Arc Pro A30M vs Radeon HD 6530M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 6530M with Arc Pro A30M, including specs and performance data.

HD 6530M
2010
1 GB DDR3, 26 Watt
1.28

Arc Pro A30M outperforms HD 6530M by a whopping 1088% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1032348
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.4321.19
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameCapilanoDG2-128
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date26 November 2010 (13 years ago)8 August 2022 (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 cores4001024
Core clock speed450 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2000 MHz
Number of transistors627 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)26 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate9.000128.0
Floating-point processing power0.36 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs2064
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s128.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.3

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1025%
45−50
+1025%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−1067%
70−75
+1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1025%
45−50
+1025%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1025%
45−50
+1025%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1067%
70−75
+1067%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−1043%
160−170
+1043%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−1088%
95−100
+1088%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−961%
350−400
+961%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−1067%
70−75
+1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1025%
45−50
+1025%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1025%
45−50
+1025%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1067%
70−75
+1067%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−1043%
160−170
+1043%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−1088%
95−100
+1088%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−1082%
130−140
+1082%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−961%
350−400
+961%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−1067%
70−75
+1067%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1025%
45−50
+1025%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1025%
45−50
+1025%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1067%
70−75
+1067%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−1043%
160−170
+1043%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−1088%
95−100
+1088%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−1082%
130−140
+1082%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−961%
350−400
+961%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1043%
80−85
+1043%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−1025%
45−50
+1025%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−1067%
70−75
+1067%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1025%
45−50
+1025%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−900%
10−11
+900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−1067%
35−40
+1067%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.28 15.20
Recency 26 November 2010 8 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 26 Watt 50 Watt

HD 6530M has 92.3% lower power consumption.

Arc Pro A30M, on the other hand, has a 1087.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc Pro A30M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6530M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6530M is a notebook graphics card while Arc Pro A30M is a mobile workstation one.


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