Arc A380 vs FirePro D500

Place in the ranking	500	399
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	34.01
Power efficiency	2.88	15.70
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Xe-HPG (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Tahiti	DG2-128
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	18 January 2014 (12 years ago)	14 June 2022 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$149

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

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	1536	1024
Core clock speed	725 MHz	2000 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2050 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	69.60	131.2
Floating-point processing power	2.227 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	96	64
Tensor Cores	no data	128
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	8
L1 Cache	384 KB	no data
L2 Cache	768 KB	4 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 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	279 mm	222 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	1270 MHz	1937 MHz
Memory bandwidth	243.8 GB/s	186.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
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	6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.4
DLSS	-	+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

30−35

47
+56.7%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

3.17

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	183	183
Cyberpunk 2077	41	41
Hogwarts Legacy	23	23
Resident Evil 4 Remake	53	53

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	65−70	65−70
Counter-Strike 2	122	122
Cyberpunk 2077	33	33
Far Cry 5	62	62
Fortnite	85−90	85−90
Forza Horizon 4	76	76
Hogwarts Legacy	18	18
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	55−60	55−60
Valorant	120−130	120−130

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	65−70	65−70
Counter-Strike 2	57	57
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	200−210	200−210
Cyberpunk 2077	29	29
Far Cry 5	57	57
Fortnite	85−90	85−90
Forza Horizon 4	72	72
Grand Theft Auto V	33	33
Hogwarts Legacy	13	13
Metro Exodus	40	40
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	55−60	55−60
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	66	66
Valorant	120−130	120−130

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	65−70	65−70
Cyberpunk 2077	26	26
Far Cry 5	52	52
Forza Horizon 4	57	57
Hogwarts Legacy	7	7
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	55−60	55−60
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	34	34
Valorant	120−130	120−130

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

85−90

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	30−33	30−33
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	110−120	110−120
Grand Theft Auto V	24−27	24−27
Metro Exodus	18−20	18−20
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	130−140	130−140
Valorant	140−150	140−150

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	40−45	40−45
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16	14−16
Far Cry 5	30−35	30−35
Forza Horizon 4	35−40	35−40
Hogwarts Legacy	16−18	16−18
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24	21−24

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

35−40

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	12−14	12−14
Grand Theft Auto V	27−30	27−30
Hogwarts Legacy	9−10	9−10
Metro Exodus	12−14	12−14
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24	21−24
Valorant	75−80	75−80

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	21−24	21−24
Counter-Strike 2	12−14	12−14
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7	6−7
Far Cry 5	16−18	16−18
Forza Horizon 4	27−30	27−30
Hogwarts Legacy	9−10	9−10
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16	14−16

4K
Epic

Fortnite

14−16

This is how FirePro D500 and Arc A380 compete in popular games:

Arc A380 is 57% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 62 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	10.12	15.13
Recency	18 January 2014	14 June 2022
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	75 Watt

Arc A380 has a 50% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 79% more advanced lithography process, and 73% lower power consumption.

The Arc A380 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D500 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D500 is a workstation graphics card while Arc A380 is a desktop one.