Arc A530M vs Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)

Place in the ranking	1097	304
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	4.79	19.00
Architecture	GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Stoney Ridge	DG2-256
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 June 2016 (8 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	128	1536
Core clock speed	no data	900 MHz
Boost clock speed	600 MHz	1300 MHz
Number of transistors	3100 Million	11,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	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	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	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

API compatibility

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

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

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

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +14.3%	27−30 −14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +14.3%	27−30 −14.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +14.3%	27−30 −14.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−1500%

16−18
+1500%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Hitman 3	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −1525%	65−70 +1525%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+100%

2−3

−100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

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

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

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

in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R2 (Stoney Ridge) is 100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

R2 (Stoney Ridge) is ahead in 27 tests (93%)
there's a draw in 2 tests (7%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.03	17.72
Recency	1 June 2016	1 August 2023
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

R2 (Stoney Ridge) has 333.3% lower power consumption.

Arc A530M, on the other hand, has a 1620.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A530M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) in performance tests.

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