Arc A530M: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Arc A530M provides acceptable gaming and benchmark performance at 18.41% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 5090 D.
Contents
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 ranking | 304 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Power efficiency | 22.15 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) | |
| GPU code name | DG2-256 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Release date | 1 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 cores | 1536 | of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Boost clock speed | 1300 MHz | of 3230 MHz (Radeon RX 9060 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 11,500 million | of 185,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI350X) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 124.8 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.994 TFLOPS | of 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell) |
| ROPs | 48 | of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000) |
| TMUs | 96 | of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Tensor Cores | 192 | of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 12 | of 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).
| Interface | PCIe 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 type | GDDR6 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | of 16000 GB/s (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | of 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 Connectors | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK compatibility
APIs supported by Arc A530M, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | |
| 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.
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.
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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 |
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