Arc Pro A50 vs GeForce GTX 780M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 511 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.81 | no data |
| Architecture | Kepler (2012−2018) | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | GK104 | DG2-128 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Workstation |
| Release date | 11 May 2013 (12 years ago) | 8 August 2022 (3 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 | 1536 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 823 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 797 MHz | 2350 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,540 million | 7,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 122 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 102.0 | 150.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 2.448 TFLOPS | 4.813 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 128 | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 4 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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
| 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Standard memory configuration | GDDR5 | no data |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 160.0 GB/s | 192.0 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 | 4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0 |
| eDP 1.2 signal support | Up to 3840x2160 | no data |
| LVDS signal support | Up to 1920x1200 | no data |
| VGA аnalog display support | Up to 2048x1536 | no data |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | Up to 3840x2160 | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| HDCP content protection | + | - |
| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | + | - |
| TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | + | - |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Blu-Ray 3D Support | + | - |
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | + | - |
| Optimus | + | - |
| 3D Vision / 3DTV Play | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 API | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 May 2013 | 8 August 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 122 Watt | 75 Watt |
Arc Pro A50 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 62.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780M and Arc Pro A50. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 780M is a notebook graphics card while Arc Pro A50 is a workstation one.
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