GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs Arc Pro A40

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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 nameDG2-128AD104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date8 August 2022 (2 years ago)20 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$599

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 cores10245888
Core clock speed1500 MHz1920 MHz
Boost clock speed1700 MHz2475 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology6 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate108.8455.4
Floating-point processing power3.482 TFLOPS29.15 TFLOPS
ROPs3264
TMUs64184
Tensor Coresno data184
Ray Tracing Cores846

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 x16
Lengthno data240 mm
Width1-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-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 amount6 GB12 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s480.0 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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPort 2.01x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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 Model6.66.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 August 2022 20 August 2024
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 6 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 200 Watt

Arc Pro A40 has 300% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 GDDR6, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Arc Pro A40 and GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Arc Pro A40 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4070 GDDR6 is a desktop one.


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