AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Intel Arc Pro A30M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and Intel Arc Pro A30M 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Intel Arc Pro A30M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Around 54% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 41% higher boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Around 41% higher texture fill rate: 180.2 GTexel/s vs 128.0 GTexel/s
Around 12% higher memory clock speed: 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 812 vs 696
Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 9583 vs 5862
Around 57% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 48727 vs 30987

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s vs 128.0 GTexel/s
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	812 vs 696
PassMark - G3D Mark	9583 vs 5862
Geekbench - OpenCL	48727 vs 30987

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc Pro A30M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 107 Watt

Launch date	8 Aug 2022 vs 19 Jan 2022
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 107 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: Intel Arc Pro A30M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

812

696

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9583

5862

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

48727

30987

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	Intel Arc Pro A30M
PassMark - G2D Mark	812	696
PassMark - G3D Mark	9583	5862
Geekbench - OpenCL	48727	30987
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	235

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	Intel Arc Pro A30M
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Generation 12.7
Code name	Navi 24	DG2-128
Launch date	19 Jan 2022	8 Aug 2022
Place in performance rating	216	214
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz	2000 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	6 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	360.3 GFLOPS (1:16)	1,024 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.53 TFLOPS (2:1)	8.192 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.765 TFLOPS	4.096 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	1024
Pixel fill rate	90.08 GPixel/s	64.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s	128.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	7200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x8
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	143.9 GB/s	128.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6