AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT vs Intel Arc A770

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT and Intel Arc A770 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

  • Around 11% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 2100 MHz
  • Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 2400 MHz
  • Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 165 Watt vs 225 Watt
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17474 vs 12991
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 2321 MHz vs 2100 MHz
Boost clock speed 2581 MHz vs 2400 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 Watt vs 225 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 17474 vs 12991

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A770

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
  • Around 49% higher texture fill rate: 614.4 GTexel/s vs 413.0 GTexel/s
  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 4096 vs 2560
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 7 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 749 vs 618
  • Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 107205 vs 79619
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 Oct 2022 vs 4 Jan 2022
Texture fill rate 614.4 GTexel/s vs 413.0 GTexel/s
Pipelines 4096 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 7 nm
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 12 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 749 vs 618
Geekbench - OpenCL 107205 vs 79619

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
GPU 2: Intel Arc A770

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
618
749
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17474
12991
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
79619
107205
Name AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT Intel Arc A770
PassMark - G2D Mark 618 749
PassMark - G3D Mark 17474 12991
Geekbench - OpenCL 79619 107205
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 13666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 459.949
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6139.427
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 38.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 77.897
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1891.867

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT Intel Arc A770

Essentials

Architecture RDNA 2.0 Generation 12.7
Code name Navi 22 DG2-512
Launch date 4 Jan 2022 12 Oct 2022
Place in performance rating 91 89

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2581 MHz 2400 MHz
Compute units 40
Core clock speed 2321 MHz 2100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 6 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 26.43 TFLOPS (2:1) 39.32 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 13.21 TFLOPS 19.66 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2560 4096
Pixel fill rate 165.2 GPixel/s 307.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 413.0 GTexel/s 614.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 Watt 225 Watt
Transistor count 17200 million 21700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 2.1 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 384.0 GB/s 512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6