Arc 3 A370M vs GeForce GT 445M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking865not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.17no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGF106DG2-128
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 September 2010 (14 years ago)30 March 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 cores1441024
Core clock speed590 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1550 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate14.1699.20
Floating-point processing power0.3398 TFLOPS3.174 TFLOPS
ROPs2432
TMUs2464

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno dataIGP
SLI options+-

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 amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth60.0 GB/s96 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 September 2010 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm

Arc 3 A370M has an age advantage of 11 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 445M and Arc 3 A370M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 445M is a notebook card while Arc 3 A370M is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
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