Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) vs Arc A530M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Arc A530M and Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Arc A530M outperforms Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) by an impressive 67% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 307 | 435 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 18.69 | no data |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) | Xe LPG (2023) |
| GPU code name | DG2-256 | Meteor Lake iGPU |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 August 2023 (1 year ago) | 14 December 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 | 1536 | 4 |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 1300 MHz | 1950 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 11,500 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 124.8 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 3.994 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 48 | no data |
| TMUs | 96 | no data |
| Tensor Cores | 192 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 12 | no data |
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 | PCIe 4.0 x8 | no data |
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 | GDDR6 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | no data |
| 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 | Portable Device Dependent | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12_2 |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | no data |
| 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 | 40−45
+53.8%
| 26
−53.8%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−667%
|
21−24
+667%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−900%
|
20−22
+900%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
| Hitman 3 | 4−5
−350%
|
18−20
+350%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
−575%
|
50−55
+575%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
−700%
|
30−35
+700%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
−121%
|
60−65
+121%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−667%
|
21−24
+667%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−900%
|
20−22
+900%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
| Hitman 3 | 4−5
−350%
|
18−20
+350%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
−575%
|
50−55
+575%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
−875%
|
39
+875%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10
−189%
|
24−27
+189%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
−121%
|
60−65
+121%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
−667%
|
21−24
+667%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−900%
|
20−22
+900%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+100%
|
1−2
−100%
|
| Hitman 3 | 4−5
−350%
|
18−20
+350%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
−575%
|
50−55
+575%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
−650%
|
30
+650%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10
−77.8%
|
16
+77.8%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
−121%
|
60−65
+121%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Hitman 3 | 6−7
−117%
|
12−14
+117%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 2−3
−900%
|
20−22
+900%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−700%
|
16−18
+700%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
−500%
|
6−7
+500%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | 4−5 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−350%
|
9−10
+350%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 30−33
+0%
|
30−33
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 30−33
+0%
|
30−33
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 65−70
+0%
|
65−70
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 18−20
+0%
|
18−20
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 9−10
+0%
|
9−10
+0%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 10−11
+0%
|
10−11
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10
+0%
|
9−10
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 60−65
+0%
|
60−65
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 9−10
+0%
|
9−10
+0%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
This is how Arc A530M and Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) compete in popular games:
- Arc A530M is 54% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) is 900% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) is ahead in 25 tests (38%)
- there's a draw in 40 tests (62%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 17.74 | 10.61 |
| Recency | 1 August 2023 | 14 December 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 5 nm |
Arc A530M has a 67.2% higher aggregate performance score.
Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.
The Arc A530M is our recommended choice as it beats the Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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