Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) vs RTX A500 Embedded

Place in the ranking	389	494
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	56.85	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2025)	Xe LPG (2023)
GPU code name	GA107S	Meteor Lake iGPU
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	30 March 2022 (3 years 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	2048	4
Core clock speed	435 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1335 MHz	1950 MHz
Number of transistors	8,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	85.44	no data
Floating-point processing power	5.468 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	64	no data
Tensor Cores	64	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	16	no data
L1 Cache	2 MB	no data
L2 Cache	2 MB	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
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	GDDR6	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	no data
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

Portable Device Dependent

no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12_2
Shader Model	6.7	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	1.3	-
CUDA	8.6	-
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

35−40
+40%

−40%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2

+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	11 +0%	11 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	50 +0%	50 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Valorant	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	13 +0%	13 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry 5	24 +0%	24 +0%
Fortnite	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	39 +0%	39 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	15 +0%	15 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Valorant	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Fortnite	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30 +0%	30 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Valorant	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Metro Exodus	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Far Cry 5	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Valorant	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Escape from Tarkov	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Fortnite	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Valorant	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

This is how RTX A500 Embedded and Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) compete in popular games:

RTX A500 Embedded is 40% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 58 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.75	9.42
Recency	30 March 2022	14 December 2023
Chip lithography	8 nm	5 nm

RTX A500 Embedded has a 56.6% higher aggregate performance score.

Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc), on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX A500 Embedded is our recommended choice as it beats the Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) in performance tests.

Be aware that RTX A500 Embedded is a mobile workstation graphics card while Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc) is a mobile workstation one.

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