Arc A530M vs Radeon R7 350

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 350 with Arc A530M, including specs and performance data.

R7 350
2016
2 GB GDDR5, 55 Watt
5.59

Arc A530M outperforms R7 350 by a whopping 217% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking603306
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.9918.77
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameCape VerdeDG2-256
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date6 July 2016 (8 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 cores5121536
Core clock speed800 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1300 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million11,500 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt65 Watt
Texture fill rate25.60124.8
Floating-point processing power0.8192 TFLOPS3.994 TFLOPS
ROPs1648
TMUs3296
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
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
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2−3
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Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
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3−4
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
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2−3
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Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
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2−3
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Hitman 3 4−5
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4−5
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Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
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8−9
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
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4−5
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Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
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27−30
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Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
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3−4
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
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2−3
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Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
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2−3
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Hitman 3 4−5
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4−5
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Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
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8−9
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
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4−5
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
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9−10
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Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
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27−30
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Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
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3−4
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
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Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
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2−3
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Hitman 3 4−5
+0%
4−5
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Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
+0%
8−9
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
+0%
4−5
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
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9−10
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Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
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27−30
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1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 6−7
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6−7
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Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
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2−3
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1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
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4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
+0%
1−2
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
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All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 29 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.59 17.74
Recency 6 July 2016 1 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 65 Watt

R7 350 has 18.2% lower power consumption.

Arc A530M, on the other hand, has a 217.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A530M is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 350 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 350 is a desktop card while Arc A530M is a notebook one.


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