Intel Arc A310 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A310 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Arc A310

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A310

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 73% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1471 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 14 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 210 Watt
Around 21% higher memory clock speed: 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz

Launch date	2022 vs 14 August 2017
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1471 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 210 Watt
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

5.2x more texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 64.00 GTexel/s
4.7x more pipelines: 3584 vs 768
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
5.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 30272
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 768 vs 647
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13199 vs 5502

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	330.00 GTexel/s vs 64.00 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3584 vs 768
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	163998 vs 30272
PassMark - G2D Mark	768 vs 647
PassMark - G3D Mark	13199 vs 5502

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A310
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

30272

163998

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

647

768

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5502

13199

Name	Intel Arc A310	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Geekbench - OpenCL	30272	163998
PassMark - G2D Mark	647	768
PassMark - G3D Mark	5502	13199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		6879

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A310	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 5.0
Code name	DG2-128	Vega 10
Launch date	2022	14 August 2017
Place in performance rating	222	225
Design		Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz	1471 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1156 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	768.0 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	6.144 TFLOPS (2:1)	21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	3.072 TFLOPS	10.5 TFLOPs
Pipelines	768	3584
Pixel fill rate	32.00 GPixel/s	94.00 GP/s
Texture fill rate	64.00 GTexel/s	330.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	210 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	12,500 million
Compute units		56
Floating-point performance		10.5 TFLOPs
Render output units		64
Stream Processors		3584
Texture Units		256
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Single-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin
Length		267 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	124.0 GB/s	410 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	2048 bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore