Arc 3 A370M vs Radeon R7 M260DX
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 943 | not rated |
| 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 | Jet | DG2-128 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 January 2014 (12 years ago) | 30 March 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 | 320 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 780 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 855 MHz | 1550 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 690 million | 7,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 17.10 | 99.20 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.5472 TFLOPS | 3.174 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 20 | 64 |
| L1 Cache | 80 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | no data |
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 | IGP | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Width | no data | IGP |
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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 12 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 96 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 | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2014 | 30 March 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 6 nm |
Arc 3 A370M has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 M260DX and Arc 3 A370M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon R7 M260DX is a notebook graphics card while Arc 3 A370M is a desktop one.
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