Arc A780 vs Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking210not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency22.59no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameTU106DG2-512
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date27 May 2019 (5 years ago)2022 (2 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 cores23044096
Core clock speed945 MHz2200 MHz
Boost clock speed1380 MHz2200 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate198.7563.2
Floating-point processing power6.359 TFLOPS18.02 TFLOPS
ROPs64128
TMUs144256
Tensor Cores288512
Ray Tracing Cores3632

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount6 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1093 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s559.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 200 Watt

RTX 3000 Mobile has 150% lower power consumption.

Arc A780, on the other hand, has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile and Arc A780. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile is a mobile workstation card while Arc A780 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Mobile
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