Arc A530M vs Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5)
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and Arc A530M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
Arc A530M outperforms Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) by a whopping 415% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 729 | 309 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 19.96 |
| 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 | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | + | - |
| DLSS | - | + |
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 | 28
−400%
| 140−150
+400%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−477%
|
75−80
+477%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
−650%
|
60−65
+650%
|
| Fortnite | 18−20
−405%
|
95−100
+405%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
−356%
|
70−75
+356%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−347%
|
65−70
+347%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−477%
|
75−80
+477%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 60−65
−251%
|
220−230
+251%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
−400%
|
160−170
+400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
−650%
|
60−65
+650%
|
| Fortnite | 18−20
−405%
|
95−100
+405%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
−356%
|
70−75
+356%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 10−11
−570%
|
65−70
+570%
|
| Metro Exodus | 6−7
−533%
|
35−40
+533%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−347%
|
65−70
+347%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−11
−400%
|
50−55
+400%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 12−14
−477%
|
75−80
+477%
|
| Dota 2 | 30−35
−400%
|
160−170
+400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 8−9
−650%
|
60−65
+650%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 16−18
−356%
|
70−75
+356%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 14−16
−347%
|
65−70
+347%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−11
−400%
|
50−55
+400%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 18−20
−405%
|
95−100
+405%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 24−27
−396%
|
120−130
+396%
|
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−1050%
|
21−24
+1050%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 6−7
−567%
|
40−45
+567%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9
−450%
|
40−45
+450%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 7−8
−471%
|
40−45
+471%
|
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18
−100%
|
30−35
+100%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Dota 2 | 10−11
−400%
|
50−55
+400%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5
−375%
|
18−20
+375%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−933%
|
30−35
+933%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
−325%
|
16−18
+325%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 4−5
−350%
|
18−20
+350%
|
Full HD
Low Preset
| Atomic Heart | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Atomic Heart | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
| Valorant | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Atomic Heart | 45−50
+0%
|
45−50
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 100−110
+0%
|
100−110
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 55−60
+0%
|
55−60
+0%
|
| Valorant | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Valorant | 130−140
+0%
|
130−140
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−33
+0%
|
30−33
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 160−170
+0%
|
160−170
+0%
|
| Valorant | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Atomic Heart | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Valorant | 100−105
+0%
|
100−105
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
This is how Maxwell GPU Surface Book (940M, GDDR5) and Arc A530M compete in popular games:
- Arc A530M is 400% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Metro Exodus, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the Arc A530M is 1050% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Arc A530M is ahead in 30 tests (50%)
- there's a draw in 30 tests (50%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.17 | 16.31 |
| Recency | 1 October 2015 | 1 August 2023 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 6 nm |
Arc A530M has a 414.5% 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.
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