Arc A530M: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Arc A530M provides acceptable gaming and benchmark performance at 16.40% 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 ranking310
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Power efficiency19.97of 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)
Core clock speed900 MHzof 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed1300 MHzof 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors11,500 millionof 153,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI300)
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)

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 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation 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 16.40

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 7329

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 2 100−110
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
Hogwarts Legacy 30−35

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
Counter-Strike 2 100−110
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
Far Cry 5 55−60
Fortnite 95−100
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
Hogwarts Legacy 30−35
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
Valorant 130−140

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
Counter-Strike 2 100−110
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
Far Cry 5 55−60
Fortnite 95−100
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
Hogwarts Legacy 30−35
Metro Exodus 35−40
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
Valorant 130−140

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
Far Cry 5 55−60
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
Hogwarts Legacy 30−35
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 65−70
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45−50
Valorant 130−140

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 95−100

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 35−40
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 130−140
Grand Theft Auto V 30−33
Metro Exodus 21−24
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 160−170
Valorant 170−180

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
Far Cry 5 35−40
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
Hogwarts Legacy 18−20
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 40−45

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 14−16
Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
Hogwarts Legacy 10−12
Metro Exodus 14−16
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
Valorant 100−105

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 27−30
Counter-Strike 2 14−16
Cyberpunk 2077 7−8
Far Cry 5 18−20
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
Hogwarts Legacy 10−12
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 18−20

Closest competitors

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