Intel Arc A530M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A530M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A530M

Around 26% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 712 MHz
Around 23% higher boost clock speed: 1300 MHz vs 1057 MHz
Around 84% higher texture fill rate: 124.8 GTexel/s vs 67.65 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 598 vs 409

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 712 MHz
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz vs 1057 MHz
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s vs 67.65 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	598 vs 409

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 33% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1536
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6902 vs 6053
Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 50582 vs 47183

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2021 vs 1 Aug 2023
Pipelines	2048 vs 1536
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	6902 vs 6053
Geekbench - OpenCL	50582 vs 47183

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A530M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

598

409

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6053

6902

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

47183

50582

Name	Intel Arc A530M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	598	409
PassMark - G3D Mark	6053	6902
Geekbench - OpenCL	47183	50582
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		15760
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8923
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8045
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		15760
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8923
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8045
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4899

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A530M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Ampere
Code name	DG2-256	GA107
Launch date	1 Aug 2023	2021
Place in performance rating	199	190
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1057 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	712 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	1536	2048
Pixel fill rate	62.40 GPixel/s	42.28 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	67.65 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	11500 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		67.65 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		4.329 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		4.329 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 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
Width		IGP
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	192 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6