Arc Pro A50 vs GeForce GTX 860M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking519not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.33no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGM107DG2-128
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date13 January 2014 (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 cores1152 or 6401024
Core clock speed797 MHz2000 MHz
Boost clock speed1085 MHz2350 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate43.40150.4
Floating-point processing power1.389 TFLOPS4.813 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs4064
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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
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 amount4 GB6 GB
Standard memory configurationGDDR5no data
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 2500 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.0 GB/s192.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0
eDP 1.2 signal supportUp to 3840x2160no data
LVDS signal supportUp to 1920x1200no data
VGA аnalog display supportUp to 2048x1536no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) supportUp to 3840x2160no data
HDMI+-
HDCP content protection+-
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI+-
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming+-

Supported technologies

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

H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+-
Optimus+-
Ansel+-

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
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 January 2014 8 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm

Arc Pro A50 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 860M and Arc Pro A50. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 860M is a notebook card while Arc Pro A50 is a workstation one.


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