Arc Pro A30M vs GRID A100B

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated348
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data21.20
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGA100DG2-128
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date14 May 2020 (4 years ago)8 August 2022 (2 years 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 cores69121024
Core clock speed900 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1005 MHz2000 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)400 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate434.2128.0
Floating-point processing power13.89 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs19232
TMUs43264
Tensor Cores432no data
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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 x8
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeHBM2eGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount48 GB4 GB
Memory bus width6144 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1215 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth1,866 GB/s128.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

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
CUDA8.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 May 2020 8 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 400 Watt 50 Watt

GRID A100B has a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Arc Pro A30M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 700% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GRID A100B and Arc Pro A30M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GRID A100B is a workstation card while Arc Pro A30M is a mobile workstation one.


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