GPU Comparison
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The Arc A380 is significantly faster than the GeForce GTX 970, leading by roughly 29% 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 29% 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 $129 GBP against $237 GBP for the GeForce GTX 970. Because it's both faster and competitively priced, the Arc A380 wins on performance-per-dollar by about 136%. The GeForce GTX 970 is trading below its $329 GBP MSRP — a genuine deal.
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 GeForce GTX 970 brings NVIDIA DLSS upscaling/frame generation and stronger ray tracing, while the Arc A380 offers Intel XeSS upscaling and AV1 encoding. If you lean on upscaling or ray tracing, that ecosystem difference can matter as much as the frame-rate gap.
Which should you buy: GeForce GTX 970 or Arc A380?
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.