RTX A1000 Mobile 6 GB vs GeForce GTX 780

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking265not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.83no data
Power efficiency5.70no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK110GA107
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date23 May 2013 (11 years ago)30 March 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores23042560
Core clock speed863 MHz652 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz1140 MHz
Number of transistors7,080 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt60 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature95 °Cno data
Texture fill rate173.291.20
Floating-point processing power4.156 TFLOPS5.837 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs19280
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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 supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Minimum recommended system power600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 amount3 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.4 GB/s132.0 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu Ray 3D+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
PhysX+-
3D Vision Live+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 May 2013 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 60 Watt

RTX A1000 Mobile 6 GB has an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 316.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 780 and RTX A1000 Mobile 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780 is a desktop card while RTX A1000 Mobile 6 GB is a mobile workstation one.


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