Among the Intel notebook Arc independent graphics, the high-end version of the Arc 7 series includes Arc 730M and A770M. Although it has not yet been launched in Taiwan, some actual measurement data of the A730M have recently appeared in China. There is a 3Mark TineSpy running score that is quite eye-catching, beating the RTX 3070. However, after entering the game test, it seems that the driver has not been fully optimized, and the running score is quite disappointing.
The actual 3DMark TimeSpy score of the Intel Arc A730M measured in China beat the RTX 3070, but the gaming aspect was a bit disappointing.
Recently, the Golden Pig upgrade package has been sharing the running score data of the A730M on Weibo, starting with 3DMark TimeSpy.
This is a laptop equipped with Intel’s 12th generation Alder Lake processor. The CPU model is Core i7-12700H (14 cores). It is equipped with an A730M independent graphics card. The graphics display of 3DMark TimeSpy received a high score of 10138:
According to foreign media Notebookcheck In the GPU score ranking, the RTX 3070 laptop scored an average of 9462 points, which means that the A730M scored higher than it, which is quite impressive. However, one thing to note is that the Intel Arc graphics card series is specially optimized for 3DMark, so it may not actually win:
Then the Golden Pig upgrade package began to undergo game testing. The performance of the A730M here was disappointing. The running score was only slightly faster than the entry-level RTX 3050. It is likely that the Arc driver has not been fully optimized.
The games tested include “Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey”, “Metro Exodus” and “F1 2020”. In Metro Exodus, the A730M can provide an average of 70 FPS performance in high-definition 1080p settings, and an average of 55 FPS in 1440p:
“Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey” performed very poorly, with an average of only 38FPS at 1080p quality settings, and dropped to an average of 32FPS at 1440p:
He also tried the game “Tomb Raider: Shadow”, but it could not run on DirectX 12. DirectX 11 could, but he did not share the test data. The Golden Pig upgrade package was also supplemented in the message. Only in “Metro Exodus” is the A370M close to the level of the full-blooded RTX 3060. Otherwise, it is almost the same as the RTX 3050. It is obviously a driver problem.
It is not sure whether the DTT function is turned on in these game tests. If it is turned on, it may affect the performance test.
From the previous A350M, A370M, to this time the A730M, it can be said that Intel is ready for the GPU hardware part, but the software department is still lagging far behind, and has not yet released a driver that can truly fully unleash the performance of the Arc graphics card.
Source: KOCPC Chinese