Intel Arc A530M vs AMD Radeon 780M

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A530M and AMD Radeon 780M 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Arc A530M

AMD Radeon 780M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A530M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
2x more pipelines: 1536 vs 768
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7451 vs 6998
Around 77% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 49330 vs 27793

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2023 vs 4 Jan 2023
Pipelines	1536 vs 768
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	7451 vs 6998
Geekbench - OpenCL	49330 vs 27793

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 780M

Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 900 MHz
2.2x more boost clock speed: 2900 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Around 12% higher texture fill rate: 139.2 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 6 nm
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 879 vs 713

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 6 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	879 vs 713

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A530M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 780M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

713

879

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7451

6998

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49330

27793

Name	Intel Arc A530M	AMD Radeon 780M
PassMark - G2D Mark	713	879
PassMark - G3D Mark	7451	6998
Geekbench - OpenCL	49330	27793
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		480

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A530M	AMD Radeon 780M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	RDNA 3.0
Code name	DG2-256	Phoenix
Launch date	1 Aug 2023	4 Jan 2023
Place in performance rating	166	240
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	2900 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	1536	768
Pixel fill rate	62.40 GPixel/s	92.80 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	139.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	11500 million
Compute units		12
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	System Dependent
Memory bus width	128 bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	System Shared
Memory type	GDDR6	System Shared