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Intel Arc A730M in the test: The large Alchemist GPU in the notebook is that fast

Sep 23, 2022

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Intel Arc A750 and Arc A770 are to be released worldwide shortly, and ComputerBase is already taking a look at their basis today: the large Alchemist GPU ACM-G10, which is also available in the Intel notebook version Arc A730M stuck. Compared to the Arc A380, the performance increases significantly in the test.

Table of contents

State of the Arc
Intel Alchemist “ACM-G10” tested for the first time
The test pattern: Medion Erazer Major X10
Test results and benchmarks
1. Performance profiles and MUX switch
2. TGP and Clock in Practice
Synthetic Tests
Game Performance
1. Performance Ratings
2. Individual results
Compute and encoding performance
Stability and problems
Conclusion

State of the Arc

Actually, the first generation of Intel Arc based on the Alchemist architecture should have been on the market long ago. However, because this is still not the case, a brief summary of the status quo is required at the beginning of this test:

Intel Arc Alchemist includes two GPUs: the smaller ACM-G11 and the larger ACM-G10. Both are used in notebooks as well as in desktops. ACM-G11 as Arc A350M, A370M, A350 and A380, ACM-G10 as Arc A730M, Arc A770M, Arc A550, A750 and Arc A770.
Desktop: Intel has so far launched an Arc graphics card for desktop PCs: the Intel Arc A380 (test). The market launch took place in early summer in China. In July, ComputerBase used a copy it had imported on its own for its own test. The USA followed in August, and since mid-September there has also been a first custom design from ASRock in Germany. Intel no longer addresses the even smaller Arc A350 at all, but has announced the launch of the larger variants Arc A550, A750 and A770. Most recently, even CEO Gelsinger announced the imminent market launch on Twitter. However, there are still no templates for the press – will they still exist?
Notebook: Even before the Arc A380, the first notebooks with A370M and A350M came onto the market, and such systems are also available in homeopathic quantities in Germany. Notebooks with Intel Arc A730M (or Arc A770M) were also only available in China, where the first model went on sale in May.

This is now changing with the Medion Erazer Major X10: The notebook, which is available immediately from stock for 1,699 euros, is the first system in Germany that relies on the large Alchemist GPU ACM-G10 with the Intel Arc A730M – and in the absence of the desktop Graphics cards with this GPU are also the first platform ever to allow testing of the large GPU in Germany.

Intel Alchemist “ACM -G10” tested for the first time

The Arc A730M also promises significantly more performance than the Arc A380 for desktop PCs. Three times as many shaders, twice as much memory on an interface that is twice as wide and more power loss represent a much more powerful basis. As a mobile graphics chip, however, the Arc A730M is limited in its power consumption: Intel has defined a maximum of 120 watts for the GPU and Medion keeps it mind too. That's still 85 percent more than the Arc A380 for desktop PCs (65 watts), but a comparatively small step in relation to the execution unit premium.

The technical specifications of Intel's Alchemist mobile graphics chips A350M A370M A550M A730M A770M Architecture Alchemist GPU ACM-G11 ACM-G10 Process TSMC N6 Xe Cores 6 8 16 24 32 FP32 ALUs 768 1024 2048 3072 4096 RT Cores 6 4 8 316 2 4 8 316 Matrix Cores 96 128 256 384 512 GPU Clock 1150MHz 1550MHz 900MHz 1100MHz 1650MHz FP32 Performance 1.8 TFLOPS 3.2 TFLOPS 3.7 TFLOPS 6.8 TFLOPS 13.5 TFLOPS FP16 Performance 3.6 TFLOPS 6.4 TFLOPS 7.4 TFLOPS 13.6 TFLOPS 27 TFLOPS FP16 Performance over Tensor 14.1 TFLOPS 25.4 TFLOPS 29.5 TFLOPS 54.1 TFLOPS 108.1 TFLOPS Texture Units 48 64 128 192 256 ROPs 16 16 64 96 128 Memory 4GB GDDR6 8GB GDDR6 12GB GDDR6 16GB GDDR6 Memory Speed 14Gbps 16Gbps Memory Interface 64bit 128bit 192bit 256bit Memory Bandwidth 112GB/s 224GB/s 336GB/s 512GB /s L2 cache 4 MB 8 MB 12 MB 16 MB TDP 25-35 watts 35-50 watts 60-80 watts 80-120 watts 120-150 watts Slot connection PCIe 4.0

The test pattern: Medion Erazer Major X10

Medion offers the Erazer Major X10 in exactly one configuration. It always relies on the combination of Intel Core i7-12700H and Intel Arc A730M 12 GB plus 32 GB of RAM and 1 TB NVMe SSD. Like the screen of the Corsair Voyager a1600 (test), the 16-inch display has a resolution of 2,560 × 1,600 pixels (QHD+), is 165 Hz fast and should be up to 400 cd/m² bright.

The keyboard has four zones of strong RGB lighting and the screen can be folded back 180 degrees. The chassis is primarily made of plastic, the A cover (i.e. the display cover) is made of aluminum.

The system is not based on Intel's own NUC X15 laptop kit, but on a barebone from Wintec. The price is 1,699 euros and can be delivered from stock.

Test results and benchmarks

ComputerBase compared the performance of the Medion Erazer Major X10 with Intel Core i7-12700H and Arc A730M 12 GB to a range of other current notebooks and desktop systems. The course was recently designed for the Radeon 680M & 660M vs. Iris Xe in the test: mobile iGPUs from AMD and Intel in a gaming duel recreated and also contains benchmarks that can evaluate the performance of dedicated graphics chips and iGPUs in applications such as Adobe or Handbrake.

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Intel Arc A730M in the test: The large Alchemist GPU in the notebook is that fast

State of the Arc

Intel Alchemist “ACM -G10” tested for the first time

The test pattern: Medion Erazer Major X10

Test results and benchmarks

Performance profiles and MUX switch

TGP and clock in practice

Synthetic tests

Games performance

Performance Ratings

Individual results

Compute and encoding performance

Stability and problems

Conclusion