Intel Arc A530M vs AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A530M and AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Arc A530M

AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A530M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
304.7x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 14 nm
4.6x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 300 Watt

Launch date	1 Aug 2023 vs 27 June 2017
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s vs 409.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 300 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

Around 54% higher core clock speed: 1382 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1300 MHz
2.7x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1536
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1890 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 750 vs 602
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13327 vs 6238
Around 61% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 75865 vs 47253

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1382 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Pipelines	4096 vs 1536
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1890 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	750 vs 602
PassMark - G3D Mark	13327 vs 6238
Geekbench - OpenCL	75865 vs 47253

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A530M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

602

750

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6238

13327

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

47253

75865

Name	Intel Arc A530M	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
PassMark - G2D Mark	602	750
PassMark - G3D Mark	6238	13327
Geekbench - OpenCL	47253	75865
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		190.25
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3611.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		17.789
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		181.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1373.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		7074

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A530M	AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 5.0
Code name	DG2-256	Vega 10
Launch date	1 Aug 2023	27 June 2017
Place in performance rating	198	199
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Price now		$999.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		14.37
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1600 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1382 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	1536	4096
Pixel fill rate	62.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	409.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	11500 million	12,500 million
Floating-point performance		13,107 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	483.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1890 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2