Intel Arc A530M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A530M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB 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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A530M

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 90 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB

Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 90 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 72% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 34% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Around 50% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1536
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 713
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12873 vs 7451
Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 49885 vs 49330

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 1 Aug 2023
Core clock speed	1545 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1536
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	942 vs 713
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873 vs 7451
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885 vs 49330

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A530M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

713

942

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7451

12873

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49330

49885

Name	Intel Arc A530M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	713	942
PassMark - G3D Mark	7451	12873
Geekbench - OpenCL	49330	49885

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A530M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Ampere
Code name	DG2-256	GA107
Launch date	1 Aug 2023	2022
Place in performance rating	166	88
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	1536	2304
Pixel fill rate	62.40 GPixel/s	55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	125.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	90 Watt
Transistor count	11500 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		8.018 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length		242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
Width		112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6