Arc Pro A30M vs Radeon HD 7970 X2

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated345
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data21.04
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameNew ZealandDG2-128
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date31 August 2012 (12 years ago)8 August 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 no data

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 speed925 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2000 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)500 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate118.4128.0
Floating-point processing power3.789 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs12864
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length292 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors3x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth264.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 August 2012 8 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 500 Watt 50 Watt

Arc Pro A30M has an age advantage of 9 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7970 X2 and Arc Pro A30M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7970 X2 is a desktop card while Arc Pro A30M is a mobile workstation one.


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