UHD Graphics 16EU vs Arctic Sound-M
Contents
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 12.5 (2021−2023) | Generation 12.1 (2020−2021) |
| GPU code name | Arctic Sound | Rocket Lake GT1 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 2022 (4 years ago) | 2021 (5 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 | 8192 | 128 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 300 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 8,000 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 10 nm | 14 nm+++ |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 230.4 | 7.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 14.75 TFLOPS | 0.2304 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 128 | 8 |
| TMUs | 256 | 8 |
| L2 Cache | 8 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 x16 | Ring Bus |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | 8-pin EPS | no data |
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 | HBM2e | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 1.23 TB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
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 | Motherboard Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | 15 Watt |
Arctic Sound-M has a 40% more advanced lithography process.
UHD Graphics 16EU, on the other hand, has 3233% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Arctic Sound-M and UHD Graphics 16EU. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Arctic Sound-M is a workstation graphics card while UHD Graphics 16EU is a desktop one.
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