Intel Arc A530M vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A530M and AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A530M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • 2108.1x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 1536 vs 1024
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Launch date 1 Aug 2023 vs 13 March 2015
Boost clock speed 1300 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1536 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

  • 2.7x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 45% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 48734
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 70535 vs 48734

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A530M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
48734
70535
Name Intel Arc A530M AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G2D Mark 670
PassMark - G3D Mark 6979
Geekbench - OpenCL 48734 70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 27566

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Arc A530M AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Essentials

Architecture Generation 12.7 GCN 1.0
Code name DG2-256 Pitcairn
Launch date 1 Aug 2023 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 172 171
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 900 MHz 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 1536 1024
Pixel fill rate 62.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 124.8 GTexel/s 59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 11500 million 2,800 million
Floating-point performance 1,894 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 224.0 GB/s 153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 4800 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5