GPU Comparison
GPU
Intel Arc A530M
CORE STATE
DG2-256
VRAM
8 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1300 MHz
TDP
65 W
BUS WIDTH
128 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Xe-HPG
PROCESS
6 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2023
VS
GEFORCE
GeForce GTX 970M
CORE STATE
GM204
VRAM
6 GB
CLOCK SPEED
1038 MHz
TDP
—
BUS WIDTH
192 bit
ARCHITECTURE
Maxwell 2.0
PROCESS
28 nm
LAUNCH DATE
2014
PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS
geekbench_opencl
geekbench_vulkan
3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
passmark_directx_10
passmark_directx_11
passmark_directx_12
passmark_directx_9
passmark_g2d
passmark_g3d
passmark_gpu_compute
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS
SPECIFICATION
A530M
GTX 970M
Core Specs
Shading Units
1,536
1,280
-16.7%
Shaders
1,536
1,280
-16.7%
TMUs
96
80
-16.7%
ROPs
48
48
0.0%
Execution Units
192
—
Clocks
Base Clock
900 MHz
924 MHz
Boost Clock
1300 MHz
1038 MHz
Memory Clock
1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
1253 MHz
5 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
8 GB
6 GB
VRAM (MB)
8,192
6,144
-25.0%
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Bus
128 bit
192 bit
Bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
120.3 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
—
48 KB (per SMM)
L2 Cache
8 MB
1536 KB
Performance
Pixel Rate
62.40 GPixel/s
49.82 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
124.8 GTexel/s
83.04 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
3.994 TFLOPS
2.657 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
—
83.04 GFLOPS (1:32)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
7.987 TFLOPS (2:1)
—
AI/RT
RT Cores
12
—
XMX Cores
192
—
Power
TDP
65 W
—
TDP (W)
65
—
Power Connectors
—
None
Architecture
Architecture
Xe-HPG
Maxwell 2.0
GPU Name
DG2-256
GM204
Generation
Alchemist
(Arc 5 Mobile)
GeForce 900M
Process Size
6 nm
28 nm
Transistors
11,500 million
5,200 million
Die Size
269 mm²
398 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Density
42.8M / mm²
13.1M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (12_1)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
—
5.2
Shader Model
6.6
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
IGP
MXM Module
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
Portable Device Dependent
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
MXM-B (3.0)
Other
Production
Active
End-of-life
Predecessor
—
GeForce 800M
Successor
—
GeForce 10 Mobile