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).

AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

Intel Arc A770

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 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17512 vs 13077

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	17512 vs 13077

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 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 752 vs 631
Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 107910 vs 80364

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	752 vs 631
Geekbench - OpenCL	107910 vs 80364

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

631

752

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17512

13077

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

80364

107910

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT	Intel Arc A770
PassMark - G2D Mark	631	752
PassMark - G3D Mark	17512	13077
Geekbench - OpenCL	80364	107910
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	87	88
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