Arc Pro A60M vs FirePro M3900
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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 | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | Seymour | DG2-256 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 19 October 2010 (15 years ago) | 6 June 2023 (2 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 | 160 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 750 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 750 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 370 million | 11,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 95 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 6.000 | 166.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.24 TFLOPS | 5.325 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 64 |
| TMUs | 8 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 256 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 16 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 8 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).
| Bus support | n/a | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Form factor | chip-down | 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 | GDDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14 GB/s | 256.0 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 | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
| Eyefinity | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 October 2010 | 6 June 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 95 Watt |
FirePro M3900 has 375% lower power consumption.
Arc Pro A60M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 567% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between FirePro M3900 and Arc Pro A60M. We've got no test results to judge.
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