Radeon RX 480 Mobile vs Arc A350M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 357 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 40.17 | no data |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) | GCN 4.0 (2016−2020) |
| GPU code name | DG2-128 | Ellesmere |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 30 March 2022 (2 years ago) | 4 August 2016 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $450 |
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 | 768 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1150 MHz | 1077 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 7,200 million | 5,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 100 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 55.20 | 155.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.766 TFLOPS | 4.963 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 144 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 6 | 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).
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | MXM-B (3.0) |
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 | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 112.0 GB/s | 256.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 30 March 2022 | 4 August 2016 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 100 Watt |
Arc A350M has an age advantage of 5 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 300% lower power consumption.
RX 480 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Arc A350M and Radeon RX 480 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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