Arc A530M vs FirePro V7900 SDI

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated310
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data19.29
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameCaymanDG2-256
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date24 May 2011 (13 years ago)1 August 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 cores12801536
Core clock speed725 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1300 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 million11,500 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)224 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate58.00124.8
Floating-point processing power1.856 TFLOPS3.994 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs8096
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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).

Bus supportPCIe 2.1 x16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length279 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Form factorfull height / full lengthno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth160 GB/s224.0 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 Connectors4x SDIPortable Device Dependent
StereoOutput3D+-
DisplayPort count4no data
Dual-link DVI support+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 May 2011 1 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 224 Watt 65 Watt

Arc A530M has an age advantage of 12 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 566.7% more advanced lithography process, and 244.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro V7900 SDI and Arc A530M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro V7900 SDI is a workstation card while Arc A530M is a notebook one.


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