Intel Arc A530M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A530M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Arc A530M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A530M

Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 701 vs 628

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 115 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	701 vs 628

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 62% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1755 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 140.4 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1536
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 6 nm
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14433 vs 7329
Around 51% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 74451 vs 49255

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 1 Aug 2023
Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1755 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Texture fill rate	140.4 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1536
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 6 nm
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	14433 vs 7329
Geekbench - OpenCL	74451 vs 49255

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A530M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

701

628

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7329

14433

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49255

74451

Name	Intel Arc A530M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	701	628
PassMark - G3D Mark	7329	14433
Geekbench - OpenCL	49255	74451
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1788

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A530M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Ada Lovelace
Code name	DG2-256	AD107
Launch date	1 Aug 2023	2023
Place in performance rating	163	164
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1755 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1455 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	1536	2560
Pixel fill rate	62.40 GPixel/s	56.16 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	140.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	11500 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		140.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		8.986 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		8.986 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
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	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	192.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	96 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6