Arc 7-Cores iGPU vs GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	315
Place by popularity	66	not in top-100
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Xe LPG (2023)
GPU code name	GA107	Meteor Lake iGPU
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	17 December 2021 (2 years ago)	14 December 2023 (less than a year 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 cores	2048	7
Core clock speed	832 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1155 MHz	2200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	73.92	no data
Floating-point processing power	4.731 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	64	no data
Tensor Cores	64	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	32	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR6	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a	no data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12_2
Shader Model	6.7	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	1.3	-
CUDA	8.6	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	17 December 2021	14 December 2023
Chip lithography	8 nm	5 nm

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