Arc 7 A780: specs and benchmarks
Summary
Intel started Arc 7 A780 sales on 2022. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Generation 12.7 architecture and made with 6 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 16 GB of GDDR6X memory clocked at 17.5 GB/s are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 559.6 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Two 8-pin power connectors are required, and power consumption is at 200 Watt.
General info
Some basic facts about Arc 7 A780: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 (2022) | |
| GPU code name | DG2-512 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 2022 (2 years ago) |
Technical specs
Arc 7 A780's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Arc 7 A780's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4096 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Boost clock speed | 2200 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 21,700 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 200 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 563.2 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Arc 7 A780 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
| Width | 2-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Arc 7 A780: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | GDDR6X | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 17.5 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 559.6 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Arc 7 A780. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by Arc 7 A780, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.3 |
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