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Intel

Intel Arc A530M

4 GB • Xe HPG • 1300 MHz • 65-95 W

4 GBMemory
Xe HPGArchitecture
1300 MHzBoost
65-95 WPower
KACBU

Should I buy it?

Intel Arc A530M
WAIT
  • 38 months on the market — a successor may be near
Great choice if these matter:
  • Gaming
  • Value for Money
Watch out for:
  • 4 GB of VRAM limits texture settings in current titles.
  • 128-bit bus and 12 Xe cores place it below entry NVIDIA parts.
38 months on the market
Regret riskMODERATElimited data
Main risks
  • A successor may be near — 38 months since release
  • 4 GB of VRAM limits texture settings in current titles.
  • 128-bit bus and 12 Xe cores place it below entry NVIDIA parts.
  • Very few laptops ever shipped with it, so driver attention is narrow.
The risk level is computed from the release date and verified weaknesses. The confidence score appears only once enough owner reports exist.
This box relies only on verified specs, the release date and editorial assessment; owner reports join them as they come in. We do not predict prices.
GPUMemoryPowerLaunchSpecificationsAlternatives
Graphics Processor

What's inside the card's core?

Manufacturer's official processing unit and architecture information.

GRAPHICS PROCESSOR

The actual hardware that determines frame rate.

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Xe HPG — Architecture

Xe HPG
Xe HPGArchitecture
Memory

How much and what speed memory?

Values decisive at high resolutions and high textures.

MEMORY

This determines the limit in 4K and high texture settings.

4 GB Memory

4 GB — GDDR6 · 128 bit — Memory bus

4 GB128 bit
4 GBGDDR6
128 bitMemory bus
Power and Cooling

How much power does it draw?

Official values determining power supply and case selection.

POWER AND COOLING

These values determine the power supply budget.

65-95 W

65-95 W — Card Power Consumption

65-95 W
65-95 WCard Power Consumption
Who Is It For?

Where does it stand out?

A usage guide built from the specs and the editors' tags; not a test result.

Gaming

For gaming; tagged from the display's refresh rate and the chip's class. We have not measured frame rates or heat ourselves.

Good fit
Value for Money

An editor's tag for hardware that is well priced for what it offers. We do not track current prices; check the price before you buy.

Good fit
Editorial Analysis

Strengths and points to consider

The Kacbu editors' assessment of the specifications the maker publishes. We do not test devices ourselves, so nothing here is a measured result. Anything taken from an independent review is shown with its publication and date in the Press section.

Strengths based on the specs
Brings a third vendor's discrete graphics to laptops alongside NVIDIA and AMD.
AV1 hardware encoding, which rivals at this tier lacked at launch.
12 dedicated ray tracing units despite the entry positioning.
Things to consider
4 GB of VRAM limits texture settings in current titles.
128-bit bus and 12 Xe cores place it below entry NVIDIA parts.
Very few laptops ever shipped with it, so driver attention is narrow.
Historical Product Info

Official launch details

Instead of tracking today's retail price, Kacbu keeps the product's official launch information as a reference.

AnnouncedAugust 1, 2023

The manufacturer's official announcement date.

ReleaseAugust 1, 2023

The start of the initial sales period.

Intel designs Arc in the US; the ACM-G12 die is fabricated on TSMC's N6 process in Taiwan rather than in Intel's own fabs.

This is not the current retail price — it shows the product's historical, official launch information.
Specifications

Intel Arc A530M specifications

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General

Family
Arc A-Series
Release Year
2023
Manufacturer

Graphics Processor

GPU Chip
ACM-G12
Manufacturing Process
TSMC N6
RT Units
12
Xe Cores
12
Architecture
Execution Units (EU)
192

Memory

Memory Bus
Memory Size
Memory Type

Frequency

Base Frequency
900 MHz
Boost Clock

Power

Board Power
TGP Note
Varies by laptop manufacturer's configuration
Shared Hardware

Products that share this hardware

This product's standout specs. You can jump to other models that use the same value.

Alternatives

Other models in the same category

Other products in the same category.

Products using this part

1 model with the Intel Arc A530M

Models built on the same part. The difference is not the part — it is the device around it.

See them all on the Graphics page
Local AI

Which models run on this card?

Whether a model runs on your machine is decided first by the graphics card's memory: the model file has to fit in VRAM with room left for the context window and the runtime. The states below are computed from memory alone; software support (CUDA, ROCm, Vulkan) is a separate matter.

VRAM: 4 GB

Largest model that runs comfortably: Qwen3.5 0.8B

  • Qwen3.5 0.8B1 GB packageComfortable
  • Qwen3.5 2B2.7 GB packageRuns
  • Qwen3.5 4B3.4 GB packageRuns
  • Qwen3.5 9B6.6 GB packageLimited
  • gpt-oss-20b14 GB package · the maker states a 16 GB memory minimumNot suitable
  • Qwen3.5 27B17 GB packageNot suitable
  • Qwen3.5 35B24 GB packageNot suitable
  • gpt-oss-120b65 GB package · the maker states a 80 GB memory minimumNot suitable
  • Qwen3.5 122B81 GB packageNot suitable
  • ComfortableRoom for the model file and a long context
  • RunsFits; the context window may need to stay short
  • LimitedNot enough memory; part of the model spills to system RAM and runs slowly
  • Not suitableNot a GPU-run model on this card

Rule: 1.5× the requirement in memory is Comfortable, 1.15× Runs, 0.6× Limited; the requirement is the default package size, or the maker's stated minimum where there is one (a stated minimum counts as fitting at exactly that figure). Package sizes are the Ollama library's, minimums the maker's own statement; read on 2026-09-11. Sources: ollama.com/library/qwen3.5, ollama.com/library/gpt-oss, openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-oss

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