Arc A380 vs A2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated334
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data44.12
Power efficiencyno data14.75
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGA107DG2-128
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date10 November 2021 (3 years ago)14 June 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$149

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores12801024
Core clock speed1440 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speed1770 MHz2050 MHz
Number of transistorsno data7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate70.80131.2
Floating-point processing power4.531 TFLOPS4.198 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs4064
Tensor Cores40128
Ray Tracing Cores108

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data222 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1563 MHz1937 MHz
Memory bandwidth200.1 GB/s186.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2021 14 June 2022
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 75 Watt

A2 has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 25% lower power consumption.

Arc A380, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A2 and Arc A380. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A2 is a workstation graphics card while Arc A380 is a desktop one.


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