Intel Arc A550M vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A550M and AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel Arc A550M

AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.1x more boost clock speed: 2050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
3280x more texture fill rate: 262.4 GTexel/s vs 80 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 1280
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 28 nm
3.8x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 225 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1200 MHz

Launch date	2022 vs 5 March 2012
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s vs 80 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 1280
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Around 70% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 45584

Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	77430 vs 45584

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A550M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45584

77430

Name	Intel Arc A550M	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Geekbench - OpenCL	45584	77430
PassMark - G3D Mark		4634
PassMark - G2D Mark		587
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		55.001
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.767
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		294.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1651

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A550M	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	GCN 1.0
Code name	DG2-512	Pitcairn
Launch date	2022	5 March 2012
Place in performance rating	480	482
Design		AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	28 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	1280
Pixel fill rate	131.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s	80 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	2,800 million
Floating-point performance		2,560 gflops
Stream Processors		1024
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Length		241 mm
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	11
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync