Arc Pro A40 vs GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking237not rated
Place by popularity44not in top-100
Power efficiency21.64no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGA107DG2-128
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date11 May 2021 (3 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 cores20481024
Core clock speed712 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1057 MHz1700 MHz
Number of transistorsno data7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate67.65108.8
Floating-point processing power4.329 TFLOPS3.482 TFLOPS
ROPs4032
TMUs6464
Tensor Cores64no data
Ray Tracing Cores168

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno data1-slot
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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 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

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
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 May 2021 8 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt

Arc Pro A40 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile and Arc Pro A40. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile is a notebook card while Arc Pro A40 is a workstation one.


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