Intel Arctic Sound 2T vs NVIDIA PG506-232

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Generation 12.5 (2021−2022)
GPU code nameGA100Arctic Sound
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 April 2021 (2 years old)2021 (3 years old)

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores35847680
Core clock speedno data900 MHz
Boost clock speed1440 MHzno data
Number of transistors54,200 million8,000 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt500 Watt
Texture fill rate322.6216.0

Size and 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
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSNone

Memory

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 typeHBM2HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount24 GB16 GB
Memory bus width3072 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed2.4 GB/s2.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth933.1 GB/s1,229 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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 outputsNo outputs

API support

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

DirectXN/A12 (12_1)
Shader ModelN/A6.6
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCL3.03.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA8.0no data

Advantages and disadvantages


Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 500 Watt

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