Arc A730M vs RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated199
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data23.53
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGA104DG2-512
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)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 cores40963072
Core clock speed495 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speed1170 MHz2050 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate149.8393.6
Floating-point processing power9.585 TFLOPS12.6 TFLOPS
ROPs6496
TMUs128192
Tensor Cores128384
Ray Tracing Cores3224

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16

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 amount12 GB12 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s336.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 80 Watt

RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB has 14.3% lower power consumption.

Arc A730M, on the other hand, has a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB and Arc A730M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB is a mobile workstation card while Arc A730M is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB
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Intel Arc A730M
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