Arc A530M vs FirePro S9170

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated309
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data18.52
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameHawaiiDG2-256
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date8 July 2015 (9 years ago)1 August 2023 (1 year 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 cores28161536
Core clock speed930 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1300 MHz
Number of transistors6,200 million11,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate163.7124.8
Floating-point processing power5.238 TFLOPS3.994 TFLOPS
ROPs6448
TMUs17696
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount32 GB8 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth320.0 GB/s224.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 July 2015 1 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 65 Watt

FirePro S9170 has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Arc A530M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 323.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FirePro S9170 and Arc A530M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that FirePro S9170 is a workstation card while Arc A530M is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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