Introduction
The $250 GPU price segment lives again. In our Intel Arc A750 review, we are going to take the Intel Arc A750 8GB Limited Edition video card and focus on the gaming performance in modern games. Intel has just lowered the price of the Arc A750, the official MSRP is now $249.99 down from the previous $289.99 that it was at launch. We will put it to the test at 1080p, with and without Ray Tracing and with and without Intel XeSS in the games that support this upscaling technology.
This review will focus on modern game titles, to play games that gamers are playing today. Our goal is to find out if this $249.99 video card has the chops to play modern games, graphically demanding games, at 1080p, and use features like Ray Tracing and XeSS. We will even throw in some CS:GO for good measure. This will give us a good idea of the gameplay experience that the Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition is capable of.
Don’t miss our full review of the Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition as well, where we also have a full run-down on the architecture.
Intel Arc A7 Series
Check out our Arc A770 review for a breakdown of the architecture that is behind the Arc A750. The Intel Arc A750 (A7 or Arc 7) is based on Intel’s DG2-512 GPU and ACM-G10 variant of the Intel Xe-HPG architecture. It sits under the A770 variants. It is built on a TSMC N6 node and contains 21.7 Billion transistors with a die size of 406mm2. It has 28 Xe-Cores, 3,584 FP32 Cores, 28 Ray Tracing Units, 448 Matrix Cores, 448 Xe Vector Engines, 224 TMUs, and 112 ROPs. It has a Base Clock of 2050MHz and will boost up to 2400MHz. It has 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM at 16GHz on a 256-bit memory bus providing 512GB/s of memory bandwidth. The TDP is 225W.
| Arc A380 | Arc A750 | Arc A770 (8GB) | Arc A770 (16GB) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xe-Cores | 8 | 28 | 32 | 32 |
| Ray Tracing Units | 8 | 28 | 32 | 32 |
| FP32 Cores | 1024 | 3584 | 4096 | 4096 |
| Matrix Cores | 128 | 448 | 512 | 512 |
| Xe Vector Engines | 128 | 448 | 512 | 512 |
| TMUs | 64 | 224 | 256 | 256 |
| ROPs | 16 | 96 | 128 | 128 |
| Graphics Clock | 2000MHz | 2050MHz | 2100MHz | 2100MHz |
| Memory | 6GB | 8GB | 8GB | 16GB |
| Memory Clock | 15.5GHz | 16GHz | 16GHz | 17.5GHz |
| Bus Width | 96-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 186GB/s | 512GB/s | 512GB/s | 560GB/s |
| TDP | 75W | 225W | 225W | 225W |
| MSRP | $139 | $249 | $329 | $349 |
Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition Video Card
As we did with the Intel Arc A770, we are specifically reviewing the Limited Edition Intel Arc A750, which means this is a design made by Intel. The Intel Arc A750 almost identically matches the Intel Arc A770’s design, shape, and size. The main difference is honestly just down to the RGB. The Intel Arc A750 lacks the RGB diffuser outline that the A770 has. Instead, only the Intel Arc logo on the top of the card lights up. Otherwise, the Intel Arc A750 measures exactly the same as the Arc A770, which is 10.57″ inches in length, 3.87″ inches in width, and 1.6″ inches in height. This is a thin video card but feels robust and solid in the hands.
Intel’s design solution is based on a two-fan 15-blade axial design with a screwless shroud that does not constrain the venting of heat from the top or bottom. The video card has a die-cast aluminum frame with a full backplate with matte accents. The cut-outs for the fans have chamfered edges, for an elegant look. Even the I/O bracket is stealthily colored. Instead of RGB diffusion around the edges, the Arc A750 has a chrome-like accent.
The thermal solution is a copper vapor chamber design with flattened 10mmx3mm heat pipes. On top of that are an array of high-density aluminum fins, then the bracket and shroud and fans. The memory and GPU die make direct contact with the vapor chamber for cooling.
The Intel Arc A750 Limited Edition has standard 8-pin and 6-pin PCIe power connectors. It supports PCIe Gen 4.0 x16. You will find DisplayPort 2.0 and one HDMI 2.1 port.
