After a lapse of 24 years, Intel finally re entered the high-performance game card market this year. At the end of March, it launched the arc Ruixuan Series graphics card, which is mainly aimed at notebook platforms. It is divided into three levels: arc 3, arc 5 and arc 7. At present, the main products on the market are the entry-level products of arc 3 series. The detailed specifications and technologies of arc Ruixuan Series graphics cards have been introduced in our previous article and will not be repeated here.
Naturally, the most concerned thing is the performance of the arc graphics card. There have been many tests before, but the results are somewhat confusing, not detailed enough and not authoritative enough. Forbes website recently tested the MSI 16 inch game book based on the arc 370m graphics card, which is a public model design of Intel.
The a370m graphics card is a high-end version of Intel's entry-level. Its core frequency is 1550mhz, 64 bit 4GB video memory, power consumption range is 35-50w, and its computing scale is only 1/3-1/4 of that of the high-end arc 7 series. It is important to remember this.
The above two pictures show the disassembly of the arc game book. It can be seen that the area of the a370m graphics card is not small.
The following is the performance of the a370m graphics card. First, let's look at the productivity tests, including AI video noise reduction, Adobe PR and 8K video rendering.
In the productivity test, the a370m performed very well, ai performance exceeded RTX 3050, PR clip lost, but 8K video output was tied Apple M1, slightly higher than RTX 3050
The following is the game performance. The comparison data in the first figure is more detailed, and the following figures are the comparison of AMD Reebok 6000 core display and RTX 3050 unique display.
For game performance, a370m is much worse than RTX 3050 graphics card, slightly higher than GTX 1050 Ti graphics card, which is similar to the previous disclosure
Compared with the RTX 3050 graphics card, the average frame is about 50% less, but the average frame in several games is much better. The highest difference is about 20%. There are even two games that are similar to the RTX 3050, so the experience may not be as big as the average frame.
In general, this test conducted by Forbes basically determines that the performance of a370m graphics card is the same as that of GTX 1050 Ti, which is about 50% lower than that of RTX 3050. However, it is much better in productivity application, and is very attractive.
Forbes also did not mention the most critical price comparison. The a370m graphics card is only a slightly higher configuration among Intel's entry-level graphics cards. Intel has no clear price. There is no reference for evaluating its performance level.
As a reference, Intel and its machinists recently launched the dawning 16 game book. The graphics card used is a730m, and the notebook price is 7499 yuan, which is much cheaper than common game books. while the a370m specification is only one third of that of a730m, the corresponding notebook price should be more convenient, and it is worth looking forward to**
In general, Intel's arc graphics card has shown its competitiveness. The game performance has reached GTX 1050 Ti, and it can almost touch GTX 1650. As long as the price is appropriate, it will still give AMD and NVIDIA a headache.
What is worth looking forward to is the arc 5 and arc 7 series. At least the a730m game has reached the level of 7499 yuan, and the price is still very real.
