Arc Pro A30M vs GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition with Arc Pro A30M, including specs and performance data.

GTX 780M Mac Edition
2013
4 GB GDDR5, 122 Watt
6.69

Arc Pro A30M outperforms GTX 780M Mac Edition by a whopping 127% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking557345
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.9621.92
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGK104DG2-128
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date8 November 2013 (10 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 cores15361024
Core clock speed771 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed797 MHz2000 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)122 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate102.0128.0
Floating-point processing power2.448 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs12864
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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth160.0 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 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.0-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.69 15.19
Recency 8 November 2013 8 August 2022
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 122 Watt 50 Watt

Arc Pro A30M has a 127.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 144% lower power consumption.

The Arc Pro A30M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 780M Mac Edition is a notebook graphics card while Arc Pro A30M is a mobile workstation one.


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