Arc A530M vs Radeon R9 370X

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated305
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data22.27
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameTrinidadDG2-256
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 August 2015 (9 years ago)1 August 2023 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

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 cores12801536
Core clock speed980 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1030 MHz1300 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million11,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate82.40124.8
Floating-point processing power2.637 TFLOPS3.994 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs8096
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length221 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s224.0 GB/s
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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 August 2015 1 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 65 Watt

Arc A530M has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 176.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 370X and Arc A530M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 370X is a desktop graphics card while Arc A530M is a notebook one.

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