Intel Arc A310 vs AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A310 and AMD Radeon HD 7850M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

Intel Arc A310

AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A310

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 0 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 675 MHz
2370.4x more texture fill rate: 64.00 GTexel/s vs 27 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 653 vs 566
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5649 vs 1373

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 24 April 2012
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 675 MHz
Texture fill rate	64.00 GTexel/s vs 27 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	653 vs 566
PassMark - G3D Mark	5649 vs 1373

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850M

Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 75 Watt
2.1x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A310
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

653

566

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5649

1373

Name	Intel Arc A310	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Geekbench - OpenCL	29220
PassMark - G2D Mark	653	566
PassMark - G3D Mark	5649	1373

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A310	AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 1.0
Code name	DG2-128	Heathrow
Launch date	2022	24 April 2012
Place in performance rating	209	222
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	675 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	768.0 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	6.144 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	3.072 TFLOPS
Pipelines	768	640
Pixel fill rate	32.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	64.00 GTexel/s	27 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	1,500 million
Floating-point performance		864.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	124.0 GB/s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0