Intel Arc A380 vs Intel HD Graphics 5500

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A380 and Intel HD Graphics 5500 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), 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

Intel HD Graphics 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A380

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
20x more core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 100 MHz
2.2x more boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 950 MHz
42.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 14 nm
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 606 vs 230
10.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6242 vs 594
3.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 808 vs 233
16.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 38292 vs 2262

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 Jun 2022 vs 5 September 2014
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 100 MHz
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 950 MHz
Pipelines	1024 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	606 vs 230
PassMark - G3D Mark	6242 vs 594
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	808 vs 233
Geekbench - OpenCL	38292 vs 2262

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5500

5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A380
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 5500

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

606

230

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6242

594

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

808

233

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

38292

2262

Name	Intel Arc A380	Intel HD Graphics 5500
PassMark - G2D Mark	606	230
PassMark - G3D Mark	6242	594
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	808	233
Geekbench - OpenCL	38292	2262
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		195.811
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		781
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		754
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1397

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A380	Intel HD Graphics 5500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	Generation 8.0
Code name	DG2-128	Broadwell GT2
Launch date	14 Jun 2022	5 September 2014
Place in performance rating	313	1478
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	950 MHz
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.198 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	24
Pixel fill rate	65.60 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	131.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	7200 million	1,300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	42 mm, 1.7 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x1
Length	222 mm, 8.7 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Width	114 mm, 4.5 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	186.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1937 MHz, 15.5 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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