GeForce RTX 5070 vs Arc 7 A780

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 12.7 (2022−2023)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameDG2-512GB205
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2022 (2 years ago)2025

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores40966400
Core clock speedno data2235 MHz
Boost clock speed2200 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors21,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology6 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate563.2504.0
Floating-point processing power18.02 TFLOPS32.26 TFLOPS
ROPs12864
TMUs256200
Tensor Coresno data200
Ray Tracing Coresno data50

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 16-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 typeGDDR6XGDDR7
Maximum RAM amount16 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed17.5 GB/s2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth559.6 GB/s120.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-9.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 220 Watt

Arc 7 A780 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 10% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Arc 7 A780 and GeForce RTX 5070. We've got no test results to judge.


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