NVIDIA CMP 30HX vs Intel Arc Pro A40

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA CMP 30HX and Intel Arc Pro A40 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA CMP 30HX

Intel Arc Pro A40

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA CMP 30HX

Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1785 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 157.1 GTexel/s vs 108.8 GTexel/s
Around 38% higher pipelines: 1408 vs 1024
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 67806 vs 33127

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1530 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz vs 1700 MHz
Texture fill rate	157.1 GTexel/s vs 108.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	1408 vs 1024
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	67806 vs 33127

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A40

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 12 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 125 Watt
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Launch date	8 Aug 2022 vs 25 Feb 2021
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 125 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA CMP 30HX
GPU 2: Intel Arc Pro A40

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

67806

33127

Name	NVIDIA CMP 30HX	Intel Arc Pro A40
Geekbench - OpenCL	67806	33127

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA CMP 30HX	Intel Arc Pro A40
Essentials
Architecture	Turing	Generation 12.7
Code name	TU116	DG2-128
Launch date	25 Feb 2021	8 Aug 2022
Place in performance rating	293	663
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1785 MHz	1700 MHz
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	6 nm
Pipelines	1408	1024
Pixel fill rate	85.68 GPixel/s	54.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	157.1 GTexel/s	108.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	6600 million	7200 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		870.4 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		6.963 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		3.482 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x mini-DisplayPort 2.0
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	35 mm, 1.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	229 mm, 9 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Width	111 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	192.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6