Intel Arc A530M vs AMD Radeon R9 295X2

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A530M and AMD Radeon R9 295X2 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Arc A530M

AMD Radeon R9 295X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A530M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 28% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1018 MHz
57.3x more texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
7.7x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 500 Watt
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz

Launch date	1 Aug 2023 vs 29 April 2014
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz vs 1018 MHz
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s vs 2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 500 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 295X2

3.7x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 1536
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 759 vs 656
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8608 vs 6836

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 1536
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	759 vs 656
PassMark - G3D Mark	8608 vs 6836

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A530M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 295X2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

759

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6836

8608

Name	Intel Arc A530M	AMD Radeon R9 295X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	759
PassMark - G3D Mark	6836	8608
Geekbench - OpenCL	48057
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A530M	AMD Radeon R9 295X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 2.0
Code name	DG2-256	Vesuvius
Launch date	1 Aug 2023	29 April 2014
Place in performance rating	177	182
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,499
Price now		$1,099.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		11.14
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1018 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	1536	2x 2816
Pixel fill rate	62.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	2x 179.2 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	11500 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		2x 5,733 gflops
Stream Processors		5632
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Length		307 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2 x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	640 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)