Intel Arc A370M vs AMD Radeon E8870

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A370M and AMD Radeon E8870 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: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

Intel Arc A370M

AMD Radeon E8870

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A370M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 55% higher core clock speed: 1550 MHz vs 1000 MHz
2733.3x more texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 768
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
4.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 167.171 vs 36.948
Around 68% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1470.844 vs 874.689
9.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 10.937 vs 1.11
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 724 vs 708
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5115 vs 3368

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 Mar 2022 vs 29 September 2015
Core clock speed	1550 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	167.171 vs 36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1470.844 vs 874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.937 vs 1.11
PassMark - G2D Mark	724 vs 708
PassMark - G3D Mark	5115 vs 3368

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8870

3.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A370M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8870

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

167.171

36.948

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1470.844

874.689

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.937

1.11

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

724

708

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5115

3368

Name	Intel Arc A370M	AMD Radeon E8870
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	167.171	36.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1470.844	874.689
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.937	1.11
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	71.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	482.549
PassMark - G2D Mark	724	708
PassMark - G3D Mark	5115	3368
Geekbench - OpenCL	29661
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		18191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		4620
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		5030
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		18191

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A370M	AMD Radeon E8870
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 2.0
Code name	DG2-128	Saturn
Launch date	30 Mar 2022	29 September 2015
Place in performance rating	351	352
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz
Core clock speed	1550 MHz	1000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,050 GFLOPS (1:4)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.198 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	768
Pixel fill rate	65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s	48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	2,080 million
Floating-point performance		1,536 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5