Intel Arc A380 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A380 and AMD Radeon R9 290X 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

Intel Arc A380

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A380

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.2x more boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 947 MHz
745.5x more texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 55% higher memory clock speed: 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz
Around 9% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4294 vs 3949

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 Jun 2022 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 947 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4294 vs 3949

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

2.8x more pipelines: 2816 vs 1024
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 770 vs 589
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8644 vs 5277
Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 42508 vs 36917

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2816 vs 1024
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	770 vs 589
PassMark - G3D Mark	8644 vs 5277
Geekbench - OpenCL	42508 vs 36917

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A380
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

589

770

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

5277

8644

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4294

3949

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

36917

42508

Name	Intel Arc A380	AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark - G2D Mark	589	770
PassMark - G3D Mark	5277	8644
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4294	3949
Geekbench - OpenCL	36917	42508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		114.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A380	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 2.0
Code name	DG2-128	Hawaii
Launch date	14 Jun 2022	24 October 2013
Place in performance rating	283	286
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	947 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.198 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	2816
Pixel fill rate	65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s	176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,632 gflops
Stream Processors		2560
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	42 mm, 1.7 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	222 mm, 8.7 inches	275 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Width	114 mm, 4.5 inches
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	186.0 GB/s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)