Arc A350 vs RTX A2000
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 138 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 85.87 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 35.43 | no data |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2024) | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | GA106 | DG2-128 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 10 August 2021 (3 years ago) | 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $449 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 3328 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 562 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1200 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 12,000 million | 7,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 70 Watt | 25 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 124.8 | 96.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 7.987 TFLOPS | 3.072 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 48 | 24 |
| TMUs | 104 | 48 |
| Tensor Cores | 104 | 96 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 26 | 6 |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 167 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 192 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1937 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s | 124.0 GB/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 Connectors | 4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 70 Watt | 25 Watt |
RTX A2000 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.
Arc A350, on the other hand, has a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 180% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between RTX A2000 and Arc A350. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that RTX A2000 is a workstation graphics card while Arc A350 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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