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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Arc A550M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 16 year(s) 2 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 48533
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