Arc A770 vs GeForce GT 1030 DDR4

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated155
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data55.32
Power efficiencyno data10.34
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGP108DG2-512
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 March 2018 (6 years ago)12 October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 $329

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3844096
Core clock speed1152 MHz2100 MHz
Boost clock speed1379 MHz2400 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate33.10614.4
Floating-point processing power1.059 TFLOPS19.66 TFLOPS
ROPs16128
TMUs24256
Tensor Coresno data512
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeDDR4GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1050 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth16.8 GB/s512.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 March 2018 12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 225 Watt

GT 1030 DDR4 has 1025% lower power consumption.

Arc A770, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and Arc A770. We've got no test results to judge.


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