Intel Arc A550M vs ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Comparative analysis of Intel Arc A550M and ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Arc A550M

ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 16 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 700 MHz
1150.9x more texture fill rate: 262.4 GTexel/s vs 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Around 28% higher pipelines: 2048 vs 2x 800
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 55 nm
4.8x lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 286 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2x 1 GB

Launch date	2022 vs 12 August 2008
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s vs 2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Pipelines	2048 vs 2x 800
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt vs 286 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2x 1 GB

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

2.1x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Arc A550M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Name	Intel Arc A550M	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Geekbench - OpenCL	48667
PassMark - G3D Mark		1309
PassMark - G2D Mark		565
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3323
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3323

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Arc A550M	ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 12.7	TeraScale
Code name	DG2-512	R700
Launch date	2022	12 August 2008
Place in performance rating	441	440
Launch price (MSRP)		$550
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2050 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	55 nm
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.79 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.397 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	2x 800
Pixel fill rate	131.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	262.4 GTexel/s	2x 28 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	60 Watt	286 Watt
Transistor count	21700 million	956 million
Floating-point performance		2x 1,120.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		267 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
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	8 GB	2x 1 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	2x 115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5