GeForce RTX 4060 AD106 vs Arc A380M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | DG2-128 | AD106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 24 January 2023 (1 year ago) | April 2024 (recently) |
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 | 1024 | 3072 |
| Core clock speed | 1550 MHz | 1830 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2000 MHz | 2460 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,200 million | 22,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 115 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 128.0 | 236.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.096 TFLOPS | 15.11 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 |
| TMUs | 64 | 96 |
| Tensor Cores | 128 | 96 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 8 | 24 |
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 | MXM-A (3.1) | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 12-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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 96 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1937 MHz | 2125 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 186.0 GB/s | 272.0 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 Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 115 Watt |
Arc A380M has 228.6% lower power consumption.
RTX 4060 AD106, on the other hand, has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Arc A380M and GeForce RTX 4060 AD106. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Arc A380M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4060 AD106 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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