Arctic Sound-M vs GeForce GTX TITAN

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking258not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.29no data
Power efficiency5.84no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Generation 12.5 (2021−2023)
GPU code nameGK110Arctic Sound
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date19 February 2013 (11 years ago)2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 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 cores26888192
Core clock speed837 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed876 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,080 million8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt500 Watt
Texture fill rate196.2230.4
Floating-point processing power4.709 TFLOPS14.75 TFLOPS
ROPs48128
TMUs224256

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 supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm267 mm
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR5HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount6 GB16 GB
Memory bus width384-bit GDDR54096 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/s1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s1.23 TB/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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 500 Watt

GTX TITAN has 100% lower power consumption.

Arctic Sound-M, on the other hand, has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX TITAN and Arctic Sound-M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX TITAN is a desktop card while Arctic Sound-M is a workstation one.


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