Arc A310 vs FirePro D300

Place in the ranking	514	425
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.76	13.38
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	DG2-128
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	18 January 2014 (12 years ago)	12 October 2022 (3 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	1280	768
Core clock speed	850 MHz	2000 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2000 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	68.00	64.00
Floating-point processing power	2.176 TFLOPS	3.072 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	80	32
Tensor Cores	no data	96
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	6
L1 Cache	320 KB	1.1 MB
L2 Cache	512 KB	4 MB

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 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	242 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1270 MHz	1937 MHz
Memory bandwidth	162.6 GB/s	124.0 GB/s
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

4x DisplayPort

No outputs

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
DLSS	-	+

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

24−27

−54.2%

37
+54.2%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	154 +0%	154 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake	42 +0%	42 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	106 +0%	106 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	51 +0%	51 +0%
Fortnite	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	33 +0%	33 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	47 +0%	47 +0%
Fortnite	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	28 +0%	28 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	56 +0%	56 +0%
Valorant	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	44 +0%	44 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	29 +0%	29 +0%
Valorant	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

75−80

+0%

75−80

+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Valorant	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

27−30

+0%

27−30

+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Metro Exodus	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Valorant	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

12−14

+0%

12−14

+0%

This is how FirePro D300 and Arc A310 compete in popular games:

Arc A310 is 54% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 57 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.27	13.03
Recency	18 January 2014	12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt

Arc A310 has a 40.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Arc A310 is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D300 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D300 is a workstation graphics card while Arc A310 is a desktop one.