Intel Arc A370M vs AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A370M and AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2 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.

Intel Arc A370M

AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A370M

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 68% higher core clock speed: 1550 MHz vs 925 MHz
61.9x more texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
14.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 500 Watt

Launch date	30 Mar 2022 vs 31 August 2012
Core clock speed	1550 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s vs 2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 500 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

4x more pipelines: 2x 2048 vs 1024
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 2x 3 GB vs 4 GB
3.1x more memory clock speed: 5500 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 62% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 17.707 vs 10.937

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2x 2048 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	2x 3 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	5500 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	17.707 vs 10.937

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A370M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

10.937

17.707

Name	Intel Arc A370M	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	167.171
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1470.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	10.937	17.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	71.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	482.549
PassMark - G2D Mark	724
PassMark - G3D Mark	5115
Geekbench - OpenCL	29681
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3443

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A370M	AMD Radeon HD 7970 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 1.0
Code name	DG2-128	New Zealand
Launch date	30 Mar 2022	31 August 2012
Place in performance rating	336	338
Launch price (MSRP)		$899
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz
Core clock speed	1550 MHz	925 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	2x 2048
Pixel fill rate	65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s	2x 118.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	500 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	4,313 million
Floating-point performance		2x 3,789 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 4x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		292 mm
Supplementary power connectors		3x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2x 3 GB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	2x 264.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	2x 384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	5500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5