Intel Arc A380 vs AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A380 and AMD Radeon R9 290X2 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

Intel Arc A380

AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A380

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
60.3x more texture fill rate: 131.2 GTexel/s vs 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
7.7x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 580 Watt

Launch date	14 Jun 2022 vs 24 June 2014
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s vs 2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 580 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X2

5.5x more pipelines: 2x 2816 vs 1024
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2x 4 GB vs 6 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5400 MHz vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective

Pipelines	2x 2816 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	2x 4 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	5400 MHz vs 1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A380
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X2

Name	Intel Arc A380	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
PassMark - G2D Mark	592
PassMark - G3D Mark	5282
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4294
Geekbench - OpenCL	36923
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		19.441

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A380	AMD Radeon R9 290X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 2.0
Code name	DG2-128	Hawaii
Launch date	14 Jun 2022	24 June 2014
Place in performance rating	282	283
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,399
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1000 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	2x 2816
Pixel fill rate	65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s	2x 176.0 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	580 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		2x 5,632 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	4x 8-pin
Width	114 mm, 4.5 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2x 4 GB
Memory bandwidth	186.0 GB/s	2x 345.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	96 bit	2x 512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective	5400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5