Recently launched, Intel’s A350M GPU chip does not make a very strong impression in benchmark. Under 3DMark, it would rank two steps behind the aging GTX 1650.
Installed alongside an Intel Core i7 1260P, on board Samsung’s new Galaxy Book Pro 2, and tested on 3D Mark (Firestrike then TimeSpy), the Intel ARC A350M does not impress. We discover that on these two benchmarks, the new GPU chip from Intel would not succeed in outclassing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650… whose launch and technology are now starting to date: its release on a laptop PC dates back to the beginning of the year. 2019.
An Intel GPU caught up?
Note that the A350M is placed on the entry level of the new dedicated graphics solutions from Intel. It includes 6 Xe cores and 6 calculation units dedicated to ray tracing, and goes up to a frequency of 1150 MHz. For the rest, it benefits from 4 GB of VRAM in GDDR6, placed on a 64-bit bus, and has a configurable TGP between 25 and 35 W.
It is therefore not a racing beast, but its performance remains disappointing if we are to believe the data reported on Twitter by @harukaze5719. In this case, the interested party tested the Intel chip on the two performance modes offered by the Galaxy Book Pro 2, itself equipped with 16 GB of RAM in LPDDR5.
On this device, and in the best of cases, the A350M notably collects a graphics score of 3,197 points on 3DMark Time Spy. On the same benchmark, the GTX 1650 mobile manages to do just as well… even much better in some cases. We note in particular a graphic score of 3435 points on Time Spy for the mobile version of the map.
Scores to be taken with (a little) hindsight
As pointed out Tom’s Hardware, however, these first performance indices of the A350M must be taken with a grain of salt. We still don’t know what its actual performance is in games, under real conditions of use. Moreover, the Intel chip has just arrived on the market. It is therefore quite possible that part of these poor results can be explained by still immature graphics drivers.
To have a clear and objective idea of what the chip really allows, it will probably take a few weeks…. but let’s admit that this first assessment is not very engaging.
Source: Tom’s Hardware
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