GeForce G205M vs Arc A350M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Arc A350M and GeForce G205M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
A350M outperforms G205M by a whopping 5845% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 416 | 1435 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 40.16 | 1.21 |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | DG2-128 | C79 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 30 March 2022 (3 years ago) | 8 January 2009 (16 years ago) |
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 cores | 768 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1150 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 7,200 million | 314 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 14 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 55.20 | 3.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.766 TFLOPS | 0.0352 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 4 |
| TMUs | 48 | 8 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 6 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 1.1 MB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 4 MB | no data |
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 x8 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
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 | GDDR6 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 112.0 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
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 | 36 | 0−1 |
| 1440p | 17 | -0−1 |
| 4K | 9 | -0−1 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 70−75
+7300%
|
1−2
−7300%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 27 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 55−60 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 70−75
+7300%
|
1−2
−7300%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 19 | 0−1 |
| Escape from Tarkov | 50−55 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 42 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 75−80
+7600%
|
1−2
−7600%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 55−60 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 50 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 45−50 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 110−120
+11300%
|
1−2
−11300%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 55−60 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 70−75
+7300%
|
1−2
−7300%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 180−190
+6033%
|
3−4
−6033%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 62
+6100%
|
1−2
−6100%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 50−55 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 39 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 75−80
+7600%
|
1−2
−7600%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 55−60 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 47 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 26 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 27−30 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 45−50 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 43 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 110−120
+11300%
|
1−2
−11300%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 55−60 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 12 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 59 | 0−1 |
| Escape from Tarkov | 50−55 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 37 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 55−60 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 45−50 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 19 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 110−120
+11300%
|
1−2
−11300%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 75−80
+7600%
|
1−2
−7600%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 24−27 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 100−105
+9900%
|
1−2
−9900%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 10 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 110−120
+11600%
|
1−2
−11600%
|
| Valorant | 130−140
+6850%
|
2−3
−6850%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 35−40 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 10−12 | 0−1 |
| Escape from Tarkov | 27−30 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 25 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 18−20 | 0−1 |
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 27−30 | 0−1 |
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 11 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 15 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 70−75
+7100%
|
1−2
−7100%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 45−50 | 0−1 |
| Escape from Tarkov | 12−14 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 12 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 21−24 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 12−14 | 0−1 |
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 12−14 | 0−1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 13.08 | 0.22 |
| Recency | 30 March 2022 | 8 January 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 14 Watt |
Arc A350M has a 5845.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, and a 983.3% more advanced lithography process.
GeForce G205M, on the other hand, has 78.6% lower power consumption.
The Arc A350M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce G205M in performance tests.
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