Arc A530M vs FirePro M6000

Place in the ranking	710	317
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	7.77	22.58
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Heathrow	DG2-256
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	1 July 2012 (13 years ago)	1 August 2023 (2 years 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	640	1536
Core clock speed	800 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1300 MHz
Number of transistors	1,500 million	11,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	43 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	32.00	124.8
Floating-point processing power	1.024 TFLOPS	3.994 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	48
TMUs	40	96
Tensor Cores	no data	192
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	12
L1 Cache	160 KB	no data
L2 Cache	256 KB	8 MB

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).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	n/a	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x8
Form factor	MXM-B	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
StereoOutput3D	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
DLSS	-	+

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

FirePro M6000 4.31

Arc A530M 18.94
+339%

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.

FirePro M6000 1820
Samples: 1

Arc A530M 7993
+339%

Samples: 38

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:

900p	58 −331%	250−260 +331%
Full HD	42 −329%	180−190 +329%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	18−20 −484%	110−120 +484%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −356%	40−45 +356%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	18−20 −350%	80−85 +350%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 −484%	110−120 +484%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −356%	40−45 +356%
Escape from Tarkov	16−18 −359%	75−80 +359%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −392%	60−65 +392%
Fortnite	24−27 −292%	100−110 +292%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −276%	75−80 +276%
Forza Horizon 5	12−14 −408%	60−65 +408%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 −311%	70−75 +311%
Valorant	55−60 −156%	140−150 +156%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	18−20 −350%	80−85 +350%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 −484%	110−120 +484%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	75−80 −203%	230−240 +203%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −356%	40−45 +356%
Dota 2	35−40 −336%	170−180 +336%
Escape from Tarkov	16−18 −359%	75−80 +359%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −392%	60−65 +392%
Fortnite	24−27 −292%	100−110 +292%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −276%	75−80 +276%
Forza Horizon 5	12−14 −408%	60−65 +408%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −414%	70−75 +414%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −425%	40−45 +425%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 −311%	70−75 +311%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −323%	55−60 +323%
Valorant	55−60 −156%	140−150 +156%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	18−20 −350%	80−85 +350%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −356%	40−45 +356%
Dota 2	35−40 −336%	170−180 +336%
Escape from Tarkov	16−18 −359%	75−80 +359%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −392%	60−65 +392%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −276%	75−80 +276%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 −311%	70−75 +311%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −323%	55−60 +323%
Valorant	55−60 −156%	140−150 +156%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

24−27

−292%

100−110
+292%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −344%	40−45 +344%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	30−35 −315%	140−150 +315%
Grand Theft Auto V	3−4 −1033%	30−35 +1033%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −733%	24−27 +733%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −403%	170−180 +403%
Valorant	45−50 −285%	180−190 +285%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	2−3 −2650%	55−60 +2650%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Escape from Tarkov	8−9 −425%	40−45 +425%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −450%	40−45 +450%
Forza Horizon 4	10−11 −390%	45−50 +390%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −383%	27−30 +383%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

9−10

−400%

45−50
+400%

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −125%	35−40 +125%
Valorant	21−24 −405%	110−120 +405%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Dota 2	14−16 −333%	65−70 +333%
Escape from Tarkov	3−4 −533%	18−20 +533%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −633%	21−24 +633%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −467%	30−35 +467%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	5−6 −300%	20−22 +300%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

5−6

−300%

20−22
+300%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

4K
Ultra

Counter-Strike 2

16−18

+0%

16−18

+0%

This is how FirePro M6000 and Arc A530M compete in popular games:

Arc A530M is 331% faster in 900p
Arc A530M is 329% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Battlefield 5, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Arc A530M is 2900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Arc A530M performs better in 57 tests (93%)
there's a draw in 4 tests (7%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.31	18.94
Recency	1 July 2012	1 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	43 Watt	65 Watt

FirePro M6000 has 51.2% lower power consumption.

Arc A530M, on the other hand, has a 339.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A530M is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro M6000 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro M6000 is a mobile workstation graphics card while Arc A530M is a mobile workstation one.