Arc A770M vs Radeon E8950

Place in the ranking	419	225
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	10.55	18.12
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Amethyst	DG2-512
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	29 September 2015 (10 years ago)	2022 (3 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 cores	2048	4096
Core clock speed	735 MHz	1650 MHz
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	2050 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	120 Watt
Texture fill rate	128.0	524.8
Floating-point processing power	4.096 TFLOPS	16.79 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	128
TMUs	128	256
Tensor Cores	no data	512
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	32
L1 Cache	512 KB	6 MB
L2 Cache	512 KB	16 MB

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 size	no data	large
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.3	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
DLSS	-	+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	35−40 −134%	82 +134%
1440p	21−24 −143%	51 +143%
4K	16−18 −125%	36 +125%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	113 +0%	113 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	95 +0%	95 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	106 +0%	106 +0%
Fortnite	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Valorant	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	77 +0%	77 +0%
Dota 2	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	99 +0%	99 +0%
Fortnite	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	86 +0%	86 +0%
Metro Exodus	93 +0%	93 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	173 +0%	173 +0%
Valorant	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	67 +0%	67 +0%
Dota 2	130−140 +0%	130−140 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	95 +0%	95 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	51 +0%	51 +0%
Valorant	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

130−140

+0%

130−140

+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	79 +0%	79 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	200−210 +0%	200−210 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Metro Exodus	57 +0%	57 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Valorant	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	44 +0%	44 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry 5	81 +0%	81 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

70−75

+0%

70−75

+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	45 +0%	45 +0%
Metro Exodus	37 +0%	37 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	62 +0%	62 +0%
Valorant	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	30−33 +0%	30−33 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	22 +0%	22 +0%
Dota 2	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	45 +0%	45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

30−35

+0%

30−35

+0%

This is how Radeon E8950 and Arc A770M compete in popular games:

Arc A770M is 134% faster in 1080p
Arc A770M is 143% faster in 1440p
Arc A770M is 125% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 64 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	12.99	28.19
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	120 Watt

Radeon E8950 has 26.3% lower power consumption.

Arc A770M, on the other hand, has a 117% higher aggregate performance score, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A770M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon E8950 in performance tests.