Arc A310 vs Radeon R5 A330
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 368 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) |
| GPU code name | Exo | DG2-128 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 21 October 2015 (8 years ago) | 12 October 2022 (1 year 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 | 320 | 768 |
| Core clock speed | 1030 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2000 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 690 million | 7,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 20.60 | 64.00 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6592 TFLOPS | 3.072 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| TMUs | 20 | 32 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 96 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 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 3.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1937 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 124.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
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 | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 21 October 2015 | 12 October 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 6 nm |
Arc A310 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 A330 and Arc A310. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R5 A330 is a desktop card while Arc A310 is a notebook 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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