GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q vs Arc 7 A780

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 12.7 (2022−2023)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameDG2-512AD104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2022 (2 years ago)3 January 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 cores40967424
Core clock speedno data795 MHz
Boost clock speed2200 MHz1350 MHz
Number of transistors21,700 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology6 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate563.2313.2
Floating-point processing power18.02 TFLOPS20.04 TFLOPS
ROPs12880
TMUs256232
Tensor Coresno data232
Ray Tracing Coresno data58

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
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB12 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed17.5 GB/s1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth559.6 GB/s336.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aPortable Device Dependent
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 Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 6 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 60 Watt

Arc 7 A780 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4080 Max-Q, on the other hand, has a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Arc 7 A780 and GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Arc 7 A780 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4080 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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Intel Arc 7 A780
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