AMD Radeon 8050S vs Intel Arc A530M Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The benchmark data is unequivocal: the AMD Radeon 8050S wins both recorded head-to-head tests, and it wins by a substantial margin. In Geekbench OpenCL, the AMD part scores 65,818 against 49,735 for the Intel Arc A530M, a 32.3% advantage. The Vulkan result is even wider: 58,398 versus 43,492, a 34.3% gap. Across both tests, the Radeon 8050S takes 2 wins to 0 for the Arc A530M.

These deltas are not marginal. A 32.3% lead in OpenCL places the Radeon 8050S in a different performance class, and the 34.3% Vulkan margin confirms that the advantage is consistent across APIs rather than an artifact of a single workload. The average benchmark score reinforces this: the Radeon 8050S sits at 62,108, while the Arc A530M averages 46,614. That is a 33.2% difference in aggregate.

Context from the nearest rivals makes the gap more striking. The Radeon 8050S outscores the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M by just 0.3% and trails the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 by 2.5%, placing it near the top of its immediate competitive cluster. The Arc A530M, meanwhile, is essentially tied with the AMD Radeon RX 5600M at 46,601 (0% delta) and sits 1.2% above the NVIDIA RTX A2000. In other words, the Radeon 8050S competes with significantly faster company than the Arc A530M does. The percentile ranking tells the same story: the Radeon 8050S lands in the 89th percentile of all GPUs, while the Arc A530M sits in the 85th.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different architectural generations and are built on different process nodes. The AMD Radeon 8050S is a Strix Halo chip using RDNA 3.5, manufactured on TSMC's 4 nm node, with a die size of 308 mm². The Intel Arc A530M uses the DG2-256 chip with Xe-HPG architecture, built on TSMC's 6 nm process, with a die size of 269 mm² and a transistor count of 11,500 million, giving it a transistor density of 42.8 million per mm². The Radeon 8050S has no listed transistor count in the database, so a direct density comparison is not possible.

The compute configurations differ significantly. The Radeon 8050S carries 2,048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, 64 ROPs, and 32 ray tracing cores. The Arc A530M has 1,536 shading units, 96 TMUs, 48 ROPs, and 12 ray tracing cores. That is a 33% advantage in shading units and TMUs for the AMD part, a 33% advantage in ROPs, and nearly triple the ray tracing core count. Clock speeds compound the difference: the Radeon 8050S runs at a 1,295 MHz base and 2,800 MHz boost, while the Arc A530M operates at 900 MHz base and 1,300 MHz boost. The AMD GPU's boost clock is more than double the Intel part's.

Memory is another major divergence. The Radeon 8050S uses system shared memory, with size, type, bus width, and bandwidth all marked as system dependent. The Arc A530M has dedicated 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth and a 1,750 MHz memory clock (14 Gbps effective). The database notes that the Radeon's bandwidth is system dependent, so any direct comparison depends on the host platform's memory configuration.

The interface also differs: the Radeon 8050S uses PCIe 5.0 x16, while the Arc A530M uses PCIe 4.0 x8. Power consumption is close but not identical: the Radeon 8050S is rated at 55 W with no power connectors, while the Arc A530M is rated at 65 W. Both are integrated-class GPUs with portable device dependent display outputs. API support is identical: DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4 on both.

Where Each One Wins

The Radeon 8050S wins everywhere the recorded data can measure. In OpenCL, it leads by 32.3%, and in Vulkan by 34.3%. There is no benchmark in the database where the Arc A530M takes the lead. The Radeon 8050S also holds the aggregate average score advantage at 62,108 versus 46,614.

The Arc A530M does have one clear structural advantage: dedicated memory. With 8 GB of GDDR6 and 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth on a 128-bit bus, it does not depend on the host system's memory configuration. The Radeon 8050S, by contrast, relies on system shared memory, meaning its effective bandwidth and capacity vary with the platform. In workloads where memory bandwidth is the limiting factor and the host system has slower shared memory, the Arc A530M's fixed 224.0 GB/s could be more predictable. However, the benchmark results do not isolate this scenario, and the recorded tests still favor the Radeon 8050S decisively.

The Radeon 8050S also has a power efficiency story in the raw specifications: 55 W versus 65 W for the Arc A530M, despite delivering roughly a third more performance in the recorded tests. The AMD part achieves its higher scores at a lower rated TDP. The Arc A530M's 65 W rating does not translate to a performance win in any recorded metric.

The Verdict

The data points to one conclusion: the AMD Radeon 8050S is the faster GPU in this pairing. It wins both head-to-head benchmarks, holds a 33.2% higher average score, and ranks 89th percentile against 85th for the Arc A530M. Its nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M (0.3% behind), the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 (2.5% ahead), the AMD Radeon RX 7600M (2.6% ahead), and the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP (2.7% ahead). The Arc A530M's nearest rivals are the AMD Radeon RX 5600M (0% delta), the AMD Radeon RX 6550M (0.2% ahead), the NVIDIA RTX A2000 (1.2% behind), and the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation (1.4% behind). Those rival clusters alone show the Radeon 8050S competing in a higher tier.

For a user selecting purely on recorded benchmark performance, the Radeon 8050S is the clear choice. It offers a 32.3% OpenCL lead and a 34.3% Vulkan lead, along with a lower 55 W TDP. The Arc A530M's case rests on its dedicated 8 GB GDDR6 memory, which provides a fixed 224.0 GB/s bandwidth that does not depend on system memory. If the host platform for the Radeon 8050S has slow shared memory, the Arc A530M could be more consistent in memory-sensitive tasks, but the database contains no benchmark to confirm that scenario. Based on the recorded measurements, the Radeon 8050S is the pick.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon 8050S has an average benchmark score of 62,108, while the Intel Arc A530M averages 46,614.

Q: How much faster is the Radeon 8050S in Vulkan?

A: The Radeon 8050S scores 58,398 in Geekbench Vulkan versus 43,492 for the Arc A530M, a 34.3% advantage.

Q: Does the Arc A530M have dedicated memory?

A: Yes, the Arc A530M has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 224.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The Radeon 8050S uses system shared memory with system dependent bandwidth.

Q: What are the TDP ratings for each GPU?

A: The Radeon 8050S is rated at 55 W with no power connectors, and the Arc A530M is rated at 65 W.

Q: Which GPU has more ray tracing cores?

A: The Radeon 8050S has 32 ray tracing cores, while the Arc A530M has 12.

Q: How do the two GPUs rank among all GPUs?

A: The Radeon 8050S is in the 89th percentile, and the Arc A530M is in the 85th percentile.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ in the following recorded specifications:

• Chip: Strix Halo (AMD) versus DG2-256 (Intel)
• Architecture: RDNA 3.5 versus Xe-HPG
• Generation: Navi Mobile (RX 8000M) versus Alchemist (Arc 5 Mobile)
• Process node: 4 nm versus 6 nm, both TSMC
• Transistors: unknown versus 11,500 million
• Die size: 308 mm² versus 269 mm²
• Transistor density: not listed versus 42.8M per mm²
• Base clock: 1295 MHz versus 900 MHz
• Boost clock: 2800 MHz versus 1300 MHz
• Memory clock: system shared versus 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
• Memory size: system shared versus 8 GB
• Memory type: system shared versus GDDR6
• Memory bus width: system shared versus 128 bit
• Memory bandwidth: system dependent versus 224.0 GB/s
• Shading units: 2048 versus 1536
• TMUs: 128 versus 96
• ROPs: 64 versus 48
• Ray tracing cores: 32 versus 12
• Pixel rate: 179.2 GPixel/s versus 62.40 GPixel/s
• Texture rate: 358.4 GTexel/s versus 124.8 GTexel/s
• FP32 performance: 11.47 TFLOPS versus 3.994 TFLOPS
• FP16 performance: 11.47 TFLOPS (1:1) versus 7.987 TFLOPS (2:1)
• TDP: 55 W versus 65 W
• Bus interface: PCIe 5.0 x16 versus PCIe 4.0 x8
• Release date: 2025-01-05 versus 2023-07-31
• Predecessor: Polaris Mobile versus none listed