Intel Arc A730M vs Intel Arc Pro A60 Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data contains two direct benchmark comparisons between the Intel Arc Pro A60 and the Intel Arc A730M, and in both cases the mobile part comes out ahead. In Geekbench OpenCL, the Intel Arc A730M scores 70,352 against the Intel Arc Pro A60’s 63,485, a margin of 9.8 percent. The gap widens slightly in Geekbench Vulkan, where the A730M posts 64,693 versus 57,166 for the Pro A60, a difference of 11.6 percent. These are not small margins; they represent a consistent lead for the A730M across both compute APIs tested.

The average benchmark score tells a more complicated story, however. The Intel Arc Pro A60 carries an average score of 60,326, while the Intel Arc A730M averages 45,592. That is a reversal of the head-to-head results, and it reflects the fact that the two GPUs are compared against different rival sets in the database. The Pro A60 sits at the 88th percentile of all GPUs, while the A730M is at the 84th percentile. The Pro A60’s nearest rival, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, has an average score of 60,347, a delta of 0 percent, meaning the Pro A60 is effectively tied with one of the fastest consumer GPUs ever made in this particular metric. The A730M, by contrast, is within 0.5 percent of the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT (45,384) and within 1 percent of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile (45,152). The A730M’s rival cluster is simply lower-scoring overall, which drags its average down despite its wins in the two direct tests.

Looking at the head-to-head deltas more carefully, the A730M’s advantage in OpenCL is 9.8 percent, which is substantial for sibling products built on the same architecture. In Vulkan, the 11.6 percent lead is even more pronounced. The fact that the Pro A60 is a desktop professional card while the A730M is a mobile part makes this result counterintuitive at first glance, but the architecture section below explains why the A730M has the raw resources to pull ahead. The Pro A60 does not win a single direct comparison in the database. Its wins are contextual, based on its percentile placement and its rival set, not on any head-to-head test against the A730M.

Where Each One Wins

The Intel Arc A730M wins on raw compute throughput in both recorded benchmark categories. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 70,352 is higher than the Pro A60’s 63,485, and its Vulkan score of 64,693 beats the Pro A60’s 57,166. For workloads that rely heavily on general-purpose compute or Vulkan rendering, the A730M is the stronger choice based on the data. The A730M also has a higher FP32 throughput of 12.60 TFLOPS versus 8.397 TFLOPS for the Pro A60, which aligns with its benchmark superiority in these tests.

The Intel Arc Pro A60 wins in the context of its overall database standing. Its average benchmark score of 60,326 is far above the A730M’s 45,592, and its 88th percentile placement beats the A730M’s 84th. The Pro A60 also sits within 0.3 percent of the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48 (60,140) and 2.8 percent above the AMD Radeon PRO V710 (58,657), which places it in a higher-performing peer group than the A730M. For users comparing across the entire GPU landscape rather than just these two parts, the Pro A60 looks like the more competitive product.

The use-case split is clean. The A730M is better for tasks that stress raw compute and modern API performance, as evidenced by its wins in OpenCL and Vulkan. The Pro A60 is better for users who care about consistency across a wide range of workloads, as its average score and percentile suggest it maintains strong performance across more diverse tests. The A730M has a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 1,732, which the Pro A60 lacks entirely, so the mobile part also has a demonstrated DirectX 12 result that the desktop card cannot match in the database.

Architecture Differences

Both GPUs are built on Intel’s Xe-HPG architecture and use the Alchemist generation, but they are not the same silicon. The Intel Arc Pro A60 uses the DG2-256 chip, a 6 nm TSMC part with 11,500 million transistors on a 269 mm² die. The Intel Arc A730M uses the larger DG2-512 chip, also 6 nm TSMC, with 21,700 million transistors on a 406 mm² die. The DG2-512 is nearly 1.9 times the transistor count and about 1.5 times the die area of the DG2-256, which explains why the A730M has more execution resources despite being a mobile product.

The transistor density also differs. The DG2-256 packs 42.8 million transistors per square millimeter, while the DG2-512 reaches 53.4 million per square millimeter. That higher density on the larger chip means the A730M is not just bigger, it is also more efficiently packed. The A730M has 3,072 shading units, 192 texture mapping units, 96 raster operation units, and 24 ray tracing cores. The Pro A60 has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, 64 ROPs, and 16 RT cores. The A730M leads by exactly 50 percent in each of these categories: 50 percent more shaders, 50 percent more TMUs, 50 percent more ROPs, and 50 percent more RT cores.

The clock behavior is notable. The Pro A60 has a base clock of 900 MHz, while the A730M starts at 1,100 MHz. Both boost to 2,050 MHz, so the A730M has a higher floor but the same ceiling. The memory clocks differ as well, with the Pro A60 running at 2,000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) and the A730M at 1,750 MHz (14 Gbps effective). Despite the A730M’s lower memory clock, its larger chip allows for higher pixel and texture rates, and its FP32 output of 12.60 TFLOPS dwarfs the Pro A60’s 8.397 TFLOPS. The memory subsystem is identical in size and type, 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192 bit bus, but the Pro A60’s higher memory clock gives it more bandwidth at 384.0 GB/s versus 336.0 GB/s.

Specification Differences

The two parts differ across nearly every major specification category. The process node is the same, 6 nm TSMC, but the chips are different sizes: the Pro A60’s DG2-256 measures 269 mm² with 11,500 million transistors, while the A730M’s DG2-512 measures 406 mm² with 21,700 million transistors. The base clock is 900 MHz on the Pro A60 and 1,100 MHz on the A730M, with a shared boost clock of 2,050 MHz. Memory speed differs, 2,000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) for the Pro A60 versus 1,750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) for the A730M, but both have 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192 bit bus. The bandwidth difference is 384.0 GB/s for the Pro A60 versus 336.0 GB/s for the A730M.

The execution resources differ sharply. The Pro A60 has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, 64 ROPs, and 16 RT cores. The A730M has 3,072 shading units, 192 TMUs, 96 ROPs, and 24 RT cores. The pixel rate is 131.2 GPixel/s for the Pro A60 and 196.8 GPixel/s for the A730M. The texture rate is 262.4 GTexel/s versus 393.6 GTexel/s. FP32 compute is 8.397 TFLOPS versus 12.60 TFLOPS, and FP16 is 16.79 TFLOPS (2:1) versus 25.19 TFLOPS (2:1).

The power profile is a major differentiator. The Pro A60 has a TDP of 130 W and a suggested PSU of 300 W, while the A730M has a TDP of 80 W and no suggested PSU listed. The form factor differs too: the Pro A60 is single-slot with four DisplayPort 2.0 outputs, while the A730M is an IGP (integrated graphics processor) with display outputs described as portable device dependent. The bus interface is PCIe 4.0 x16 for both. The Pro A60 is still in active production, while the A730M is end-of-life. The Pro A60 has a release date of 2023-06-05, while the A730M has no recorded release date. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. Neither part has a recorded launch MSRP.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The Intel Arc A730M scores 70,352 versus 63,485 for the Intel Arc Pro A60, a lead of 9.8 percent.

Q: Does the Intel Arc Pro A60 have any benchmark win over the A730M?

A: No. In the two direct head-to-head tests recorded, Geekbench OpenCL and Geekbench Vulkan, the A730M wins both. The Pro A60’s advantage appears only in its higher average benchmark score of 60,326 versus 45,592 and its 88th versus 84th percentile placement.

Q: Why does the A730M have more compute resources despite being a mobile part?

A: The A730M uses the DG2-512 chip with 21,700 million transistors on a 406 mm² die, while the Pro A60 uses the DG2-256 chip with 11,500 million transistors on a 269 mm² die. The A730M has 3,072 shading units, 192 TMUs, 96 ROPs, and 24 RT cores, all exactly 50 percent more than the Pro A60’s 2,048 shaders, 128 TMUs, 64 ROPs, and 16 RT cores.

Q: Which GPU has higher memory bandwidth?

A: The Intel Arc Pro A60 has 384.0 GB/s due to its 2,000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) memory clock. The A730M has 336.0 GB/s with its 1,750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) clock. Both have 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192 bit bus.

Q: How do their power requirements compare?

A: The Pro A60 has a 130 W TDP and a suggested PSU of 300 W. The A730M has an 80 W TDP and no suggested PSU listed, consistent with its IGP form factor.

Q: What is the production status of each GPU?

A: The Intel Arc Pro A60 is listed as active production with a release date of 2023-06-05. The Intel Arc A730M is listed as end-of-life with no recorded release date.