Intel Arc A530M vs AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A530M and AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT 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 - 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 RX 6600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A530M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 160 Watt

Launch date	1 Aug 2023 vs 30 Jul 2021
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 160 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

2.2x more core clock speed: 1968 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 99% higher boost clock speed: 2589 MHz vs 1300 MHz
2.7x more texture fill rate: 331.4 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 913 vs 656
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16512 vs 6836
Around 71% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 82372 vs 48057

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1968 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	2589 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Texture fill rate	331.4 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1536
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	913 vs 656
PassMark - G3D Mark	16512 vs 6836
Geekbench - OpenCL	82372 vs 48057

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A530M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

913

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6836

16512

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48057

82372

Name	Intel Arc A530M	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	913
PassMark - G3D Mark	6836	16512
Geekbench - OpenCL	48057	82372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		706.665
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		15486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3728
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3367
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		9583

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A530M	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	RDNA 2.0
Code name	DG2-256	Navi 23 XT
Launch date	1 Aug 2023	30 Jul 2021
Place in performance rating	177	174
Launch price (MSRP)		$379
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	2589 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1968 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	1536	2048
Pixel fill rate	62.40 GPixel/s	165.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	331.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	11500 million	11060 million
Compute units		32
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		662.8 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		21.21 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		10.60 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Height		40 mm (1.6 inches)
Length		190 mm (7.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 8-pin
Width		110 mm (4.3 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	256 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6