Arc Graphics 128EU Mobile vs GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking306not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency10.75no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Xe-LPG (2023)
GPU code nameGP104Meteor Lake GT1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year 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 cores20481024
Core clock speed1215 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed1379 MHz2250 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt28 Watt
Texture fill rate176.5144.0
Floating-point processing power5.648 TFLOPS4.608 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs12864

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16Ring Bus
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed2002 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth256.3 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 outputsPortable Device Dependent
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

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

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 June 2017 14 December 2023
Chip lithography 16 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 28 Watt

Arc Graphics 128EU Mobile has an age advantage of 6 years, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 310.7% lower power consumption.

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