Arc B570 vs RTX A5000 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Xe2 (2024)
GPU code nameGA104BMG-G21
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)12 December 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$219

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 cores61442304
Core clock speed720 MHz2500 MHz
Boost clock speed1350 MHz2500 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 million19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate259.2360.0
Floating-point processing power16.59 TFLOPS11.52 TFLOPS
ROPs9680
TMUs192144
Tensor Cores192144
Ray Tracing Cores4818

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
Lengthno data272 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 amount16 GB10 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2375 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s380.0 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 Dependent1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1
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 Model6.76.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.4
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2021 12 December 2024
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 150 Watt

RTX A5000 Max-Q has a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 87.5% lower power consumption.

Arc B570, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between RTX A5000 Max-Q and Arc B570. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A5000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation card while Arc B570 is a desktop one.


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