Intel Arc A530M vs Apple M1 Pro 14-core

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A530M and Apple M1 Pro 14-core 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).

Intel Arc A530M

Apple M1 Pro 14-core

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A530M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
109.7x more pipelines: 1536 vs 14
Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 48965 vs 39867

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 Aug 2023 vs 26 Oct 2021
Pipelines	1536 vs 14
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	48965 vs 39867

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Pro 14-core

Around 44% higher core clock speed: 1296 MHz vs 900 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 6 nm
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt

Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 6 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A530M
GPU 2: Apple M1 Pro 14-core

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48965

39867

Name	Intel Arc A530M	Apple M1 Pro 14-core
PassMark - G2D Mark	687
PassMark - G3D Mark	7196
Geekbench - OpenCL	48965	39867
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20379
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20379
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		7440
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		7440
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6721
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6721

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A530M	Apple M1 Pro 14-core
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7
Code name	DG2-256
Launch date	1 Aug 2023	26 Oct 2021
Place in performance rating	166	164
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1296 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	1536	14
Pixel fill rate	62.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	11500 million
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		4.644 TFLOPS
Render output units		56
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	204.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	LPDDR5-6400