Arc A530M: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Arc A530M provides acceptable gaming and benchmark performance at 18.06% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.

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 ranking313
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Power efficiency22.38of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureGeneration 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameDG2-256
Market segmentLaptop
Release date1 August 2023 (2 years 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 960 (GeForce GTX 660)
Core clock speed900 MHzof 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI)
Boost clock speed1300 MHzof 1000 (HD Graphics (Haswell))
Number of transistors11,500 millionof 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100)
Manufacturing process technology6 nmof 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattof 235 (FirePro S9150)
Texture fill rate124.8of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
Floating-point processing power3.994 TFLOPSof 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
ROPs48of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs96of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350)
Tensor Cores192of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350)
Ray Tracing Cores12of 188 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
L2 Cache8 MBof 408 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1350)

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 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti)
Memory clock speed1750 MHzof 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile)
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/sof 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080)
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 support

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
18.06

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 7988
Samples: 36

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

Counter-Strike 2 110−120
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
Hogwarts Legacy 35−40

Full HD
Medium

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
Hogwarts Legacy 35−40
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
Valorant 140−150

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 80−85
Counter-Strike 2 110−120
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 230−240
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
Hogwarts Legacy 35−40
Metro Exodus 40−45
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
Valorant 140−150

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 80−85
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
Far Cry 5 60−65
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
Hogwarts Legacy 35−40
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 70−75
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
Valorant 140−150

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 100−110

1440p
High

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

Battlefield 5 55−60
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
Far Cry 5 40−45
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
Hogwarts Legacy 21−24
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30−33

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 45−50

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
Grand Theft Auto V 35−40
Hogwarts Legacy 12−14
Metro Exodus 16−18
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
Valorant 110−120

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 27−30
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
Far Cry 5 21−24
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
Hogwarts Legacy 12−14
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20−22

4K
Epic

Fortnite 20−22

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