Intel Arc A530M vs AMD Radeon RX 6600M

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

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A530M

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 150 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 65% higher core clock speed: 1489 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 62% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Around 89% higher texture fill rate: 235.8 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 17% higher pipelines: 1792 vs 1536
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 724 vs 713
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13921 vs 7451
Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 66187 vs 49330

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2021 vs 1 Aug 2023
Core clock speed	1489 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	2105 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Texture fill rate	235.8 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	1792 vs 1536
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	724 vs 713
PassMark - G3D Mark	13921 vs 7451
Geekbench - OpenCL	66187 vs 49330

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

713

724

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7451

13921

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49330

66187

Name	Intel Arc A530M	AMD Radeon RX 6600M
PassMark - G2D Mark	713	724
PassMark - G3D Mark	7451	13921
Geekbench - OpenCL	49330	66187
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14178
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8612
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8006
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14178
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8612
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8006
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1495

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A530M	AMD Radeon RX 6600M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	RDNA 2.0
Code name	DG2-256	Navi 23
Launch date	1 Aug 2023	2021
Place in performance rating	166	169
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	2105 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1489 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	1536	1792
Pixel fill rate	62.40 GPixel/s	134.7 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	235.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	11500 million	11060 million
Compute units		28
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		471.5 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		15.09 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		7.544 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors		None
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