Arc A770 vs GeForce RTX 3060 GA104

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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 data55.23
Power efficiencyno data10.32
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGA104DG2-512
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 September 2021 (3 years ago)12 October 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329 $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 cores35844096
Core clock speed1320 MHz2100 MHz
Boost clock speed1777 MHz2400 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)170 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate199.0614.4
Floating-point processing power12.74 TFLOPS19.66 TFLOPS
ROPs48128
TMUs112256
Tensor Cores112512
Ray Tracing Cores2832

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB16 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1875 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth360.0 GB/s512.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2021 12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 170 Watt 225 Watt

RTX 3060 GA104 has 32.4% lower power consumption.

Arc A770, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 and Arc A770. We've got no test results to judge.


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