Gigabyte Gaming Arc A380 OC 6GB vs Nextron GTX 1650 4GB
The Gigabyte Gaming Arc A380 OC 6GB uses the Intel ARC A380 (Alchemist), 6 GB GDDR6 on a 96-bit bus, 75 W board power, while the Nextron GTX 1650 4GB uses the NVIDIA GTX 1650 (Turing), 4 GB on a 128-bit bus, 75 W board power.
Final score
17 / 100
Lowest price
₹23,499
at Computech Store
Final score
13 / 100
Lowest price
₹16,799
at Computech Store
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Overview
Sub-scores from 0 to 100, relative to the best product in our database.
Scoring for: Balanced
Value for money
Balanced score points per ₹1,000, using today's lowest in-stock prices.
0.72
score points per ₹1,000
0.77
score points per ₹1,000
Nextron GTX 1650 4GB is ₹6,700 cheaper right now.
The verdict
Gigabyte Gaming Arc A380 OC 6GB is the better graphics card overall, scoring 17 vs 13.
- It leads in creator / rendering (+82%) and vram (+50%).
- Nextron GTX 1650 4GB gives you more performance per rupee, though.
- Gigabyte Gaming Arc A380 OC 6GB uses a PCIe x8 link; on PCIe 3.0 motherboards it can lose some performance.
Pick Gigabyte Gaming Arc A380 OC 6GB if…
- you render in Blender, edit video or run AI models (Content Creation score 19 vs 13)
- you play at high settings, use big texture packs or run AI models
- you want ray-traced lighting in games
- you stream or record gameplay
Pick Nextron GTX 1650 4GB if…
- your motherboard only has PCIe 3.0
- you want to save money (cheaper by ₹6,700)
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Key differences
Only real differences in specs, scores and price. Ties are left out.
Advantages of Gigabyte Gaming Arc A380 OC 6GB
- 10% faster at 1440p
- 82% faster GPU rendering
- 22% better performance per watt
- 50% more VRAM headroom
- Newer process node (6 nm vs 12 nm)
- 2 GB more VRAM (6 vs 4 GB)
- PCIe 4.0 interface (vs PCIe 3.0)
- Hardware ray tracing support
- AV1 hardware encoding for streaming and recording
Advantages of Nextron GTX 1650 4GB
- Full x16 PCIe link (vs x8): no slowdown on older PCIe 3.0 boards
- Cheaper by ₹6,700
Benchmarks
Chip-level results: cards using the same GPU perform within a few percent of each other. (est.) marks estimated values.
Gaming performance
Relative average FPS across a game suite (RTX 5090 = 100 at each resolution). Higher is better.
Ray tracing
Relative average FPS with ray tracing on at 1440p (RTX 5090 = 100). Higher is better.
3DMark Time Spy
DirectX 12 synthetic graphics score. Higher is better.
Blender (GPU render)
Blender Open Data median score with CUDA/OptiX, HIP or oneAPI. Higher is better.
Efficiency
Time Spy graphics score divided by rated board power. Higher is better.
Full specifications
The better value is highlighted. “—” means we don't have that spec yet.
| General | Gigabyte Gaming Arc A380 OC 6GB | Nextron GTX 1650 4GB |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | ARC A380 | GTX 1650 |
| Architecture | Intel Alchemist | NVIDIA Turing |
| Release Date | Jun 2022 ✓ | Apr 2019 |
| Factory Overclocked | Yes | No |
| White Edition | No | No |
| GPU Core | Gigabyte Gaming Arc A380 OC 6GB | Nextron GTX 1650 4GB |
|---|---|---|
| Shader Units | 1,024 | 896 |
| Base Clock | 2,000 MHz | — |
| Boost Clock | 2,050 MHz | — |
| L2 / Infinity Cache | — | 1 MB |
| Process Node | 6 nm ✓ | 12 nm |
| Memory | Gigabyte Gaming Arc A380 OC 6GB | Nextron GTX 1650 4GB |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 6 GB ✓ | 4 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | — |
| Memory Bus | 96-bit | 128-bit ✓ |
| Memory Bandwidth | 186 GB/s | — |
| Power | Gigabyte Gaming Arc A380 OC 6GB | Nextron GTX 1650 4GB |
|---|---|---|
| Board Power | 75 W | 75 W |
| Recommended PSU | — | 300 W |
| Power Connector | — | — |
| Interface & Features | Gigabyte Gaming Arc A380 OC 6GB | Nextron GTX 1650 4GB |
|---|---|---|
| PCIe Version | 4.0 ✓ | 3.0 |
| PCIe Lanes | x8 | x16 ✓ |
| Hardware Ray Tracing | 1st gen ✓ | No |
| Upscaling | XeSS | none |
| Frame Generation | No | No |
| AV1 Encoding | Yes ✓ | No |
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