The latest tests of the Intel Arc A730M mobile video card have appeared on the network. It is a sub flagship solution with 384 active blocks that sits in the mid-range. And his results look strange.
Basically, the graphics accelerator scored 10,107 points in the 3DMark Time Spy synthetic benchmark, which is almost equal to the mobile GeForce RTX 3070, which scores 10,563 points. But the game results are much more modest.
According to western media, the card in games is at the level of the mobile RTX 3050 or slightly higher. The tests were carried out in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Metro Exodus and F1 2020. And here is the launch Shadow of The Tomb Raider failed, the beta version of the drivers does not yet support DirectX 12. The chip operates at a frequency of up to 2050 MHz.
In terms of numbers, the card in Metro Exodus managed 70 FPS at 1080p and 55 FPS at 1440p using the High Quality preset. In Assassin’s Creed Odyssey the map “pulled out” only 38 FPS (the resolution was not specified).
Metro Exodus
Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
It is not yet clear when laptops with this card will be released worldwide. One person watched Moscow in Cities: Skylines for two years and threw the map into the public domain
Source: VG Times