Arc A380M vs GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking165not rated
Place by popularity11not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation69.36no data
Power efficiency17.26no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGA106DG2-128
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)24 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 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 cores25601024
Core clock speed1552 MHz1550 MHz
Boost clock speed1777 MHz2000 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate142.2128.0
Floating-point processing power9.098 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs8064
Tensor Cores80128
Ray Tracing Cores208

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8MXM-A (3.1)
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1937 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s186.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2022 24 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 35 Watt

RTX 3050 8 GB has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Arc A380M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 271.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and Arc A380M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is a desktop card while Arc A380M is a notebook one.


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