Arc A530M vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)

Place in the ranking	721	313
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	19.28
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2017)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Surface Book	DG2-256
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 October 2015 (9 years ago)	1 August 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	384	1536
Core clock speed	954 MHz	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	1300 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	11,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	124.8
Floating-point processing power	no data	3.994 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	48
TMUs	no data	96
Tensor Cores	no data	192
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	12

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

no data

PCIe 4.0 x8

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	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	224.0 GB/s
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

no data

Portable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	+	-

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

−364%

130−140
+364%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −480%	55−60 +480%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −375%	95−100 +375%
Fortnite	21−24 −376%	100−105 +376%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −347%	75−80 +347%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −385%	160−170 +385%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −258%	40−45 +258%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −480%	55−60 +480%
Dota 2	10−12 −491%	65−70 +491%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −210%	60−65 +210%
Fortnite	21−24 −367%	95−100 +367%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −347%	75−80 +347%
Grand Theft Auto V	10−12 −482%	60−65 +482%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −513%	45−50 +513%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −279%	120−130 +279%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −258%	40−45 +258%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −331%	55−60 +331%
World of Tanks	60−65 −248%	210−220 +248%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 −480%	55−60 +480%
Dota 2	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Far Cry 5	20−22 −210%	60−65 +210%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −347%	75−80 +347%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 −279%	120−130 +279%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −362%	60−65 +362%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

21−24
−376%

100−105

+376%

1440p
High Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−700%

16−18
+700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −825%	35−40 +825%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −488%	45−50 +488%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −1050%	45−50 +1050%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

7−8
−329%

30−33

+329%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −93.8%	30−35 +93.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −93.8%	30−35 +93.8%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Dota 2	16−18 −369%	75−80 +369%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −475%	21−24 +475%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1250%	27−30 +1250%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−11 −350%	45−50 +350%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

2−3

−350%

9−10
+350%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
World of Tanks	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Metro Exodus	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Valorant	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Dota 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Fortnite	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and Arc A530M compete in popular games:

Arc A530M is 364% faster in 1080p

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Arc A530M is 1250% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Arc A530M is ahead in 28 tests (45%)
there's a draw in 34 tests (55%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.61	17.75
Recency	1 October 2015	1 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm

Arc A530M has a 391.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A530M is our recommended choice as it beats the Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.