Intel Arc Pro A30M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only directly comparable benchmark in the database is Geekbench OpenCL, and the result is a decisive victory for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile. The NVIDIA part scores 159,575 points, while the Intel Arc Pro A30M manages 31,894 points. That translates to a delta of 400.3%, meaning the RTX 4080 Mobile delivers roughly five times the OpenCL compute performance of the Arc Pro A30M. This is not a close contest; it is a generational and architectural gap made visible in a single metric.

Looking at the broader context, the RTX 4080 Mobile's average benchmark score across all recorded tests is 38,135. Its nearest rival in the database, the NVIDIA GeForce MX570, averages 38,299, which puts the RTX 4080 Mobile just 0.4% behind. The GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile averages 38,349, a 0.6% gap, while the desktop GeForce RTX 4070 averages 37,648, meaning the RTX 4080 Mobile is 1.3% ahead of that part. The NVIDIA Tesla P4 also sits at 37,628, again 1.3% behind the RTX 4080 Mobile. These numbers indicate that despite its mobile form factor, the RTX 4080 Mobile sits in a performance tier that rivals desktop-class GPUs from the same era.

The Intel Arc Pro A30M, by contrast, has an average benchmark score of 31,894, which is its only recorded result. Its nearest rivals paint a different picture. The NVIDIA TITAN RTX averages 31,676, putting the Arc Pro A30M 0.7% ahead. The AMD Radeon Pro 570X averages 32,176, which is 0.9% ahead of the Intel part. The NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell averages 31,532, leaving the Arc Pro A30M 1.1% ahead, while the AMD FirePro S10000 averages 32,388, a 1.5% lead over Intel. These are tight margins, indicating that the Arc Pro A30M competes with older or lower-tier workstation GPUs, not with the top end of the mobile gaming or compute stack.

The RTX 4080 Mobile also holds an 81st percentile ranking among all GPUs in the database, while the Arc Pro A30M sits at the 76th percentile. That five-point gap in percentile ranking underscores the performance separation, though it is worth remembering both parts are above the median. The RTX 4080 Mobile's average score of 38,135 versus the Arc Pro A30M's 31,894 represents a 19.6% advantage in aggregate terms, even before considering the OpenCL-specific blowout.

In other recorded benchmarks, the RTX 4080 Mobile shows a wide range of capabilities. Its Passmark G3D score is 24,926, its Passmark G2D score is 929, and its Passmark GPU Compute score is 11,191. For DirectX 9, it scores 286; for DirectX 11, 244; for DirectX 10, 157; and for DirectX 12, 96. The Arc Pro A30M has no recorded results for any of these tests, so no direct comparison is possible there. The data only allows a single head-to-head comparison, and that comparison is overwhelmingly in favor of the NVIDIA part.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile is the superior GPU for anyone prioritizing raw compute performance. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 159,575 dwarfs the Intel Arc Pro A30M's 31,894, and its average benchmark score of 38,135 places it in a different competitive bracket. The RTX 4080 Mobile sits alongside parts like the GeForce RTX 4070 and Tesla P4, while the Arc Pro A30M trades blows with the TITAN RTX and Radeon Pro 570X. If the workload is OpenCL-heavy, the RTX 4080 Mobile is the only rational choice based on the recorded measurements.

The Intel Arc Pro A30M, however, is not without its niche. It is a 50 W part versus the RTX 4080 Mobile's 110 W, making it a lower-power option for thin-and-light professional laptops. It also carries a 76th percentile ranking, which is respectable for a modest GPU. For users whose applications do not demand extreme compute throughput and who prioritize power efficiency over performance, the Arc Pro A30M could suffice. But the benchmark data shows no scenario where the Intel part outperforms the NVIDIA part; it wins zero head-to-head tests.

The verdict from the database is straightforward: pick the RTX 4080 Mobile for performance, pick the Arc Pro A30M only if power constraints or availability dictate otherwise. The Arc Pro A30M is also listed as end-of-life production status, while the RTX 4080 Mobile remains active, which suggests the NVIDIA part has a longer support horizon. The RTX 4080 Mobile is the safer and faster choice, and the numbers do not support any other conclusion.

FAQ

Q: How much faster is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile than the Intel Arc Pro A30M in OpenCL?

A: The RTX 4080 Mobile scores 159,575 in Geekbench OpenCL, while the Arc Pro A30M scores 31,894. That is a 400.3% difference, meaning the RTX 4080 Mobile is about five times faster in this specific test.

Q: What is the average benchmark score for each GPU?

A: The RTX 4080 Mobile has an average benchmark score of 38,135 across all recorded tests. The Arc Pro A30M has an average score of 31,894, which is based on its single recorded Geekbench OpenCL result.

Q: How do these GPUs rank against all other GPUs in the database?

A: The RTX 4080 Mobile sits at the 81st percentile, while the Arc Pro A30M is at the 76th percentile. Both are above the median, but the NVIDIA part ranks higher overall.

Q: Which GPUs are the nearest rivals to the RTX 4080 Mobile?

A: The nearest rivals are the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 (0.4% higher average score), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile (0.6% higher), and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 and Tesla P4 (both 1.3% lower average score).

Q: Which GPUs are the nearest rivals to the Intel Arc Pro A30M?

A: The nearest rivals are the NVIDIA TITAN RTX (0.7% lower average score), AMD Radeon Pro 570X (0.9% higher), NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell (1.1% lower), and AMD FirePro S10000 (1.5% higher).

Q: How many head-to-head benchmark wins does each GPU have?

A: The RTX 4080 Mobile wins 1 head-to-head benchmark, the only one recorded. The Arc Pro A30M has 0 wins.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every core specification. The RTX 4080 Mobile is built on a 5 nm process with 35,800 million transistors on a 294 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 121.8 million per square millimeter. The Arc Pro A30M uses a 6 nm process with 7,200 million transistors on a 157 mm² die, for a density of 45.9 million per square millimeter. The NVIDIA chip is far larger and denser.

Clock speeds also diverge. The RTX 4080 Mobile has a base clock of 1290 MHz and a boost clock of 1665 MHz. The Arc Pro A30M has a higher base clock of 1500 MHz and a higher boost clock of 2000 MHz. Despite the higher clocks, the Intel part delivers far less performance due to its smaller architecture.

Memory configurations are starkly different. The RTX 4080 Mobile has 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, with 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth and an effective memory speed of 18 Gbps. The Arc Pro A30M has 4 GB of GDDR6 on a 64-bit bus, with 128.0 GB/s of bandwidth and an effective speed of 16 Gbps. The NVIDIA part has triple the memory capacity and more than triple the bandwidth.

Compute resources follow the same pattern. The RTX 4080 Mobile has 7424 shading units, 232 TMUs, 80 ROPs, 58 ray tracing cores, and 232 tensor cores. The Arc Pro A30M has 1024 shading units, 64 TMUs, 32 ROPs, and 8 ray tracing cores, with no tensor cores listed. The pixel rate is 133.2 GPixel/s versus 64.00 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 386.3 GTexel/s versus 128.0 GTexel/s.

Floating-point performance shows the biggest gap. The RTX 4080 Mobile achieves 24.72 TFLOPS in FP32 and the same 24.72 TFLOPS in FP16 (1:1 ratio). The Arc Pro A30M achieves 4.096 TFLOPS in FP32 and 8.192 TFLOPS in FP16 (2:1 ratio). The NVIDIA part is roughly six times faster in FP32.

Power and interface specs also differ. The RTX 4080 Mobile has a TDP of 110 W, while the Arc Pro A30M is rated at 50 W. The bus interface is PCIe 4.0 x16 for the NVIDIA part and PCIe 4.0 x8 for the Intel part. The RTX 4080 Mobile is listed as slot width "IGP," while the Arc Pro A30M has no slot width listed. Both use no power connectors.

Architecture Differences

The RTX 4080 Mobile is based on the AD104 chip, using NVIDIA's Ada Lovelace architecture, part of the GeForce 40-series and GeForce 40 Mobile generation. The Arc Pro A30M uses the DG2-128 chip, employing Intel's Xe-HPG architecture, part of the Alchemist generation for Pro-Series Mobile. These are fundamentally different designs from different manufacturers.

The manufacturing process differs: the RTX 4080 Mobile is on a 5 nm node, while the Arc Pro A30M is on a 6 nm node, both from TSMC. The transistor count reflects the architectural scale, with the NVIDIA part containing 35,800 million transistors versus 7,200 million for Intel, a five-fold difference. The die size is 294 mm² versus 157 mm², and the transistor density is 121.8 million per mm² versus 45.9 million per mm².

The NVIDIA architecture includes tensor cores (232 of them), which are absent from the Intel part's listed specifications. The RTX 4080 Mobile also has 58 ray tracing cores, compared to 8 on the Arc Pro A30M, indicating a much larger investment in hardware-accelerated ray tracing. The shading unit count, 7424 versus 1024, further illustrates the scale difference.

Memory architecture is also distinct. While both use GDDR6, the RTX 4080 Mobile has a 192-bit bus and 12 GB capacity, while the Arc Pro A30M has a 64-bit bus and 4 GB capacity. The effective memory speed is 18 Gbps versus 16 Gbps, and the resulting bandwidth is 432.0 GB/s versus 128.0 GB/s.

Both GPUs support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The production status differs: the RTX 4080 Mobile is active, while the Arc Pro A30M is end-of-life. The release dates also differ, with the RTX 4080 Mobile released on January 2, 2023, and the Arc Pro A30M on August 7, 2022. The RTX 4080 Mobile has a predecessor (GeForce 30 Mobile) and successor (GeForce 50 Mobile), while the Intel part lists neither.