RTX A40 and Arc A780 - video card comparison

RTX A40

Arc A780

Architecture

Ampere (2020−2022)

Generation 12.7 (2022)

GPU code name

GA102

DG2-512

Market segment

Desktop

Desktop

Release date

October 2020

2022

Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

8-pin EPS

2x 8-pin

Boost clock speed

1755 MHz

2200 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

8 nm

6 nm

Number of transistors

28,300 million

21,700 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

10752

4096

Power consumption (TDP)

300 Watt

200 Watt

Texture fill rate

589.7

563.2

Memory type

GDDR6

GDDR6X

Maximum RAM amount

48 GB

16 GB

Memory bus width

384 Bit

256 Bit

Memory clock speed

14.5 GB/s

17.5 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

695.8 GB/s

559.6 GB/s

Display Connectors

3x DisplayPort

1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0

HDMI

-

+

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

8.6

-

OpenCL

2.0

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

4.6

Shader Model

6.5

6.6

Vulkan

1.2

1.3