Intel Arc A730M vs NVIDIA GeForce MX570 Comparison

The Intel Arc A730M and the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 occupy very different corners of the mobile GPU landscape, and the recorded data makes the gap unmistakable. Both are integrated mobile parts now marked end-of-life in the database, but the A730M sits in the 84th percentile of all measured GPUs while the MX570 lands in the 81st, and the single direct head-to-head benchmark between them shows the Intel part winning by a wide margin. This comparison breaks down where each design's strengths lie, how their architectures differ, and what the numbers say about real-world positioning.

Where Each One Wins

The head-to-head record is lopsided: the Arc A730M takes one win from one shared benchmark, the MX5ero takes none. In Geekbench OpenCL, the A730M scores 70,352 against the MX570's 38,299, an 83.7 percent advantage for Intel. That is not a narrow verdict, it is a rout in the one compute test both cards share.

The A730M's average benchmark score of 45,592 places it alongside some genuinely capable hardware. Its nearest rivals by average score include the AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT (0.5 percent slower), the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile (1 percent slower), the NVIDIA RTX A2000 (1 percent faster), and the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation (0.8 percent faster). Rubbing shoulders with modern high-end mobile parts in aggregate scoring is a strong statement for the A730M.

The MX570's story is different. Its average score of 38,299 puts it near the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile (0.1 percent faster), the GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile (0.4 percent slower), the GeForce MX570 A (1 percent faster), and the AMD Radeon Pro 580X (1.1 percent faster). The one clear zone where the MX570 wins is efficiency: its TDP is 15 W against the A730M's 80 W, a fraction of the power draw. For thin-and-light designs where thermal headroom is scarce, that is the MX570's only defensible territory in this pairing. On raw performance, the data gives it nothing.

Architecture Differences

These two chips come from opposite design philosophies. The A730M is built on Intel's Xe-HPG architecture under the Alchemist generation (Arc 7 Mobile), fabricated on TSMC's 6 nm process. The DG2-512 die packs 21,700 million transistors into 406 mm², for a density of 53.4M transistors per mm². The MX570 uses NVIDIA's Ampere architecture in the GeForce MX (5xx) generation, built on Samsung's 8 nm node. Its GA107S die holds 8,700 million transistors across 200 mm² at 43.5M per mm². Intel's die is roughly twice the area and more than twice the transistor count.

The compute resource gap follows the same pattern. The A730M fields 3,072 shading units, 192 TMUs, 96 ROPs, and 24 RT cores, producing 12.60 TFLOPS of FP32 and 25.19 TFLOPS of FP16 at a 2:1 rate. The MX570 has 2,048 shading units, 64 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and 16 RT cores, for 4.731 TFLOPS FP32 and 4.731 TFLOPS FP16 at 1:1. Notably, the MX570 lists 64 tensor cores while the A730M's tensor core field is unlisted in the database, so dedicated AI acceleration is only documented on the NVIDIA side.

Memory is another decisive split. The A730M carries 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus running at an effective 14 Gbps, yielding 336.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The MX570 has 2 GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus at an effective 12 Gbps, for just 96.00 GB/s. Both connect over PCIe 4.0, but the A730M gets a full x16 link while the MX570 is limited to x8. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, so API support is a wash.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU is faster in shared benchmarks?

A: The Arc A730M. In Geekbench OpenCL it scores 70,352 versus 38,299 for the MX570, an 83.7 percent lead. It also records 64,693 in Geekbench Vulkan, a test the MX570 has no recorded score in.

Q: Which one draws less power?

A: The MX570, by a wide margin. Its TDP is 15 W compared to 80 W for the A730M, making it far better suited to low-power laptops.

Q: How do they compare against other GPUs in the database?

A: The A730M sits in the 84th percentile of all GPUs with an average score of 45,592, trading blows with cards like the RTX 5090 Mobile and Radeon Pro 5500 XT. The MX570 sits in the 81st percentile with an average score of 38,299, near the RTX 5080 Mobile and RTX 4080 Mobile.

Q: Is either GPU still in production?

A: No. Both are flagged as end-of-life in the database. The MX570's release date is recorded as December 2021; no release date is recorded for the A730M.

Q: Which has more memory bandwidth and capacity?

A: The A730M, decisively. It offers 12 GB of GDDR6 across a 192-bit bus at 336.0 GB/s, while the MX570 provides 2 GB across a 64-bit bus at 96.00 GB/s.

Q: Do both support ray tracing?

A: Yes. The A730M has 24 RT cores and the MX570 has 16 RT cores, and both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Specification Differences

| Field | Intel Arc A730M | NVIDIA GeForce MX570 |

|---|---|---|

| Architecture | Xe-HPG | Ampere |

| Generation | Alchemist (Arc 7 Mobile) | GeForce MX (5xx) |

| Chip | DG2-512 | GA107S |

| Process node | 6 nm (TSMC) | 8 nm (Samsung) |

| Transistors | 21,700 million | 8,700 million |

| Die size | 406 mm² | 200 mm² |

| Transistor density | 53.4M / mm² | 43.5M / mm² |

| Base clock | 1100 MHz | 832 MHz |

| Boost clock | 2050 MHz | 1155 MHz |

| Memory size | 12 GB GDDR6 | 2 GB GDDR6 |

| Bus width | 192 bit | 64 bit |

| Effective memory speed | 14 Gbps | 12 Gbps |

| Bandwidth | 336.0 GB/s | 96.00 GB/s |

| Shading units | 3072 | 2048 |

| TMUs | 192 | 64 |

| ROPs | 96 | 32 |

| RT cores | 24 | 16 |

| Tensor cores | Not listed | 64 |

| Pixel rate | 196.8 GPixel/s | 36.96 GPixel/s |

| Texture rate | 393.6 GTexel/s | 73.92 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 12.60 TFLOPS | 4.731 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 25.19 TFLOPS (2:1) | 4.731 TFLOPS (1:1) |

| TDP | 80 W | 15 W |

| Bus interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |

| Power connectors | Not listed | None |

| Release date | Not recorded | December 2021 |

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

Only one benchmark appears in the database for both parts, and it leaves no ambiguity.

In Geekbench OpenCL, the Arc A730M scores 70,352 while the MX570 manages 38,299. That is an 83.7 percent advantage for Intel, nearly double the throughput in the same compute workload. The delta is consistent with the raw spec gap: the A730M's 12.60 TFLOPS FP32 output and 336.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth dwarf the MX570's 4.731 TFLOPS and 96.00 GB/s.

The A730M's additional recorded results reinforce the picture. It posts 64,693 in Geekbench Vulkan and 1,732 in 3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12), tests where the MX570 has no recorded entries. With winsA at one and winsB at zero, the head-to-head ledger is closed.

Context matters here. Against its own nearest rivals, the A730M's average score of 45,592 keeps pace with the RTX 5090 Mobile (1 percent slower on average) and the RTX A2000 (1 percent faster). The MX570's 38,299 average sits within touching distance of the RTX 5080 Mobile (0.1 percent faster) and RTX 4080 Mobile (0.4 percent slower) in aggregate scoring, but it concedes the direct contest decisively. If performance is the criterion, the A730M wins. If the criterion is living within a 15 W envelope, the MX570 is the only option of the two.