Arc Pro A30M vs HD Graphics (Haswell)

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics (Haswell) and Arc Pro A30M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD Graphics (Haswell)
2012
0.84

Arc Pro A30M outperforms HD Graphics (Haswell) by a whopping 1710% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1147349
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data22.02
ArchitectureGen. 7.5 Haswell (2012)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameHaswell GT1DG2-128
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 October 2012 (12 years ago)8 August 2022 (2 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 cores101024
Core clock speed200 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz2000 MHz
Number of transistorsno data7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data128.0
Floating-point processing powerno data4.096 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data128.0 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 dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3

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 HD6
−1567%
100−110
+1567%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1567%
50−55
+1567%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1700%
90−95
+1700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1567%
50−55
+1567%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1567%
50−55
+1567%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−1650%
35−40
+1650%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1700%
90−95
+1700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1650%
210−220
+1650%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−1700%
18−20
+1700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−1614%
120−130
+1614%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−1674%
550−600
+1674%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1700%
90−95
+1700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1567%
50−55
+1567%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1567%
50−55
+1567%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−1650%
35−40
+1650%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1700%
90−95
+1700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1650%
210−220
+1650%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−1700%
18−20
+1700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−1614%
120−130
+1614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−1700%
180−190
+1700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−1674%
550−600
+1674%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1700%
90−95
+1700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1567%
50−55
+1567%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1567%
50−55
+1567%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6
−1700%
90−95
+1700%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1650%
210−220
+1650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
−1614%
120−130
+1614%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−1700%
180−190
+1700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−1674%
550−600
+1674%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
−1700%
18−20
+1700%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1700%
18−20
+1700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1700%
18−20
+1700%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1700%
18−20
+1700%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1614%
120−130
+1614%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−1650%
70−75
+1650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−1567%
50−55
+1567%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−1567%
50−55
+1567%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1700%
18−20
+1700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1650%
35−40
+1650%

This is how HD Graphics (Haswell) and Arc Pro A30M compete in popular games:

  • Arc Pro A30M is 1567% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.84 15.20
Recency 1 October 2012 8 August 2022
Chip lithography 22 nm 6 nm

Arc Pro A30M has a 1709.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 266.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc Pro A30M is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics (Haswell) in performance tests.


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

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


Intel HD Graphics (Haswell)
HD Graphics (Haswell)
Intel Arc Pro A30M
Arc Pro A30M

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.1 28 votes

Rate HD Graphics (Haswell) on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
5 6 votes

Rate Arc Pro A30M on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.