Arc Pro A30M vs GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated349
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data20.86
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameG92DG2-128
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date31 January 2008 (16 years ago)8 August 2022 (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 cores641024
Core clock speed500 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2000 MHz
Number of transistors754 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate16.00128.0
Floating-point processing power0.16 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3264
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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).

InterfaceMXM-HEPCIe 4.0 x8
WidthMXM Moduleno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed799 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.14 GB/s128.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.6
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 January 2008 8 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 50 Watt

Arc Pro A30M has an age advantage of 14 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 983.3% more advanced lithography process, and 110% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition and Arc Pro A30M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition is a desktop card while Arc Pro A30M is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition
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