Intel Arc A380 vs AMD FireStream 9270

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A380 and AMD FireStream 9270 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL.

Intel Arc A380

AMD FireStream 9270

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A380

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 750 MHz
4373.3x more texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 30 GTexel / s
Around 28% higher pipelines: 1024 vs 800
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 55 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 160 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 607 vs 473
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6211 vs 1341

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 Jun 2022 vs 13 November 2008
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 750 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s vs 30 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1024 vs 800
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 160 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	607 vs 473
PassMark - G3D Mark	6211 vs 1341

Reasons to consider the AMD FireStream 9270

Around 86% higher memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective

Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A380
GPU 2: AMD FireStream 9270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

607

473

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6211

1341

Name	Intel Arc A380	AMD FireStream 9270
PassMark - G2D Mark	607	473
PassMark - G3D Mark	6211	1341
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4284
Geekbench - OpenCL	36883

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A380	AMD FireStream 9270
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	TeraScale
Code name	DG2-128	RV770
Launch date	14 Jun 2022	13 November 2008
Place in performance rating	255	283
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	750 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	55 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.198 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	800
Pixel fill rate	65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s	30 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	956 million
Floating-point performance		1,200.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0	1x DVI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	42 mm, 1.7 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	222 mm, 8.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
Width	114 mm, 4.5 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	10.1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	186.0 GB/s	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	96 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5