RTX A500 vs Arc 7-Core iGPU

Place in the ranking	313	315
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	20.14
Architecture	Xe LPG (2023)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Meteor Lake iGPU	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	14 December 2023 (1 year ago)	10 November 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	7	2048
Core clock speed	no data	1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	2200 MHz	1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	60 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	113.3
Floating-point processing power	no data	7.25 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	4 GB
Memory bus width	no data	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	112.0 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

no data

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12_2	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

35
+16.7%

30−35

−16.7%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	26 +8.3%	24−27 −8.3%
Elden Ring	55−60 +10%	50−55 −10%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +1.8%	55−60 −1.8%
Counter-Strike 2	23 +9.5%	21−24 −9.5%
Forza Horizon 4	66 +1.5%	65−70 −1.5%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +6.7%	45−50 −6.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +2.5%	40−45 −2.5%
Valorant	70−75 +1.4%	70−75 −1.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +1.8%	55−60 −1.8%
Counter-Strike 2	21 +16.7%	18−20 −16.7%
Dota 2	24 +14.3%	21−24 −14.3%
Elden Ring	55−60 +10%	50−55 −10%
Far Cry 5	33 +10%	30−33 −10%
Fortnite	95−100 +5.6%	90−95 −5.6%
Forza Horizon 4	54 +8%	50−55 −8%
Grand Theft Auto V	24 +14.3%	21−24 −14.3%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +6.7%	45−50 −6.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +1.7%	120−130 −1.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +2.5%	40−45 −2.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 +8%	50−55 −8%
Valorant	70−75 +1.4%	70−75 −1.4%
World of Tanks	210−220 +2.4%	210−220 −2.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	55−60 +1.8%	55−60 −1.8%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +3.3%	30−33 −3.3%
Far Cry 5	60−65 +1.7%	60−65 −1.7%
Forza Horizon 4	44 +10%	40−45 −10%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 +1.7%	120−130 −1.7%
Valorant	70−75 +1.4%	70−75 −1.4%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	27−30 +12.5%	24−27 −12.5%
Elden Ring	27−30 +3.7%	27−30 −3.7%
Grand Theft Auto V	27−30 +12.5%	24−27 −12.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 +1.3%	160−170 −1.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
World of Tanks	120−130 +0.8%	120−130 −0.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +2.9%	35−40 −2.9%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +12.5%	40−45 −12.5%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +10%	40−45 −10%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +11.4%	35−40 −11.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +9.5%	21−24 −9.5%
Valorant	40−45 +10%	40−45 −10%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%
Dota 2	30−33 +11.1%	27−30 −11.1%
Elden Ring	12−14 +20%	10−11 −20%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−33 +11.1%	27−30 −11.1%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +20%	10−11 −20%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	50−55 +4%	50−55 −4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−33 +11.1%	27−30 −11.1%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18 +6.3%	16−18 −6.3%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +4.8%	21−24 −4.8%
Fortnite	20−22 +11.1%	18−20 −11.1%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +4.2%	24−27 −4.2%
Valorant	20−22 +11.1%	18−20 −11.1%