Arc A530M vs Arc 8-Core iGPU

Place in the ranking	293	304
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	19.00
Architecture	Xe LPG (2023)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Meteor Lake iGPU	DG2-256
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)	1 August 2023 (1 year 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 cores	8	1536
Core clock speed	no data	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	2300 MHz	1300 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	11,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	124.8
Floating-point processing power	no data	3.994 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	48
TMUs	no data	96
Tensor Cores	no data	192
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	12

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).

Interface

no data

PCIe 4.0 x8

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 type	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	8 GB
Memory bus width	no data	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	224.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

no data

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_2	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	36 +20%	30−35 −20%
1440p	19 +5.6%	18−20 −5.6%
4K	14 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +1300%	3−4 −1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +14.8%	27−30 −14.8%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +10.9%	55−60 −10.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +1800%	2−3 −1800%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +7.5%	40−45 −7.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +11.1%	45−50 −11.1%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +6.4%	110−120 −6.4%
Hitman 3	35−40 +800%	4−5 −800%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +1038%	8−9 −1038%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +6.7%	60−65 −6.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +11.1%	45−50 −11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 +1425%	4−5 −1425%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +214%	27−30 −214%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +1300%	3−4 −1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +14.8%	27−30 −14.8%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +10.9%	55−60 −10.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +1800%	2−3 −1800%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +7.5%	40−45 −7.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +11.1%	45−50 −11.1%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +6.4%	110−120 −6.4%
Hitman 3	35−40 +800%	4−5 −800%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +1038%	8−9 −1038%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +6.7%	60−65 −6.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +11.1%	45−50 −11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	58 +1350%	4−5 −1350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +367%	9−10 −367%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +214%	27−30 −214%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +1300%	3−4 −1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +14.8%	27−30 −14.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +1800%	2−3 −1800%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +7.5%	40−45 −7.5%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +6.4%	110−120 −6.4%
Hitman 3	35−40 +800%	4−5 −800%
Horizon Zero Dawn	41 +413%	8−9 −413%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	46 +1050%	4−5 −1050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24 +167%	9−10 −167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +214%	27−30 −214%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55
+11.1%

45−50

−11.1%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +20%	30−33 −20%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +16.7%	24−27 −16.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +5.6%	18−20 −5.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 +11.1%	18−20 −11.1%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +16.7%	18−20 −16.7%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +7.4%	95−100 −7.4%
Hitman 3	21−24 +267%	6−7 −267%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +1800%	2−3 −1800%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +13.3%	30−33 −13.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	34 +13.3%	30−33 −13.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +16.7%	18−20 −16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +11%	100−105 −11%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35
+1450%

2−3

−1450%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +12.5%	16−18 −12.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
Hitman 3	14−16 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +6.7%	90−95 −6.7%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +5.6%	18−20 −5.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +5.6%	18−20 −5.6%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +19%	21−24 −19%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	14 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%