RTX A500 vs Arc A380

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking175not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.11no data
ArchitectureXe HPG (2020−2022)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameDG2-128GA107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date14 June 2022 (2 years ago)10 November 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data
Current price$591 (4x MSRP)$1699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores10242048
Core clock speed2000 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2050 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology6 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate131.2113.3

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 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
Length222 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed15500 MHz14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth186.0 GB/s112.0 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 2.0No outputs
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics 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
CUDAno data8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Arc A380 6249
RTX A500 6784
+8.6%

RTX A500 outperforms Arc A380 by 9% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 June 2022 10 November 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 6 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 60 Watt

We couldn't decide between Arc A380 and RTX A500. We've got no test results to judge.


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