Intel Arc A370M vs ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A370M and ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition 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

ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A370M

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.4x more core clock speed: 1550 MHz vs 650 MHz
12615.4x more texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 90 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 512 MB
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 724 vs 466
33.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5115 vs 151

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 Mar 2022 vs 10 September 2006
Core clock speed	1550 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s vs 10.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	724 vs 466
PassMark - G3D Mark	5115 vs 151

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A370M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

724

466

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5115

151

Name	Intel Arc A370M	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
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
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	71.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	482.549
PassMark - G2D Mark	724	466
PassMark - G3D Mark	5115	151
Geekbench - OpenCL	29681
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3443

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A370M	ATI Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	R500
Code name	DG2-128	R580+
Launch date	30 Mar 2022	10 September 2006
Place in performance rating	336	335
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz
Core clock speed	1550 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	90 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
Pixel fill rate	65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s	10.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	384 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	9.0c
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	64.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR4