Arc 3 A350M vs PG506-232

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Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGA100DG2-128
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 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 cores3584768
Core clock speed930 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1440 MHz1150 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate322.655.20
Floating-point processing power10.32 TFLOPS1.766 TFLOPS
ROPs9624
TMUs22448
Tensor Cores224no 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSno 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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount24 GB4 GB
Memory bus width3072 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1215 MHz12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth933.1 GB/s96 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader ModelN/A6.6
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCL3.03.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA8.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2021 30 March 2022
Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 25 Watt

PG506-232 has a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Arc 3 A350M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 560% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between PG506-232 and Arc 3 A350M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that PG506-232 is a workstation graphics card while Arc 3 A350M is a desktop one.


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