Arc Pro A60 vs A40 PCIe

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated232
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data12.73
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGA102DG2-256
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date5 October 2020 (4 years ago)6 June 2023 (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 cores107522048
Core clock speed1305 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1755 MHz2050 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 million11,500 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate589.7262.4
Floating-point processing power37.74 TFLOPS8.397 TFLOPS
ROPs11264
TMUs336128
Tensor Cores336256
Ray Tracing Cores8416

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount48 GB12 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1812 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth695.8 GB/s384.0 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 Connectors3x DisplayPort4x DisplayPort 2.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 October 2020 6 June 2023
Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 130 Watt

A40 PCIe has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Arc Pro A60, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 130.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A40 PCIe and Arc Pro A60. We've got no test results to judge.


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