while the GeForce GTX 970 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 A380 or GeForce GTX 970?
The Arc A380 is the all-round winner here — it's faster and the better value, so buy it if it fits your budget. Only consider the GeForce GTX 970 if you find it at a steep discount.