N1 16SM vs Arctic Sound 2T

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Generation 12.5 (2021−2023)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025−2026)
GPU code name	Arctic Sound	GB20B
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	2021 (5 years ago)	1 June 2026 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	7680 ×2	2048
Core clock speed	900 MHz	741 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2346 MHz
Number of transistors	8,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	500 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	216.0 ×2	300.3
Floating-point processing power	13.82 TFLOPS ×2	9.609 TFLOPS
ROPs	120 ×2	24
TMUs	240 ×2	128
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16
L1 Cache	no data	2 MB
L2 Cache	8 MB	50 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	267 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	HBM2e	LPDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB ×2	128 GB
Memory bus width	4096 Bit ×2	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1067 MHz
Memory bandwidth	1.23 TB/s ×2	273.2 GB/s
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	N/A
Shader Model	6.6	N/A
OpenGL	4.6	N/A
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	-	12.1
DLSS	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	128 GB
Chip lithography	10 nm	5 nm