Arc A530M: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Arc A530M provides acceptable gaming and benchmark performance at 18.41% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 5090 D.

Summary

Intel started Arc A530M sales 1 August 2023. This is a laptop graphics card based on a Generation 12.7 architecture and made with 6 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 224.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 4.0 x8 interface. Power consumption is at 65 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Arc A530M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking304
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Power efficiency22.15of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureGeneration 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameDG2-256
Market segmentLaptop
Release date1 August 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Arc A530M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Arc A530M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1536of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
Core clock speed900 MHzof 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed1300 MHzof 3230 MHz (Radeon RX 9060 XT)
Number of transistors11,500 millionof 185,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI350X)
Manufacturing process technology6 nmof 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattof 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate124.8of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power3.994 TFLOPSof 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
ROPs48of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs96of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores192of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores12of 188 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Arc A530M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Arc A530M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width128 Bitof 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed1750 MHzof 16000 GB/s (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile)
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/sof 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory-
Resizable BAR+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Arc A530M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by Arc A530M, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.6
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL3.0
Vulkan1.3
DLSS+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Arc A530M. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Arc A530M 18.41

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Arc A530M 7948

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Arc A530M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 110−120
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
Sons of the Forest 40−45

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
Counter-Strike 2 110−120
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
Far Cry 5 60−65
Fortnite 100−110
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
Forza Horizon 5 60−65
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
Sons of the Forest 40−45
Valorant 140−150

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
Counter-Strike 2 110−120
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
Far Cry 5 60−65
Fortnite 100−110
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
Forza Horizon 5 60−65
Grand Theft Auto V 70−75
Metro Exodus 40−45
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
Sons of the Forest 40−45
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
Valorant 140−150

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 80−85
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
Far Cry 5 60−65
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
Sons of the Forest 40−45
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
Valorant 140−150

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 100−110

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 40−45
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 140−150
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
Metro Exodus 24−27
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
Valorant 180−190

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
Far Cry 5 40−45
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
Sons of the Forest 24−27
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 45−50

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
Grand Theft Auto V 35−40
Metro Exodus 16−18
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
Valorant 110−120

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
Far Cry 5 21−24
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
Sons of the Forest 14−16

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 20−22

Closest competitors

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