
Acer Swift X 16 (2022) review: 16-inch laptop with powerful updates
Intel Core i7-1260P | Intel Arc A370M | 16.00" | 1.8 kg
The Intel Arc A370M is a dedicated mobile entry level graphics card for laptops based on Xe HPG microarchitecture. It uses the ACM-G11 chip and offers all 8 Xe-cores (128 ALUs), 8 ray tracing units and a 64-bit memory bus for 4 GB GDDR6 graphics memory. The chip integrates 7.2 billion transistors and the die measures 157 mm2.
The performance is in the entry level of dedicated graphics cards for laptops in 2022. AMD did publish some gaming benchmarks with medium settings in 5 games that showed that the Radeon RX 6500M is clearly faster. Intel only compared the A370M (with a faster CPU) to the slower Iris iGPU in the i7-1280P (see below). Thanks to the additional 2 cores and higher clock speeds, the entry level Arc A350M should be clearly left behind.
The chip also integrates two media engines for VP9, AVC, HEVC, and AV1 8k en- and decoding. The 4 display pipes support up to 4x 4k120 HDR via DMI 2.0B or DisplayPort 2.0 10G.
The A370M is produced in 6nm at TSMC (N6 process) and supports dynamic power share (using Deep Link) with 12th gen Intel CPUs (Alder Lake).
Arc Series
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Codename | Alchemist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | Xe HPG | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipelines | 8 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Raytracing Cores | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Speed | 1550 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cache | L1: 1.5 MB, L2: 4 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Speed | 14000 MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Type | GDDR6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Max. Amount of Memory | 4 GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shared Memory | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memory Bandwidth | 112 GB/s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
API | DirectX 12_2, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power Consumption | 50 Watt (35 - 50 Watt TGP) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transistor Count | 7.2 Billion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Die Size | 157 mm² | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
technology | 6 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PCIe | 4 8x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Displays | 4 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.0b, DisplayPort 2.0 10G Ready | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of Announcement | 30.03.2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Link to Manufacturer Page | www.intel.com |
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
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Diablo 4 | 67.1 | 60.9 | 39.2 | |||
Star Wars Jedi Survivor | 23 | 19.7 | 19.2 | 17.7 | ||
Resident Evil 4 Remake | 45.7 | 26.3 | 11.6 | 3.52 | ||
Company of Heroes 3 | 55.7 | 47.8 | 37.2 | 37.1 | ||
Sons of the Forest | 27.6 | 17.4 | 11.5 | 11.4 | ||
Atomic Heart | 55.5 | 42.4 | 24 | 20.2 | ||
Returnal | 27 | 26 | 22 | 10 | ||
Hogwarts Legacy | 43.2 | 30.3 | 19.6 | 12.7 | ||
Dead Space Remake | 22.6 | 17.8 | 12.1 | 8.86 | ||
High On Life | 73.4 | 44.6 | 40.8 | 32.6 | ||
A Plague Tale Requiem | 22.9 | 19.5 | 16.6 | 14.3 | ||
FIFA 23 | 70 | 62 | 40 | 41 | 30 | |
F1 22 | 127.2 | 49.5 | 46.3 | 33 | 2.85 | |
Vampire Bloodhunt | 127 | 87 | 62 | 55 | 34 | |
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 46.1 | 37.1 | 25.4 | 21 | ||
GRID Legends | 97 | 69 | 56 | 42 | 33 | |
God of War | 35 | 31 | 25 | 19 | 12 | |
Guardians of the Galaxy | 23 | 14 | 12 | |||
Far Cry 6 | 86 | 44 | 36 | 24 | ||
F1 2021 | 192 | 89 | 62 | 25 | ||
Hitman 3 | 85.7 | 54.9 | 50 | 46.2 | 23.4 | |
Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 62 | 33 | 20 | 18 | 13 | |
Dirt 5 | 80.4 | 40.7 | 32 | 23.1 | 15.2 | |
Watch Dogs Legion | 77 | 45 | 34 | 15 | 11 | |
Horizon Zero Dawn | 57 | 40 | 35 | 31 | 23 | |
Gears Tactics | 189 | 76.8 | 48.8 | 38.4 | 27.7 | |
Borderlands 3 | 76.4 | 47.5 | 29.5 | 22 | 14.5 | |
Metro Exodus | 92.1 | 44.1 | 31.3 | 25.5 | 19.8 | |
Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 67 | 49 | 41 | 32 | 20 | |
Strange Brigade | 179 | 75 | 63 | 53 | 37.2 | |
Far Cry 5 | 89 | 49 | 46 | 43 | 29 | |
X-Plane 11.11 | 38 | 30 | 26 | 22.2 | ||
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 69 | 37 | 24 | 23 | ||
Middle-earth: Shadow of War | 44 | |||||
Dota 2 Reborn | 95 | 82 | 68 | 64 | 39.5 | |
The Witcher 3 | 152 | 95 | 51 | 26 | ||
GTA V | 150 | 140 | 41 | 11 | 10 | |
low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 6 8 15 7 | 7 19 9 1 | 15 18 4 | 19 12 1 | 14 4 | 1 1 |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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