Arc 3 A370M vs GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking181not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.27no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameTU106BDG2-128
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 January 2019 (5 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 cores23041024
Core clock speed885 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1185 MHz1550 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate170.699.20
Floating-point processing power5.46 TFLOPS3.174 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs14464
Tensor Cores288no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth384.0 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
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 January 2019 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 35 Watt

RTX 2070 Max-Q has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Arc 3 A370M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 128.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q and Arc 3 A370M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q is a notebook card while Arc 3 A370M is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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