Intel Arc A310 vs AMD Radeon HD 6550A

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A310 and AMD Radeon HD 6550A 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 6550A

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A310

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.6x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 550 MHz
4102.6x more texture fill rate: 64.00 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 768 vs 480
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 21% higher memory clock speed: 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 647 vs 609
7.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5502 vs 708

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 7 February 2011
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	64.00 GTexel/s vs 15.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 480
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	647 vs 609
PassMark - G3D Mark	5502 vs 708

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6550A

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A310
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6550A

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

647

609

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5502

708

Name	Intel Arc A310	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Geekbench - OpenCL	30231
PassMark - G2D Mark	647	609
PassMark - G3D Mark	5502	708

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A310	AMD Radeon HD 6550A
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	TeraScale 2
Code name	DG2-128	Pinewood
Launch date	2022	7 February 2011
Place in performance rating	222	221
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	40 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	480
Pixel fill rate	32.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	64.00 GTexel/s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	627 million
Floating-point performance		624.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	MXM-A (3.0)
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	124.0 GB/s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR3