Intel Arc A530M vs NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A530M and NVIDIA RTX A3000 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 - 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

NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile

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
2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 656 vs 513

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	656 vs 513

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1080 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 199.7 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
2.7x more pipelines: 4096 vs 1536
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12460 vs 6836
Around 61% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 78475 vs 48618

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1080 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz vs 1300 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.7 GTexel/s vs 124.8 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4096 vs 1536
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12460 vs 6836
Geekbench - OpenCL	78475 vs 48618

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A530M
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

656

513

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6836

12460

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48618

78475

Name	Intel Arc A530M	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	656	513
PassMark - G3D Mark	6836	12460
Geekbench - OpenCL	48618	78475
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20429
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20429
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3710
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3710
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A530M	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Ampere
Code name	DG2-256	GA104
Launch date	1 Aug 2023
Place in performance rating	177	176
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	1080 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	1536	4096
Pixel fill rate	62.40 GPixel/s	99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	124.8 GTexel/s	199.7 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	11500 million	17400 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		199.7 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		12.78 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		12.78 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
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	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	288 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6