Arc Pro A30M 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 rated350
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data20.85
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGA104DG2-128
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date12 April 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 cores40961024
Core clock speed495 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1170 MHz2000 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate149.8128.0
Floating-point processing power9.585 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs12864
Tensor Cores128no data
Ray Tracing Cores328

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
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 amount12 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s128.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

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


Recency 12 April 2021 8 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 50 Watt

RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Arc Pro A30M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 33.3% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB and Arc Pro A30M. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12 GB
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