Arc Pro A40 vs GeForce GTX 480

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking428not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.58no data
Power efficiency2.95no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGF100DG2-128
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date26 March 2010 (14 years ago)8 August 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 no data

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 cores4801024
Core clock speed700 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1700 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate42.06108.8
Floating-point processing power1.345 TFLOPS3.482 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs6064
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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1848 MHz (3696 data rate)2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth177.4 GB/s192.0 GB/s
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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 March 2010 8 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 50 Watt

Arc Pro A40 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 566.7% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 480 and Arc Pro A40. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 480 is a desktop card while Arc Pro A40 is a workstation one.


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