Intel Arc A530M vs Apple M1 Ultra 48-core

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A530M and Apple M1 Ultra 48-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.

Intel Arc A530M

Apple M1 Ultra 48-core

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A530M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
32x more pipelines: 1536 vs 48
Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt

Launch date	1 Aug 2023 vs 18 Mar 2022
Pipelines	1536 vs 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 120 Watt

Reasons to consider the Apple M1 Ultra 48-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
Around 97% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 94440 vs 48057

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1296 MHz vs 900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 6 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	94440 vs 48057

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A530M
GPU 2: Apple M1 Ultra 48-core

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48057

94440

Name	Intel Arc A530M	Apple M1 Ultra 48-core
PassMark - G2D Mark	645
PassMark - G3D Mark	6708
Geekbench - OpenCL	48057	94440

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A530M	Apple M1 Ultra 48-core
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7
Code name	DG2-256
Launch date	1 Aug 2023	18 Mar 2022
Place in performance rating	180	177
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1296 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	5 nm
Pipelines	1536	48
Pixel fill rate	62.40 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	11500 million
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		15.925 TFLOPS
Render output units		192
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	819.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	1024 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	LPDDR5-6400